Grants

Local restaurant Salamandra closes as the Student Senate considers passing a resolution to allow students to use meal plan accounts at select Carlisle restaurants.  "Godfather of archaeology" Professor Leon Fitts is set to retire at the end of the semester.  The college receives a $93,000 grant from the Compost Infrastructure Development Grant Program to expand farming compost.  The 10th Annual Apollo Night talent show is held in the ATS auditorium.  The sports section remembers local legend Jim Thorpe.

The Pew Memorial Trust is source of a recent grant that the College secured to help expand the College's computer system. The Panhellenic Council met last week to approve the formation of a fifth sorority. Boxers Ron Sing and Larry Russo will compete in the Eastern Conference Boxing Championship. In the Middle Atlantic Conference championship, the men's swim team took third place and the women's swim team took seventh. Oscar Leon wins a title in a table tennis tournament.

Carl Sagan will receive the Priestley Memorial Award. A Russian Mini-Festival will be held next week featuring music and poetry. The College is awarded $57,200 under the Institutional Assistance Grants Program by the Pennsylvania Higher Education Agency. An experienced track team looks to be in for a good season. Intramural soccer begins. Larry Rand is appointed as the new men's tennis coach. Sophomore Clyde Vedder became the first college swimmer since 1969 to achieve All-American standing when he sets the school records for 100-yard butterfly and 200-yard backstroke.