Sodium chloride has endless uses and a ubiquitous presence in our lives. We find it on our dining tables, in our mines and in our oceans. Student 1st Step and the Penn State National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws made their issues known statewide this weekend at the Pennsylvania Democratic convention in Philadelphia. In addition to the hate-filled phone calls and letters, a flier claiming to come from the Ku Klux Klan is calling for the execution of Chino Wilson, the University student who wrote a column two weeks ago advocating black people arming themselves for protection against white people. Two hundred seventeen -- that's how many pints of blood the American Red Cross needs today to reach its goal in the Penn State-Temple Life Saver Cup. The idea of recycling sneakers is not new but the size and capital of Nike shoes have allowed the company to "just do it" first. Although the University's administrative staff has more than doubled during the last 20 years, faculty has grown by only a little more than one-third.
Things aren't always too easy the first time around. Records are made to be broken. Some people may call a final score of 21-6 a mismatch. The men's lacrosse team calls it its third-straight alumni scrimmage victory. The No. 3 wrestling team hoped the National Dual Championships would give it the opportunity to avenge a 30-11 loss suffered last weekend against Iowa. The vault. HERSHEY -- The Lions rode their own version of the Super Dooper Looper during yesterday's 73-72 double-overtime loss to Temple at the Hersheypark Arena. PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Perhaps the best way for the women's basketball team to win a big road game right now is to call ahead and ask the host to widen the rims. HERSHEY -- Chills and thrills. With many former players in the Ice Pavilion for Alumni Weekend, it was appropriate that the Icers clinched their first International Collegiate Hockey League regular season title with two victories over the weekend. It took Icer goaltender Andy Dumas exactly two minutes and 23 seconds to get ready for Saturday's ice hockey game against Erie College. After Dumas made an easy save, Icekat Eric Damiani, for whatever reason, plowed into the unprotected goalie, sending him swirling about the ice. The number five has some special signifigance for the men's volleyball team right now. PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- With just under five minutes to go in the game, the women's basketball team looked like it was finally going to do it.
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