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Students plan holiday weekend
Traditionally, Independence Day has been known for picnics, getting together with friends and watching displays of fireworks.

Celebrations bring dangers of fireworks
When many people think of the Independence Day, displays of exciting fireworks may enter their minds. But the reality of what occurs may be quite different.

Fall housing shortage expected
Overbooking in the Office of Housing and Food Service Operations has caused an overflow of students and inadequate amount of on-campus space to house them for Fall Semester, according to a letter sent to returning on-campus students.

High school students go to University
University students may notice that some of their classmates seem a little younger than most freshmen.

Wave of auto break-ins hits State College area
The southern area of State College has been struck by a wave of automobile break-ins which have yielded everything from small change to $3,400 worth of payroll checks, the State College Police Department said.

Police Log

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Field of Dreams
Reds' open tryout draws local hopefuls

My Opinion
Collegian Sports Columnist Krista Hawley explains why athletes like Mike Tyson are examples of the violent epidemic currently sweeping through the sports world.

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Collegian Editorial
Celebrate!

My Opinion
A college diploma isn't always a guarantee for success

Reader Opinion

• Loitering a problem for businesses, others
  
• Information 'evolution' is not a revolution
  

Editorial cartoon
HUB renovations
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D.C.-based Dismemberment Plan brings the noise on sophomore LP
Most noise-rock is just that: noise. It can be interesting and melodic (Sonic Youth and the "experimental" works of Neil Young come to mind), or it can be pretentious and boring (too many bands to mention).

Journey into cyberspace results in wealth of entertainment news
The term "entertainment news" is, to many people, a joke. In the world of "Entertainment Tonight" and "Hard Copy", the distinction between what is news and what is PR has become increasingly vague.

Face/Off doubles the pleasure
It takes about 10 minutes for the words "Directed by John Woo" to appear in the opening moments of Face/Off, but by then, it's pretty obvious who's behind the lens.

Memo: Men In Black is far from letter-perfect
For the past few weeks of summer movie hell, we've been waiting anxiously for the "good" movies.