Tear-filled eyes of family members, friends and concerned Penn State students filled the library at the Paul Robeson Center's Cultural Lounge. The group gathered last night to collect ideas in the effort to help find missing Penn State student Cindy Song

The Undergraduate Student Government Senate passed a resolution Tuesday night supporting "rape prevention and resource cards," but many of the senators had different ideas about what exactly their votes meant.

According to the report, PSU can save $123,011 per year by lowering documents' margin settings.

While many community organizations have become involved in the Centre County Terrorism Task Force's efforts to prepare the area in case of an attack, some individuals are angered at what they deem as a lack of inclusion of the Alpha Fire Company.

Although G.I. Joe's, fire trucks and games are always hot selling toys around the holidays, local stores said patriotic toy sales have been on the rise since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

They are denied the right to an education. The windows of their homes must be painted black so no one passing by can see their faces. They are the women of Afghanistan, brutally oppressed by the fading Taliban regime.

Five bands. Four hours. One cause. The Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance will bring Penn State students the third annual Rock for Choice from 8 to midnight tonight in the Pollock Rec Room.

Despite the recent declaration by economic researchers that the U.S. economy is in a recession, Penn State's Grand Destiny Campaign is steadily making its way toward its $1.3 billion goal.

This semester, six Penn State student teachers are living in Pierre, S.D., to help instruct American Indian students at the Pierre Indian Learning Center.

It wasn't going to be a happy football season at Penn State. After an entire month of football, the Nittany Lions hadn't won a single game and they were headed into what seemed to be the toughest stretch of their schedule.

Most Penn State fans don't remember former Nittany Lions running back Aaron Harris. If it wasn't for a debilitating knee injury in his junior season, all Penn State fans would've remembered him. That's how good he was until he tore an ACL midway through the 1998 season.

The Penn State men's basketball team will face a familiar foe when they travel to Philadelphia Saturday to take on Temple at 4:30 p.m. The Owls ended the Nittany Lions Cinderella Sweet 16 run last season with an 84-72 victory in the South Regional Semifinal.

The men's soccer team will travel to Garden City, N.Y., to play St. John's in a third round NCAA tournament game at noon at Adelphi University.

Early in this season the Penn State wrestling team has begun taking the steps in the right direction. The Nittany Lions look to continue their progress on Sunday at the Penn State Open at Rec Hall.

The ACHA DI Icers will take the ice tonight at 9 at the Greenberg Ice Pavilion with an unfamiliar blemish on their record.

Despite what the weatherman says, there may be a blizzard Saturday night at the Greenberg Sports Complex as Ice and Freeze collide in a matchup where everything is pointing towards a physical no love-loss war.

The third annual Penn State Student-Athlete Auction was once again an incredible success. Though it is a relatively new event, the auction has picked up steam each year.

Big Ten's and NCAA's is what the team is focusing on the most this season. The fact that the team travels to Long Island, NY this weekend for the 2001 U.S. Open seems trivial to the coach and the team.

The Penn State fencing team will travel to Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., on Sunday to begin their dual meet season.

While Zack Mills looks to be firing bombs to Nittany Lion wideouts against Virginia, the Penn State boxing club will be throwing some bombs of its own in its first home contest of the year tomorrow night.

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Belted lyrics, tireless drum beats and a lively stage presence complete with Penn State jerseys were the gifts that Fuel and special guest Sevendust came bearing last night when the acts brought their talents to the Bryce Jordan Center stage.

Jonathan Larson, who wrote the book, lyrics and music to RENT, died on the evening of his show's final dress rehearsal. He was 35 years old. The irony of his death is realized in the story of RENT.

Robert Redford gets sweaty.
And that's only the first reason why Barefoot in the Park is a great movie worth renting.

On the sidewalk above Dee's Texas Hot Dog, 234 E. College Ave., sits a wooden sign that happens to be a hot dog dressed as a cowboy. Perhaps it is a sight rarely seen on the streets of State College, but the quirky billboard could not be more perfect for the restaurant that is most unique -- both in style and taste -- in town.

Using no instruments, DJ Shadow produced an album that features hip-hop in its purest form but plays like a history book of funk, quoting jazz, rock and classical sources, all squeezed into 60 minutes. Not bad for a first album.

Cover bands are found almost everywhere in State College and are often said to be guilty of masquerading as musicians when in fact they are performers. But the bands say their efforts and struggles prove they are innocent of such accusations and are no less a band than any other.

The Palmer Museum's current exhibit focuses on the void that AIDS has left in the world of visual arts and the impact the virus has had on artists and the art world.

On Tuesday at The Bryce Jordan Center, the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra will present a holiday concert, presenting classic and contemporary seasonal music.

Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, oh my!

At 8 p.m. Monday in Esber Recital Hall, Music Building I, the Penn State Mallet Ensemble will present its first holiday concert. The ensemble will be under the direction of Dan Armstrong, professor of music

The Gambler is coming to The Bryce Jordan Center.

LateNight-Penn State will jazz things up tonight with a concert featuring Phil Woods, famous alto sax player, performing with Doney, Lee & Marcinko. The show will start at 10 p.m. in HUB Alumni Hall.

The Center for the Arts & Crafts organized the 2001 Holiday Arts & Crafts Sale, which will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Wednesday through Friday in the first floor lobby of the HUB-Robeson Center.

The coffee shop Java Jive, 239 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Centre Hall, will be presenting Human Genome Project from 9 p.m. to midnight tomorrow.