What a week to be greek," members of Interfraternity and Panhellenic councils say as they sponsor a series of fun-filled events promoting greek pride this week.
Some student leaders will confront University President Bryce Jordan and other officials today about the problems facing Penn State black students in an open forum meeting in the Paul Robeson Cultural Center.
Despite gusting winds and the threat of snow, about 300 University graduate students, undergraduates and faculty members participated in Friday afternoon's rally on the Old Main lawn protesting the taxation and underfunding of higher education.
A crew from CBS Evening News in New York will be interviewing Seth Williams today for national broadcast tonight.
Even though the streets of State College were full of Psi Phi 500 runners and race onlookers Saturday, State College Bureau of Police Services said only 10 citations for open container law violations and one citation for underage drinking were issued during the race.
Pee Wee's Playhouse, safe sex and the Jamaican Olympic Bobsled Team were the most popular costume themes in the Anything Goes" division of this weekend's Phi Psi 500 charity race. The costumes ranged from cute to crass, and some were genuinely deranged, but most contestants agreed that it was all in the name of charity and good fun.
To coincide with National Victim's Rights Week, the Centre County Women's Resource Center kicked off its Capital Campaign to raise money for a permanent location this weekend.
With a grave face, he stood up in front of the crowd and admitted, I am an alcoholic."
Understanding how white supremacy is manifested in many aspects of everyday life and learning self-respect are issues that must be handled before racism can be eliminated, said one psychiatrist Friday night.
The Sight-Loss Support Group of Central Pennsylvania sees blindness not as a handicap, but as a challenge," said Rana Arnold, the group's co-founder and director, at its semi-annual meeting Thursday night at the Brookline Retirement Village.
With finals looming closer and closer, students living in North, South and Pollock Halls can relax and enjoy the variety of spring week events to be held this week in each area.
With all the political and consciousness-raising posters that have been hanging around campus lately, it seems as if a poster war is under way.
The cold weather and reduced alcohol at the 20th annual Phi Psi 500 Saturday, a 1.1 mile race through bars of downtown State College, resulted in a disappointing turnout. But fraternity members and participants expressed satisfaction with the race's overall results.
Two rapes occuring in State College were reported to State College Bureau of Police Services this weekend.
The CIA's alleged involvement in covert actions was highlighted by a demonstration staged by the Friends of Latin America Friday afternoon in front of the University Park Post Office at McAllister Building.
Snow? ... in April? Yes, even Accu-Weather couldn't have predicted the December-like weather conditions this weekend.
Michael Timpson qualified for the NCAA Championships and C.J. Hunter had his best discus throw this weekend at the Dogwood Relays in Tennessee.
Both hitting and fielding failed the softball team as it dropped a doubleheader to defending Atlantic 10 champion Massachusetts yesterday at Lady Lion Field.
Throughout the season, the men's gymnastics team knew that its youth would either make or break its season.
It was business as usual for the men's volleyball team this weekend in Rec Hall.
The women's lacrosse team used a balanced attack and stingy defense to score a convincing 16-2 victory against Lehigh on Saturday and raise its record to 8-3.
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