"Silence equals death" and "Penn State supports ignorance" -- these are some of the slogans the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Student Alliance said they will shout at a protest tomorrow in response to the University administration's refusal to address its concerns.

One of the nation's premier new bands is coming to Penn State and the good news for students is the show won't cost a cent.

Jerome Williams won a small victory against The Apartment Store yesterday in Centre County Small Claims Court.

An unidentified man was killed yesterday morning in an accident on state Route 322 east of Boalsburg. The man's name was not released pending notification of his family.

Eligible voters planning to vote in the Pennsylvania primary election can't procrastinate about their registration plans much longer.

She held her rifle with poise, aiming to entertain -- not aiming at a target. As Michelle Troutman tossed her rifle in the air, she anxiously waited to catch it.

The Undergraduate Student Government election season is officially underway and this year, four candidates will be vying for the presidential position.

A different struggle for survival is happening at the University's Hershey Medical Center as employees fight to keep their jobs while the center slices $22 million from its budget.

Although restructuring attempts to change the Undergraduate Student Government to the Penn State Student Association (PSA) will not be completed by elections, work on a new constitution is continuing.

"Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Green Bay Packer Coach Vince Lombardi, circa 1965.

It's the most dramatic moment in softball -- maybe in all of sports. Dana Burns probably dreamed about it growing up on the playgrounds of Phillipsburg. And in the South Florida Classic this weekend, it became reality.

The envelopes please (awards from yours truly) . . .

Player-of-the-Year -- Where do you start when talking about Purdue superstar Glenn Robinson, who led the country in scoring with a whopping 30.5 point per game average? Down the stretch, Robinson elevated his already-unstoppable game to another level. The "Big Dog" scored 37 points in a crucial win at Michigan and then put an exclamation point on his scintillating season Sunday with a career-high 49 points in Purdue's title-clinching win over Illinois.

And now, my inaugural Big Ten Women's Basketball Awards. Drumroll please . . .

Player-of-the-Year -- You can make your case for Ohio State sophomore Katie Smith, especially after her 29-point performance at Rec Hall where she was unstoppable.

While most Penn State students flew south last week, the men's tennis team team spent their spring break traveling northwest for Big Ten competition. But it was no vacation for the Nittany Lions.

In its first action of the season, the women's tennis team literally swept the competition and returned from a sunny Bermudian match-packed spring break with a 4-0 record.

Together they sat, fresh off the heels of their 71-70 win over Michigan State. The junior -- center John Amaechi, and the senior -- guard Steve Wydman. For one last time this season sat the present and future of Nittany Lion basketball.

Despite struggling throughout most of the tournament, the men's epe team battled its way to a second-place finish at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional Championships March 5-6. Meanwhile, the three other Penn State weapons -- men's sabre and foil and women's foil -- all showed well with impressive first-place finishes in their respective categories.

Representatives of the Black Coaches Association and the NCAA will meet today in Chicago to discuss the issues that led to the BCA's threatened boycott of the collegiate basketball season in January. The Community Relations Service of the U.S. Department of Justice will mediate the talks.

Entrance into the Big Ten brought with it quite a challenge for each of Penn State's athletic teams. Besides battling the competition, Nittany and Lady Lions alike found themselves fighting for respect.

My Opinion: Damian Dobrosielski

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A University psychology professor has claimed that children's books are falling short when it comes to gender roles -- they still promote stereotypical images of men and women.

Yes folks, the world really is coming to an end. As if Barry Williams and his Growing Up Brady weren't enough, the "Gilligan's Island" explosion is almost upon us.

On a Tuesday night at Ye Olde College Diner, the Pinch, a local band, is not quite ready to pursue shameless music business self-promotion.

Students looking for something a little different at the movies than, say, large mechanical dinosaurs and huge body counts, are finding foreign films. Some students are required to see the films for class, while others see them for fun.