The first American patient to receive the Arrow LionHeart, a Penn State-designed electronic blood pump, is recovering smoothly, his doctors said yesterday.

Spending taxpayer money to visit and videotape Penn State's Sex Faire on Feb. 3 was "the price of doing business," state Rep. John Lawless, R-Montgomery, said last night on a television call-in show.

Last month the newly formed Student Party chose Brian Hoskins as its candidate in the race for a State College Borough Council seat, but this is not the first time students have sought an active role in local government.

This spring break, six students and a professor from Penn State will travel to Washington, D.C. to participate in a mock meeting of the Organization of African Unity.

The Undergraduate Student Government Senate passed a resolution to increase lighting in what some students describe as one of the poorest lit residential areas on campus — the Nittany Apartments complex.

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded $755,000 to the Penn State University Libraries in support of an extensive study of digital image delivery.

A State College man is accused of aiming a gun at another driver during an argument over a traffic violation, the Pennsylvania State Police Department said.

The Penn State Lady Lions are hoping the early bird gets the Wolverines.
Former Purdue coach Peck returns to Big Ten tournament

Penn State and Iowa were in a must-win situation last night. A loss by either squad could have eliminated it from a possible NCAA tournament bid.
Buckeyes, O'Brien stay close to top of Big Ten

Being a northern baseball team can be tough in February. That's why Penn State will use their spring break trip to Texas for a bit of recuperation.

The most renowned wrestling conference in the nation, with five teams ranked in the top 10 and 10 of 11 in the top 25, will be displayed in all of its glory this weekend.

Penn State men's ice hockey coach Joe Battista put it best when he said Penn State has had Arizona's number recently.

After a week to recover from a 10-8 loss to Notre Dame last Saturday, the Penn State men's lacrosse team will go right back to the grind with three games over spring break.

Sometimes things just fit together perfectly. For the Penn State crew team, arriving at a new training facility was just that perfect.

Four opponents, four ITA ranked schools.

While some students will be basking in the sun this week, working on their tans, the men's rugby team has something else in mind. Each year they travel overseas to play rugby against top-notch teams.

Connecting the dots between the next few teams that the Penn State women's gymnastics team will face isn't difficult.

Penn State fencers head to Madison, N.J., March 10-11 to start the defense of its six-straight national championships.

While many students are relaxing during spring break, the Penn State softball team will be getting some work in.

Lift on membership ban could hurt USG security

My Opinion:Justin Goldman

• Students against Lawless can make a difference
  
• The 'system' robs from us our individuality, originality
  
• White Building equipment should be available to us
  
• Hate crimes and Sex Faire not considered the same
  

With all of the controversy over MP3s and Napster, there's another outlet for music over the Internet that's hoping to catch on in a big way.

An Artistic Friendship: Beauford Delaney and Lawrence Calcagno is currently on display at the Palmer Museum of Art.

History lessons, plot synopses and a politician from the 1700s are all common aspects of Eisenhower Auditorium's "Artistic Viewpoints."

The Mexican opens today and its director, Gore Verbinski, is best known for a set of beer commercials that aired in the late nineties.