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A pregame drizzle kept attendance to 1,379 for Penn College's "Pack the Park Night," but those who ventured to Bowman Field watched as the skies cleared ... and saw better than three hours' worth of baseball, a 29-hit marathon than ended with the Williamsport Crosscutters on the wrong side of an 11-7 tally against Batavia.

An opening reception for " Third Eye," a collection of works by famed illustrator Brad Holland, was held Tuesday evening in The Gallery at Penn College on the third floor of the Madigan Library. The artist whose work has been a fixture in publications ranging from Rolling Stone to The Atlantic Monthly also delivered a special lecture in Penn's Inn (CC, second floor) earlier in the day.

Held outside for the first time in its three-year history, the Student Activities Office's Fall FIESTA (Friends, Involvement, Employment & Socializing on a Tuesday Afternoon) brought two hours of fun and informational activity to Penn College.

Students enrolled in a catering course at Pennsylvania College of Technology will cook and serve samples to patrons of the Williamsport Growers Market on Sept. 6. The Growers Market serves as the students' first event each fall, for which they plan a menu made from the products sold at the market. Three students Leanda J. Hill, of Allenwood; Marco G. Romano, of Danville; and Michael R.

With Food Services preparing a free hot-dog lunch nearby, a stream of students competed in Microreality Racing on the LEC Patio on Tuesday. Just one of the many Student Activities events planned for this first week of the fall semester, the attraction allowed racers tomanuever radio-controlled replicas of race cars around a trailer-mounted oval track.

Welcome Weekend gave Penn College the opportunity to greet incoming students, easing them and their families into new surroundings with smiles and helpful advice.

Penn College and Lycoming College students, staff and administration formed a civic all-star team for Thursday's 10-division Grand Slam Parade through Williamsport.

The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library, will host "Third Eye," a collection of works by Brad Holland, from Aug. 14 to Sept. 14. Now considered one of the top illustrators in the world, Holland became a recognized name in the print industry in the 1970s.

Penn College held its Summer Commencement ceremony Saturday at the Community Arts Center. Jasmine Elmore, of Jersey Shore, who received an associate of applied science degree in emergency medical services from the School of Health Sciences, was the student speaker. During the ceremony, the college also presented an Excellence in Teaching Award to Carol J.

Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week students were offered secure wireless Internet access and a tour of the Madigan Library on Friday, the final day of their stay on campus. Students especially took advantage of the library's 30 laptops (all were checked out), spreading throughout the James Everett Logue Popular Reading Atrium.