|
|
Back Issues
[
Friday, March 24, 2000
]
GRAPHIC: Stacy Olenoski
View an image of today's front page.
Paterno discusses integrity, character
As a 17 year-old Brooklyn youth, Penn State football coach Joe Paterno spent his time after sports practices translating Latin with a Catholic priest. However, Father Thomas Burmingham's lessons went beyond the classics.
|
ROTC students train for West Point competition
While most students were enjoying the day of canceled classes last month, a team of Penn State Army ROTC students was trekking through the snow on its regular 5 a.m. run. |
|
Original Nittany Lion allotted space in Pattee
This week, a certain 150-year-old feline with a shaggy past crept up from the basement of Pattee Library, curled into a niche and started settling into its latest home. |
Students help bring color to the Gray Lady's weather page
Penn State's football program might be popular nationwide, but it's the meteorology department that appears daily in The New York Times as its source for weather forecasts.
Bill proposes college debts be paid by lottery winnings
Winning the lottery could be a little less of a lucky experience for those with out-standing college loans if a measure sponsored by state Rep. Lynn Herman (R-Centre) is passed by the state House.
Funding to help renovate park
In the first few days of spring, an allotment of state funding will be used to spruce up a State College park.
Local studies look at need for pools
Local residents might find more swimming facilities in coming summers if local studies funded by state grants determine the need for additional pools.
Group looking for student service award nominees
The AT&T Center for Service Leadership is asking for nominations for their 1999-2000 Service Leadership Awards.
Couple establishes endowment for graduate students
Albert and Lorraine Kligman of Philadelphia have established the Albert M. Kligman Graduate Fellowship, an endowment worth $2 million.
5K race supports women's education fund
Weather forecasts predict tomorrow will be a warm spring day, making it a great day for a race. "Making Strides for Women and Girls," a 5K walk/run with an optional one mile route, will raise money to support education for females.
Police Log
View an image of today's sports page.
Baseball season opens at home for Lions
Hopefully for the Penn State baseball team, it left those red wristbands it was wearing to protest the Confederate flag back in South Carolina last weekend. Otherwise, if the Nittany Lions decide to wear them again this weekend in their Big Ten home-opening series at Beaver Field, the fans might get the wrong idea.
|
Philly just two games away for lady lions
The right to play on Monday night will be on the line at 10:30 tomorrow night, when No. 2-seed Penn State (26-4) takes on No.3-seed Iowa State (27-5) in the Midwest Regional semifinals in Kansas City, Mo. |
|
Younger Crispin perfects long-range connection
If you're a Penn State fan, then thank God Jon Crispin doesn't play for Kent. At least, that's the way Golden Flashes coach Gary Waters put it at his press conference following Penn State's 81-74 National Invitation Tournament win against Waters' squad Wednesday night.
Time for NCAA Div. I hockey at PSU is now
My opinion: Don Stewart
Nittany Lions look for 14th straight win over UMBC
In the first outing in which the defense did not play its best, the Penn State men's lacrosse team relied on its offense to get the job done last weekend against Lehigh.
PSU hosts two over weekend
The Penn State women's lacrosse team's victory against then-No. 18 William & Mary could not have come at a better time.
Lions take part in 54-hole invitational
The road trip continues. After starting the spring season off with two-consecutive third-place finishes in Florida and Hawaii, respectively, the Penn State men's golf team heads to Pottsboro, Texas, to take part in the 54-hole Dr. Pepper Intercollegiate.
Lady Golfers travel to fix recent tournament woes
Many people deal with their problems by going to the gym or even punching a wall. But the Penn State women's golf team took a different approach in coping with its problems.
Lions return for some home cooking
The return happens tonight. After more than a month of matches against the nation's top-ranked teams, the Penn State men's volleyball team comes back at 7:30 tonight to Rec Hall to challenge New York University (12-11).
|
PSU to compete in Virginia Invitational
This weekend, the Penn State softball team will travel to Charlottesville, Va., to compete in the Virginia Invitational. |
Nittany Lions continue competition without Dorfman
As another weekend approaches, so do two more tennis matches. The No. 73 Penn State men's tennis team will face two Big Ten rivals this weekend at the Sarni Tennis Center.
Nittany Lion qualifies for 'mascots final four'
The Nittany Lions qualified for the National Invitation Tournament semifinals Wednesday night. The Lady Lions might make it to the NCAA Tournament Final Four if they get two wins this weekend.
Pep rally planned prior to NIT semifinal
A pep rally will be held for the Penn State men's basketball team prior to its NIT semifinal game at New York's Madison Square Garden.
PSU athletes to participate in sports clinic
Several Penn State coaches and student-athletes are scheduled to participate at a free sports clinic at 1:30 p.m. on April 1 at the Multi-Sports Complex
Track coach to be inducted into Hall of Fame
PSU assistant track coach and former Lion captain Dayna Holsten will become only the second woman ever to be inducted into the WashingtonGreene County chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame this June.
PSU tennis team set to take on Big Ten foes
The Penn State women's tennis team is set to inflict some damage upon Big Ten foes Iowa and Wisconsin.
African-American athletes roles discussed at forum
An 18-member panel and more than 100 people in attendance discussed the role of Penn State African-American athletes among other issues last night in a forum held in Alumni Hall.
View an image of today's opinions page.
Collegian Editorial
Online degree not equal to collegiate experience
Spring break tan not sign of health
My Opinion: Shannon Frankel
Letters to the editor
View an image of today's arts page.
|
Monster Jam to burn rubber at Jordan Center
They'll be servin' up some donuts and T-bones (i.e. spins and crashes) this weekend as the U.S. Hot Rod Monster Jam pulls in for a pitstop at The Bryce Jordan Center. Tomorrow, wide-eyed audience members will be dazzled as monster trucks burn out and auger in (i.e. spin tires and crash) for the fans. |
Blues artist Shepherd ignites Crowbar
Kenny Wayne Shepherd was born to play spots like Crowbar. Sure, he's a world-renowned rock star at the age of 22, but his searing blues guitar is the perfect soundtrack for the dark, smoky atmosphere of the club and bar.
Wrestling federation tumbles into campus
Let's get ready to rumble! Afraid you might not get tickets to catch WWF Raw at the Bryce Jordan Center, yet still have an undeniable bloodlust?
Improvisation class stirs up creative movements
The medium-sized room of 132 White is a room where "no street shoes are permitted." Tuesday, students were dispersed about the wooden floor of this room, all twisting their bodies and moving their arms in various patterns. They watched their movements in the mirrored wall.
Columnist sizes up challenge, enlarges physical traits
My Opinion: Nikki Petrowicz
Rumors fly in NRT play
Lovebirds, lawyers, aristocrats and politicians. This characterizes the four couples invited to the deputy mayor's 10th wedding anniversary party. The company foreshadows an interesting party, but plans change quickly when something goes terribly awry.
'Camelot' focuses on King's later years
As Merlyn casts his spell, children will be transported back in time to the world of King Arthur, Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere. Join the fantasy, as the dream of Camelot becomes a reality at 8 p.m. today in Eisenhower Auditorium.
Latin dance heats area venues, clubs with salsa, hip-hop
With the recent Latin explosion, Latin dance is a hit on campus and off. The most popular forms of Latin dance, salsa and merengue, have become all the rage at clubs and parties across the Penn State campus and the State College area reflecting the growing interest in Hispanic culture.
Symphony presents Viennese culture
On Tuesday, the Nittany Valley Symphony will go back in time and to another place — Vienna at the turn of the century.
Convention to offer variety of games
Let the games begin. This weekend, tables at the HUB-Robeson Center will be filled with board games, cards and rolling die, all a part of the GapsCon 2000 gaming convention.
Webzines aid freelance writers
Magazines have played an integral part in the lives of college students across the globe. Each year young men and women purchase dozens of these bound chronicles of gossip and wisdom.
Graduate exhibit spotlights changing culture
Exit 24: Paradigm Lost, an art exhibit produced by Penn State visual arts graduate students, opens up an electrifying world to the community.
Capsule Review
Rental Review
Book Review
Weekend Spotlight
Online editor for this issue:
Nikki Velisaris
