Two local legislators heard positive notes in the state of the commonwealth speech Gov. Robert P. Casey gave before the legislature Tuesday, including a melody of more money for the University and higher education.

Recent disciplinary action taken against four University students protesting CIA recruitment will not have a chilling effect on future political demonstrations, said University President Bryce Jordan.

The newsletter is called "For Adults Only," but the program reaches a broader audience.

Two Penn State students have recently made their mark on the stock market with accounts worth $694,226 and $649,056 -- at least on paper.

Penn State Alumni Association chief William Rothwell has been named vice president for development and alumni at the University of Louisville.

The first of several planned recycling facilities will become accessible to Centre County residents next week when it is placed in the parking lot of a local grocery store.

A State College man charged with the November attempted rape of a 20-year-old borough woman has been ordered to stand trial in April, a court official said yesterday.

Returning adult undergraduate students should not shy away from graduate work because many graduate schools give special consideration to nontraditional applicants, a Graduate School official said Monday.

Utilizing funds from around the state and nation, the University Park Airport is receiving a series of improvements highlighted by a 1,700-foot extension of its main runway.

Following two months of probationary status for the Jade Palace restaurant, the State College Board of Health lifted sanctions this week against the Chinese restaurant after finding no further sanitation code violations.

The Lesbian/Gay Student Alliance will attempt to gain representation on the University Student Advisory Board tonight after being denied a seat on the University Student Executive Council last year.

The University is facing the largest flu outbreak in the country, said Dr. Davis Dennis, a state epidemiologist who said it "may be the forerunner for what is to sweep across the country."

As the Penn State Office Workers Organizing Committee shoots for its goal of unionizing before May, University officials are concerned about unionization's effects and continue to doubt the committees's objectives.

As many as 100 local fraternity members could pack the State College Borough Council chambers tonight to protest a proposed zoning change essential to the construction of the Hillel office-apartment building.

Last week the men's basketball team was riding on a four-game win streak with a comfortable 8-5 record, 4-1 in the Atlantic 10. But in the last seven days the Lions have played like an umbrella in rain showers -- up one minute, down the next.

For Peter and David Cox, arriving at Penn State just extended their family.

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