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Back Issues [ Friday, Aug. 24, 2001 ]


Graphic: Raina J. León
GRAPHIC: Raina J. León

NEWS

After heated controversy concerning the eligibility of Student Party candidates on the Centre County electoral ballot this fall, a judge ruled in favor of the party yesterday, enabling the candidates to remain on the ballot.

When the late night food cravings hit this semester, Penn State students might have to find a new favorite place to get pizza.


The dust has settled after student radio station 90.7 WKPS-FM relinquished its independence to the university, and most noticeable changes are off-air.

Until this week, two-year Penn State student Mike Cooper had never been to the HUB-Robeson Center. He never had a class with more than 50 people. He never dealt with a teaching assistant. He never shopped at McLanahan's.


Last weekend's freshman orientation activities featured a new element — a mandatory diversity video.

Feature Photo


The Centre Area Transportation Authority (CATA) resumed its Centre Line full service on Aug. 20. Several changes, however, have been made to the schedule.

The Bellefonte Historical & Cultural Association's annual Film Forum is featuring a repertoire of films of unusual relevance to Centre County.

SPORTS

The Baltimore Ravens showed it last year. A team with a great offense may get more attention, but a team with a great defense will go far.

David Royer never had big crowds at his high school football games. The junior punter said that if a few hundred people showed up at his Penns Valley H.S. games, he would constitute that as a good-sized crowd.

With the loss of All-American Traci Anselmo to graduation, the Penn State field hockey team will look to replace Anselmo with a more balanced approach in both the scoring and leadership departments.


In a sport in which final scores are notoriously low, defense is a top priority — and the Penn State women's soccer team is well equipped to keep games close.


The anticipation of the approaching football season can create an overwhelming amount of tension in just about any avid Penn State football fan and some form of relief may be desired before the Hurricanes hit town next weekend.

Have you missed the boys on ESPN Gameday? Are you jonesin' for a shot of Lee Corso putting something stupid on his head and contradicting Kirk Herbstreit with one of his patented, "Not so fast, my friends"?

For the Penn State football team to be successful this season, three things need to click: Offense, defense and special teams. And with the statistics of the Nittany Lions kickers and punters last season, Penn State might not be too pleased.

The Penn State football team went through two well-documented catastrophes last year and, at times, appeared to use the incidents as fuel to become a stronger team.

When Penn State women's volleyball coach Russ Rose found out that his assistant coach Erin Appleman would be resigning, he knew he wouldn't have much convincing to do to fill the position.

My Opinion: Jeff Rice

OPINIONS

Housing should count in admitting students

My Opinion: Matt Hymowitz

Letters to the editor

ARTS

Filled to the brim with students hustling, bustling, studying and snoozing, throughout the day the HUB-Robeson Center is the epicenter of the Penn State campus. But on many weekend nights in the last several years, thousands of students have filled the HUB for an evening of music, movies, magic and more as a part of LateNight-Penn State — a university-supported effort to make the HUB and other campus buildings the epicenter on the weekends as well.


To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies at Penn State, Pattee Library opened a diversity exhibit.

A sea of tents will flood Centre Hall today.

For the nicotine/caffeine addicts who rely on Smoke -N- Joes, 128 Locust Lane, to provide their naughty fixes, there will soon be yet another reason to keep coming back for more.

"Next to home . . . this is the place to eat meatloaf." This sentence is the first thing students see as they enter Baby's Burgers & Shakes, 131 S. Garner St. The message provides peace of mind — even though you may be far from home, you can still enjoy the next best thing.

The place opened Monday night. By Tuesday night it had already attracted Manny Charlton, former lead guitarist of the 70's hard-rock band Nazareth, as a member of its clientele.


Local and foreign talent will merge when State College-based The Red Light performs with Brooklyn's Sheryl's Magnetic Aura at midnight Monday at Zeno's, 100 W. College Ave. The show has no cover and The Red Light is performing first.

Romeo and Juliet. Bonnie and Clyde. Harold and Maude. "Harold and Maude? Never heard of 'em," you're probably thinking.

If you're looking for some good music this weekend in State College, you may want to look in the direction of 528 W Foster Ave.

The Bellefonte Historical & Cultural Association's (BHCA) annual Film Forum is featuring a repertoire of films relevant to Centre County at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Adam and Art Gallery, 126 S. Allegheny St., Bellefonte, according to a BHCA press release.

The Downtown State College Partnership Inc., 245 S. Allen St., is looking for live acts to perform during the second annual Fall Festival in downtown State College.

WEATHER
Online editor for this issue:
Raina J. León BIO
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Jared Cohen email






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