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Back Issues [ Monday, Jan. 28, 2002 ]



Graphic: Jamie Perruquet

NEWS

Two Penn Staters were arraigned Friday on charges of trafficking cocaine and marijuana in State College within the past three months, making a total of five former and current Penn State students arrested on drug charges in three days.

McLanahan's Market will offer a larger variety of products than McLanahan's Student Store, it will have a greater selection of choices, from more brands of pastas to unusual beverages to a section of the candy isle dedicated to Pez.

This year's Undergraduate Student Government Elections Code is significantly different than last year's procedure, with changes including a shorter campaign time, more lenient rules, and fewer places to vote.


Following in the footsteps of her two older sisters, Emily Wills (freshman-psychology) captured the Miss Penn State crown Saturday night.

Students with accounts at PNC Bank will be greeted with increased convenience come Friday. Six automated teller machines, located throughout the Penn State campus, will be switching from Mellon/Citizens Bank to PNC.

Banking has become uncertain for some Penn State students in the last two months, since the purchase of certain mid-Atlantic bank branches of Mellon Financial Corp. by Citizens Financial Group, Inc., which reached completion in December.

A blind graduate student at Penn State said one of the main problems that the blind deal with is not the lack of sight, but the general public's misconception of blindness.

Ryan James Allamon, an 18-year-old from Warriors Mark, has been missing since 9:30 a.m. Saturday, the State College Police Department said.


sports

The trend that has plagued the Penn State men's basketball team continued Saturday. The Nittany Lions (5-13, 1-6 Big Ten) fell just short of climbing out of a 17-point second half hole against Wisconsin (12-9, 5-3) in the Kohl Center in Madison.

The Penn State women's basketball team flourished, beating ninth ranked Wisconsin 63-49, at The Bryce Jordan Center.

Any team welcomes a win, but winning away from the home crowd and against tough competition is even bigger. The Penn State men's gymnastics team found this out as it topped the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Saturday evening.

Penn State (4-6) trailed Indiana (6-5) 9-6, before the two sets of twins took to the mats, and grabbed control in the dual match Sunday at Rec Hall. The foursome of No. 10 Josh Moore, Scott Moore, Jason Woodall and James Woodall racked up 16 points en route to a victory, 26-9.

The No. 3 Penn State fencing teams improved their perfect records to 8-0 this past weekend as they swept th eir first home dual meet of the season.

Taking a break from the regular season, the Penn State men's volleyball team returned to its roots Saturday when former players returned to Happy Valley for Alumni Day.

The Penn State women's indoor track team played host to representatives from 48 different teams this weekend, and staying true to form, turned in 12 top five finishes and three NCAA provisional qualifying marks.

The Penn State women's swimming team (6-3, 3-1 Big Ten) continued their domination of the Hoosiers (5-1-1, 4-1-1 Big Ten), extending their all-time record to 8-0-1 against them following a convincing 209-159 victory.

On Saturday the Penn State men's indoor track and field team faced off against 32 different teams at the Penn State National Open.

Brandon Watkins was dominant on both sides of the floor for Penn State in their 66-63 loss to Wisconsin. Watkins scored 19 points, grabbed eight rebounds and dished out four assists leading the Nittany Lions in each category.

The Nittany Lions were halfway through their Big Ten opening dual meet against Indiana and a lethargic start saw them lose three of the first five bouts to fall behind the Hoosiers, 9-6.

If the young Penn State women's basketball team is to climb back to the top spot in the Big Ten, it will do so on the shoulders of its' senior leader, forward Rashana Barnes.

The No. 1 ACHA Div. I Icers' leading scorer Glenn Zuck (19 goals, 23 assists) came up with his best offensive game of the season, recording a hat trick and two assists, as visiting Penn State defeated No. 3 Eastern Michigan 7-4 on Saturday. The Icers' victory followed up their 5-1 win at No. 10 Michigan-Dearborn (10-14-4) on Friday.

The Div. II Penn State Ice Lions overpowered the University of Maryland-Baltimore County by winning 11-8 on Saturday at the Greenberg Sports Complex.

The Penn State men's tennis opened its home spring season with a win over Bloomsburg 7-0. The Nittany Lions improve to 2-2.

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