Black student leaders said they have made progress in adding more diversity-focused classes to the curriculum, but repeated the charge that Penn State's administration has failed in its commitment to diversity.

Legislation passed by the State College Borough Council this week that requires downtown businesses to close their vendor windows at midnight is the first in a series of riot prevention measures the council hopes to consider in the coming months.

John Raynar (senior-telecommunications) was looking forward to a Spring Break in Miami and a chance to relax.

Today the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered members of the university community and their supporters will meet for the 15th year to rally at Old Main.

Although this year's housing lottery process is finally coming to an end, assignment office administrators are already planning changes for next year's lottery that would focus on improving the mechanics of the process.

Campaigning for the Undergraduate Student Government president and vice president will cost some of the candidates close to $700.

The Undergraduate Exhibition came to an end yesterday, culminating in a ceremony that announced the winners of the 10th annual fair.

Students at two Commonwealth Campuses will have the opportunity to legally experience drunken driving from a different perspective. The car will certainly be drunk — not the driver.

Runny noses, painful headaches, heavy coughs and chest pains are some students' worst nightmares during winter. However, a new drug is said to help sufferers of such symptoms.

As the stock market continues to sink, students are learning how to swim through courses and organizations at Penn State University that model the fast-paced, high-risk environment of Wall Street.

Mary Ann Stankiewicz, associate professor of art education in the School of Visual Arts in the College of Arts and Architecture, has been recently named president-elect of the National Art Education Association (NAEA).

Chamithra D. Perera (senior-journalism) has been awarded the 2001 Internship Award for Students of Color by the College and University Public Relations Association of Pennsylvania.

With 30 seconds left in Penn State's game against North Carolina on Sunday, Rudy Marisa's phone rang. With Autumn's phone call home to her dad, the similarities between the 1954 men's basketball team and this year's team came full circle.

My Opinion: Jeff Rice

No other sport is dominated by a single conference like men's gymnastics is by the Big Ten.

Sunshine has come with bitter cold and blustery wind for the Penn State baseball team this season.

Facing five top-20 teams in its first six games, the women's lacrosse team isn't lacking in experience against the nation's top programs.

Games against the University of Maryland-Baltimore County used to be a walk for the Penn State men's lacrosse team.

The Penn State softball team will play its final pre-conference tournament this weekend. The Nittany Lions (13-7) will travel to Charlottesville, Va., to participate in the Hoo's Who Tournament.

After an 11-day layoff, the Penn State women's tennis team looks to reverse their fortune today against American University and Sunday at Big Ten foe Iowa.

Several hundred Penn State athletes and coaches gathered in The Bryce Jordan auxiliary gym Tuesday night to watch more than 200 athletes receive awards at the Academic Achievement Awards Banquet.

This Saturday, both the Penn State men's and women's rugby teams face important matches standing in the way of next weekend's Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union Championships.

Decision not to run ad based on business logic

U.S. public housing program curbs crime, drug addiction

Reader Forum: Gail Hurley

My Opinion: Justin Goldman

• PSU cannot simply ignore problems involving racism
  
• Writer's opinion of racism reflection of intolerance
  
• Something must be done to eliminate race tensions
  
• Do not speak for campus; some care about racism
  
• Some published incidents not examples of racism
  
• Article about Latina RA unsupported by the facts
  
• Coverage of some crimes overshadow many others
  
• U.S. is not well-prepared for future energy crises
  
• Students with complaints must vote in USG election
  
• Sex program educational; PSU should give it space
  
• Students should consider thoughts before writing
  
• After several college fires, safety is a serious issue
  

Class work may keep Penn State students busy, but not enough to limit the sales of magazines.

Culture, class and musical beauty will sweep through town when the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) performs at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Eisenhower Auditorium.

Good old-fashioned country music is rarely heard blasting from the streets downtown. That will all change when Southern Culture On the Skids performs Wednesday night at the Crowbar, 420 E. College Ave.

No Offense, with its punk-based sound, has been playing shows in the State College area for almost two years now.

Gabriel Welsch jokes about how the atmosphere resembled a junior high school dance. However, these were not seventh graders congregating near the walls of their school gym.

The Virginia Writers Club has teamed with the Riverside Writers Chapter to form the First Annual Mid-Atlantic Writers Conference.

The 73rd Annual Academy Awards' Best Picture category is hotly contested — so hotly contested, in fact, that five reporters strongly disagreed on which film is most deserving. Appearing here is each reporter's justification for why her choice should win.

Move over Lilith Fair — a new music festival consisting entirely of women's work is scheduled to take place this summer following the release of a two-disc compilation album

Winnie Holzman, Emmy-nominated producer of several major television shows, is coming to Penn State.

The Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania is presenting a group art exhibit and is also adding a new painting class to its spring art education program.

The Acoustic Brew Coffeehouse Concert Series will bring fun, traditional Irish music to State College at 7:30 tonight.

By tight abdominals, good looks and ultimately the Holy Spirit, Dominic Licciardello, better known as Carman, will be returning to The Bryce Jordan Center for a free performance.