Students handle holidays
With no Easter ham, no traditional Passover foods and the voice of dear old Mom at the other end of a telephone line, students who spend this weekend at the University just might be hurting for home.

Group holds celebration of holy days on campus
They left their shoes at the door. Standing in socks, they quietly aligned themselves shoulder-to-shoulder, facing a blank wall. Then, a song of rhythmic Arabic verse burst through the silence. They fell to their knees and bowed their heads to the carpet Wednesday night in 101 Kern.

Brothers run local business
Series: This is the twelfth story about figures in the State College community. This story focuses on Ray and Ron Agostinelli, part owners of McLanahan Student Store.

Market sells natural alternatives
Series: This is the final article in a four-part series about the role food plays in students' lives. This story profiles a local vegetarian market.

Book sale raises $89,000
The results are in. During last week's American Association of University Women used book sale, more than 100,000 books and more than 3,000 phonograph records were sold, raising more than $89,000.

Council votes down all-walk intersection
After a six-month experimental period, the all-walk phase at Pugh Street and College Avenue is no longer active.

University administrators look to students for advice concerning freshman seminars
A University sophomore wrote a paper last fall for his Earth and Mineral Sciences Freshman Seminar that wound up on a desk in Old Main.

Holiday departure difficult for some
One year ago, Stacy Sviben faced a dilemma. She wanted to go home for Easter, but she wanted to be home by Good Friday.

Engineering minor promotes leaders
Early in the morning, Eugene Shpilsky walks up the steps of Willard Building and sets up a table. He tapes up a sign advertising to students-patrons: "Coffee $.50, Donuts $.50." Then, the young entrepreneur begins making money -- and earning credits, too.

Dear Doc

Freeze dried
Collegian feature photo: Jerry Winn, left, and Todd Gantt pack ice cream and dry ice in a box at the University Creamery. Yesterday, they shipped the ice cream to the Kennedy Space Center at the request of James Pawelczyk, the University professor who is preparing for a shuttle mission scheduled to launch April 16.

Police log

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Pitching and moaning
Sluggers 'need another pitcher to surface' against Wildcats

Netwomen prepare for Big Ten matchups
The Penn State women's tennis team isn't concerned with its recent losses. It has no fears about taking on two strong Big Ten opponents this weekend. And it certainly isn't worried about playing on the road.

Lady laxers face Owls in race for NCAA bid
The Penn State-Temple women's lacrosse matchup at 1 p.m. tomorrow in Philadelphia is a game both teams should have plenty of reason to get excited about.

Juniata hopes to end spiker streak
Penn State has beaten the Eagles twice this season and hope to make it three in a row at the EIVA semifinals.

Laxers look to keep postseason hope alive against undefeated Statesmen
If Penn State's attacker Chris Killoren thinks it will be easy to repeat last weekend's six-goal performance in tomorrow's game, he has a big problem.

Trackwomen face first team-scored meet
The Lady Lions travel to Chapel Hill, N.C. tomorrow, to battle in its first team-scored meet of the season in a U.S. Collegiate Team Series Event.

Lady Ruggers to collide with old foe Princeton
Hearst had Pulitzer. Holmes had Moriarty. And the Penn State women's rugby team has Princeton.

Netmen Michigan bound
With a winless record in the Big Ten, it is somewhat expected for a team to feel some pressure to get its first win.

Rowers head to Indy for Merrill Lynch Invitational
Seven boats of the Penn State crew team hit the cold, choppy water at the Occoquan Reservoir in Fairfax, Va., last Sunday knowing they had to fight the wind and their inexperience.

Ruggers look for Central perks
There are not many people who can say they had the chance to play in Central Park. After this weekend, the Penn State men's rugby team can.

Trackwomen face first team-scored meet
In its first two outdoor meets of the season, the Penn State women's track team competed individually. Although the team unity was strong, it wasn't necessary because the meets were not team scored.

Sports Briefs
Stephens' knee surgery successful; rehab awaits, Weary lady sluggers gear for series with Wildcats.

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On their toes
It all came down to one square inch. Well, maybe an inch. What's the circumference of someone's big toe? The top, you know -- the part that jewelry-box ballerinas spin on.

Fashion fad goes Hawaiian
You don't have to be Jimmy Buffett to pull off one of the fun new summer trends this year -- the Hawaiian shirt.

Music lessons
In a coffee shop downtown, Kelly Buchanan is the center of attention.

Local writers get opportunity to 'slam' each other's poetry
Eager eyes listen as poets read their souls aloud,
some with rhythmic undercurrents of jazz
and other voices breaking into song.
Fervent talk of overprotective mothers and enraptured lovers
all enthralling the attentive crowd.

Golden girl
Series: This is the tenth story in a weekly series giving readers a "Beginner's Guide" to important figures and genres of music. This story focuses on soul singer Aretha Franklin.

Paintings worth thousands of words at museum
Series: This is the first story in a three-part series detailing artwork in the Palmer Museum of Art. This story examines American landscape painting of the Hudson River School.This is the first story in a three-part series detailing artwork in the Palmer Museum of Art. This story examines American landscape painting of the Hudson River School.

Usher disappointment
Teen sensation, Mary J. Blige fail to entertain

DiFranco welcomes crowd into 'Castle'
Ani DiFranco may not know how to dress, but she sure knows how to rock.

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Collegian Editorial
Not an end to DUI: Lowering legal blood-alcohol limit not answer to druken driving problem

My Opinion
More people must think about whether they could be heroes

Voice Your View
Callers respond to Pro-life demonstrations

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Online editors for this issue:
News: Daryl Lang, David Smith & Kelly Ruoff
Sports: Daryl Lang
Arts: David Smith
Opinions: Jennifer Strawser
Graphics: Kara Heermans & AJ Sedlak