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Lady cagers face Iowa, Michigan
Last season is but a distant chapter in the career of Randi Peterson. Then, Peterson was just a talented freshman center trying to blaze her own mark on a senior-laden Iowa team which won the Big Ten regular-season women's basketball championship.

Academic standards require dual focus in athletes
While athletes garner academic accolades, others have brought attention to the struggles student-athletes encounter with school and sports.

Cagers need victories on road ... now
My opinion: Michael Lello

Lost keys When the No. 5 Lions head to Iowa City, Iowa, for National Team Duals this weekend, they will be without some key members of their starting lineup.

Winless spikers fall to Waves in first of three weekend matches
The Penn State men's volleyball team, after giving its all for two and a half hours in a game where the momentum bounced back and forth, finally succumbed to No. 4 Pepperdine in four games.

No. 1 Icers looking to diffuse Mountaineer’s scoring bombs
With prolific scoring led by 1997-98 second-team Div. I All-American Mike Sargo, the West Virginia Mountaineers have charged opponents with an offensive juggernaut.

Vacation's over
In a season of big games, this weekend may prove to be the biggest hurdle for the Penn State Ice Lions to overcome.

Trackmen look to keep rolling
After an impressive start, the Penn State men's indoor track team will head to Lewisburg for the Bucknell-Hershey Relays today and tomorrow.

Time to shine The Penn State women's gymnastics team will have double duty this weekend as it takes on UCLA and New Hampshire at 7 p.m. tomorrow in Rec Hall.

Gymmen face UMass in opening dual meet
The Penn State men's gymnastics team fell short of a bid for the national title last year. This season, the Nittany Lions began with a clean slate, a talented team and high expectations.

Stiff competition awaits swimwomen in pools of University of Minnesota
The Penn State women's swimming and diving team will leave the ice of University Park this weekend to enter the warmer waters of Minnesota's University Aquatic Center.

Swimmen hit road to prove mettle
This weekend, the Penn State men's swimming and diving team will travel about 1,273 miles, or about 22 hours driving, to compete in two meets that will tell the Nittany Lions exactly where they stand.

Common sense
Collegian editorial: Apartment numbers on balconies provide accountability

Springer guests have real problems not felt by viewers
My opinion: Krista Hawley

Letters to the Editor
Politicians always lie to protect the public; Benefits won’t corrupt institution of marriage; Penn State can benefit from solar technology

Sultry sound from U.K. invades U.S. England has been the birthing place of many hot musical styles, from the first British invasion started by the Beatles to the new British invasion led by Oasis and Blur.

Disco Biscuits, Fool’s Progress bring jam-oriented rock to Crowbar
One band takes its name from a semi-obscure, 500-page novel. The other takes its name from a virtually dead music form and a bakery item.

When art snobs looked down at photographs, Porterfield fought for respect
At Porterfield family gatherings, Wilbur H. Porterfield, a well-known photographer, often refused to take pictures of his relatives.

Book answers conversation gaps...in bed
It's well known that adding the words "in bed" to the end of any fortune cookie phrase gives it a sexual connotation.

DiFranco tones down but is still Up Up Up Up Up Up DiFranco, creator of Righteous Babe Records and a passionate feminist, has released her latest album, Up Up Up Up Up Up, using the same elements as in previous albums, but with different twists.

Black Crowes experiment with By Your Side
With Tuesday's release of By Your Side, there's little doubt the members of The Black Crowes were again hoping for a successful follow-up to their 1990 smash debut Shake Your Money Maker. Unfortunately, By Your Side doesn't cut it.

The top music of 1998 — revisited
It seems like 1998 was the year millennial hysteria took hold of the music world. Seagram's acquisition of Polygram Records gave the new company hold of approximately one-quarter of the recording industry. Many critics wondered about the direction of our music, fearing that too few people now control it.

Margitza quartet jazzes up HUB Late Night’s music scene
He played saxophone with jazz legend Miles Davis.