Muhlenberg College News

House Democrats are showing renewed interest in video poker and making the case that it should be legalized in conjunction with casino table games.

Forget Senate Republicans -- Gov. Ed Rendell first must persuade a cadre of fiscally conservative House Democrats to support his plea for an income tax hike.

As Democrats Arlen Specter and Joe Sestak dig in for a Senate primary that will likely pit power brokers against liberal activists, Republican Pat Toomey has 16 months to sharpen his message of fiscal conservatism for the November 2010 general election.

Catharine Kilgore kisses a poster that reads There is only one Carnegie Hall outside the famed New York City concert hall.

Muhlenberg College has announced its Dean's List for the spring 2009 semester. David Gwyn, a member of the class of 2011, is an English major from Clarks Summit.

At a recent rehearsal of ''Forever Plaid,'' which opens Wednesday at the Muhlenberg Summer Music Theatre, Zach Chiero, Mike Miller, Gabriel Martinez and Tynan Hooker-Haring were singing and hamming it up in perfect harmony.

One of the state's oldest colleges welcomes its newest president Wednesday. Marjorie Hass will be the first female president at Austin College, the 160-year-old private liberal arts school in Sherman.

Warning of painful budget cuts and layoffs, Gov. Ed Rendell in January said he wanted to hear "no whining." But as state government moves toward the end of the fiscal year on Tuesday nowhere near a budget agreement, everyone, including Rendell, appears to be complaining.

Waverly Community House Director Maria Wilson isn't sure when the first Comm Camp began, but the annual day camp has become a summer staple for children in the Abingtons.

Sixteen Somerset County high school and college students will be awarded Van Doren scholarships for the upcoming academic year.

In an April episode of ABC-TV's "20/20" Allentown Sgt. Glen Dorney and Bethlehem police investigator Chris Benton, as well as other fellow officers of the Bethlehem Police Department, helped set up a biased and unrealistic experiment.

The public is invited to a celebration of 400 years of astronomy with a special presentation on Galileo at 7 p.m. June 12 at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute , Macedonia Church Road.

Centenary Stage Co.'s Volunteer Guild seeks ushers and staff assistants for Jazz in July concerts.

Robert Milligan, a retired professor, will talk about Galileo's legacy in a special presentation at 7 p.m. Friday at Pisgah Astronomical Research Observatory.

Nathan Kline graduated from Allentown High School in 1942 and was a freshman at Muhlenberg College when he joined the Army Air Forces.

Posted by South Jersey News Online vwilliams@sjnewsco.com June 04, 2009 1:11PM WILLIAM MICHAEL SCHROEDER II has graduated from The University of the Sciences majoring in Bio Chemistry and minoring in Forensic Science.

There's probably no easy way to convince a majority of voters that a major tax increase is necessary - but in Pennsylvania it seems to involve months of cajoling.

Muhlenberg College has announced its Deana s List for the spring 2008 semester. Students must earn a minimum of a 3.5 grade point average to attain Deana s List status.

Big splashy musicals cast with local actors and actors and designers with Lehigh Valley roots and Broadway credits, populate the 29th season of Muhlenberg College 's Summer Music Theatre series.

While there's certainly an element of truth to Steele's assertion , the fact is the GOP's struggle to redefine itself in the wake of two devastating elections has revealed a yawning gap between the party's conservative and moderate wings.