More than 1,500 exceptional athletes will arrive at the University to take part in the 1988 Summer Games of the Pennsylvania Special Olympics this June.
Students interested in exploring different housing options for next year can visit the fourth-annual Housing Fair today or tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the HUB Ballroom.
Preliminary plans by the University to build four buildings between University Drive and Porter Road, just south of Beaver Stadium, were presented to the Centre Regional Planning Commission by Gary Schultz, the University's assistant vice president for Business and Operations last night.
The Interfraternity Council held its annual kickoff banquet last night to begin the official countdown to its Feb.19 dance marathon.
Suicide is a permanent end to a temporary situation -- it is not crazy or immoral, and it involves someone in a great deal of pain.
Two University students, Josh First (senior-political science) and Michelle Pinkerton (junior-foreign service and German) have found their positions in State College Borough government rewarding and encourage other students to get involved in local government.
The inaugural meeting of a newly formed National Association for Science, Technology and Society will take place during the third annual University- sponsored STS conference to be held this weekend in Arlington, Va.
Several students and one professor from the University's newly-formed School of Communications recently joined together to form a student council.
Members of a special University council found that bringing student leaders and college deans together to set up long-term goals may be one step closer to improving recruitment and retention of minority students.
Federal budget cuts may reduce future scholarship opportunities and advanced training funds made available to the University's Air Force ROTC detachment, the Commander and Professor of Air Force Aerospace Studies said.
A University student is helping make Penn State's geography department an even bigger dot on the map with a prestigious National Geographic Society internship.
Some pharmacies in the State College area are feeling the effects of a study indicating that aspirin could aid in the prevention of heart attacks.
A male University student was sent to the hospital yesterday for treatment of injuries incurred in a fight resulting from a racially motivated argument, University Police Services said.
Giving the gift of life -- coming straight from the heart, it could be the best present ever for someone this Valentine's season.
Volunteers are needed to assist in the organization and implementati on of the Pennsylvania Special Olympics to be held at the University in June.
Students who use their utility bills to establish a favorable credit rating while still in school can avoid credit rating problems in the future, according to the local credit bureau.
When author and historian Michael Bezilla was commissioned by former University President John Oswald to write a book about the history of Penn State he realized the task would not be easy.
Year after year, new and returning University students find themselves faced with furnishing an empty apartment. What is a student to do in this situation? The Furniture Exchange, 522 E.College Ave., offers a easy solution to just this type of problem.
Pennsylvania's two-year-old Voter Hall of Fame may be the only program of its kind in the nation, a spokeswoman for the Department of State said.
Students should watch for suicide danger signs in themselves and others, a University counselor said at a suicide workshop Wednesday night.
In simplest terms, it's six games in nine days.
The men's track team will be looking toward the NCAA championships this weekend while competing in the Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Tonight's the night for the men's gymnastics team as the squad faces Navy in what stacks up to be the most important contest of the young season.
Things seem to be turning around for the men's basketball team.
When the women's swimming team faces unheralded LaSalle at 2 tomorrow afternoon in Philadelphia, it will be looking to avoid a letdown after last Sunday's first-ever win over Brown.
The men's swimming team will put its 5-0 record on the line when it meets LaSalle University at 1 this afternoon in Philadelphia.
After a dominating performance in last Saturday's home meet, the men's and women's fencing teams will be facing some of their strongest competition of the season tomorrow.
The women's basketball team held St.Joseph's leading scorer Dale Hodges to one field goal last night, but steady forward Kim Foley's 29 points picked up the slack enabling the Lady Hawks to edge Penn State, 62- 60 at Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse in Philadelphia.
Only three things come out of Iowa.Steers and two of the most formidable wrestling teams in the NCAA.
Round one was at the Sherbrooke Classic in November. Manitoba, the No. 1 Canadian team, handed the men's volleyball team a four-game loss, the Lions' only defeat of the season.
The women's gymnastics team travels to Missouri this weekend to participate in the Purina Cat Classic, an invitational that includes teams with feline mascots. The Lady Lions will go up against the Arizona Wildcats, the Auburn Tigers, the Pitt Panthers and host Missouri Tigers.
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Last Friday two completed senior film projects were screened in Carnegie Building. Dance Marathon, by P.J. Marsh and G. Scott Barkman, and Southwest, by Rich Hall, are the first senior projects to be completed since 1986.
The Penn State Philharmonic will present its annual Young Artists' Concert at 8 p.m. on February 6 in Recital Hall of the Music Building. Four University students will be featured as soloists.
A soprano on a year-long concert tour around the country and throughout Europe, Eddye Pierce Young is also maintaining positions as a teacher, wife and mother.
The latest addition to Pittsburgh's cultural scene isn't new at all. In fact, the Benedum Center has been officially recognized for its historical value.
I busied myself to think of a story -- a story to rival those which had excited us to this task. One which would speak to the mysterious fears of our nature and awaken thrilling horror-one to make the reader dread to look 'round, to curdle the blood and quicken the beatings of the heart. If I did not accomplish these things, my ghost story would be unworthy of its name."
Did you know it's possible to tell what time of year an episode of Star Trekwas filmed by the size of William Shatner's gut?
Talented students wanted for arts festival Auditions for the fringe program of the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh will be held Feb. 13 and 20.
The Vienna String Sextet dusted off some old pieces of music and transformed the usually quiet and serene atmosphere of Schwab Auditorium into an unusually eerie but energetic environment.
