-- HEARD ON CAMPUS: DAVID M. JOYNER AT THE FORUM

-- WARING COLLECTION HELPS LAMBS CLUB REDISCOVER ITS HISTORY

-- USA HOCKEY TEAM HAS PENN STATE FLAVOR AT WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES

-- POE’S LIFE AND WORKS ARE 'EVERMORE' INTRIGUING TO LITERARY HISTORIANS

-- NEWSWIRE EXTRA: 'WE WON'T STOP HERE' BANQUET HONORS KING'S LEGACY

HEARD ON CAMPUS: DAVID M. JOYNER AT THE FORUM
"Any time you have power, the potential for corruption exists. The sizzle in the Olympic Games is hotter than anything I've seen -- we call it 'Five Ring Fever.' In most cases, (the temptation) isn't to make money...it's the fever to be involved in the Games to the point that you neglect everything else."

-- David M. Joyner, an orthopedic surgeon who is chairman and chief executive officer of Elan Cosmetics Center, Inc., active with the United States Olympic Committee's sports medicine advisory committee, and a member of the Penn State Board of Trustees and Penn State Distinguished Alumnus, referring to recent allegations of corruption within the International Olympic Committee at today's (Jan. 16) Penn State Forum luncheon following his talk on "The Olympic Experience from a Team Doc's Point of View."

WARING COLLECTION HELPS LAMBS CLUB REDISCOVER ITS HISTORY
Thanks to the efficiency of the late Fred Waring -- famed choral conductor, inventor and showman -- the Lambs Club is able to rebuild its history. The oldest professional theatrical club in America, the Lambs Club has been central to New York theatre for 127 years. However, troubled times in the 1970s led the club to declare bankruptcy; consequently many of its possessions were sold, stolen, lost or left uncared for in storage. Waring, also a Distinguished Alumnus and former trustee of Penn State, served as the club's president in the late 1930s into the 1940s. Throughout his lifetime, Waring saved a considerable amount of Lambs Club memorabilia, which now resides in Penn State's Fred Waring's America, 313 Pattee Library, west. In an attempt to replenish the club's historical archives and artifacts, current vice president Lewis Hardee and an associate recently spent two days researching the material at Penn State. For the full story, visit http://www.libraries.psu.edu/pubinfo/news/LambsVisitPSU_103.html

USA HOCKEY TEAM HAS PENN STATE FLAVOR AT WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES
Penn State Icers head coach Joe Battista and four members of the Icers' No. 1 ranked club hockey squad are currently representing the United States at the Winter World University Games. The competition is taking place through Jan. 26 in Tarvisio, Italy.

Battista is the head coach for the United States squad, as selected by USA Hockey. The U.S. team is comprised of players from non-varsity ice hockey teams affiliated with the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA). Battista has led the Icers to three consecutive ACHA national championships, and five overall.

Penn State has four players on the U.S. squad, the most of any school. Defenseman Josh Mandel is the captain of the U.S. squad and played for the U.S. in the 2001 Winter World University Games. He is joined by Penn State defenseman Curtiss Patrick and forwards Bill Downey and Neal Price. Penn State is currently 19-0-1 on the season. For the full story, visit http://www.psu.edu/ur/2003/battista03.html

POE’S LIFE AND WORKS ARE 'EVERMORE' INTRIGUING TO LITERARY HISTORIANS
Like the narrator in “The Raven” who can’t get over the death of his beloved Lenore, ardent fans of Edgar Allan Poe are preparing for another vigil at the popular writer’s Baltimore grave on Jan. 19, Poe's birthday. Since 1949, the day has been observed by the visit of an anonymous “Poe Toaster” bearing three roses and a partial bottle of cognac to the grave. Among the Poe scholars who teach at Penn State are Richard Kopley, associate professor of English at Penn State DuBois and president of the Poe Studies Association, and Barbara Cantalupo, associate professor of English at Penn State Lehigh Valley and editor of the Edgar Allan Poe Review. Kopley was instrumental in two recent international Poe conferences and edited the most recent Penguin Classics edition of his only novel, “The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket.” Cantalupo’s research interests include Poe’s use of female narrators and optical tricks, his fictional homes, and his “novel universe,” known as Eureka. For more information, visit http://www.lv.psu.edu/PSA/

NEWSWIRE EXTRA: 'WE WON'T STOP HERE' BANQUET HONORS KING'S LEGACY
President's Hall at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel was packed for the annual Forum on Black Affairs Martin Luther King, Jr. Banquet held last night (Jan. 15). The theme for the banquet, "We Won't Stop Here," challenged those present to keep King's dream alive by moving it forward. The program featured music, dance and re-enactments. Other events on Penn State's University Park campus that tie into Martin Luther King, Jr. Day will include a celebration march and commemorative bell ringing starting on the steps of Old Main at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow (Jan. 17); Day of Service volunteer projects on Monday (Jan. 20) and a keynote speech that evening by civil rights activist Diane Nash at 7 p.m. in Eisenhower Auditorium; and the AT&T Center for Service Leadership Volunteer Fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday (Jan. 21) in Alumni Hall at the HUB-Robeson Center. For more information, visit http://www.psu.edu/ur/archives/intercom_2003/Jan9/mlk.html

for pictures of last evening's events, visit http://www.psu.edu/ur/extra/2003/mlkbanquet/