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Back Issues [ Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2002 ]


Graphic: Erin Allen
Graphic: Erin Allen

NEWS

Centre County community members voiced their concerns regarding the proposed reduction of off-campus bus service to the Centre Area Transportation Authority Board of Directors at their monthly meeting last night.

Undergraduate Student Government President Justin Zartman and Town Sen. Mike Gallo addressed student concerns about the conflict within USG during a debate last night.

President Bush's plan to combat global warming by calling for more voluntary efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions might not do enough to protect the environment, some experts at Penn State say.

Christian Procopio, a 19-year-old sophomore at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, died Friday from injuries sustained in a single-car accident.

As the recent dry weather phenomenon on the East Coast keeps weather officials scratching their heads, local warm-weather businesses such as the Penn State Golf Course are opening up their gates to the flood of eager patrons.

The recently developed Office of Strategic Influence could lead to the deterioration of the Pentagon's credibility if a recent New York Times report is true, said Steve Manuel, a former Pentagon spokesman and senior lecturer in College of Communications.

For Cara Byerly, the opportunity to become fully immersed in another culture and to see the sites she had read about in books drew her to studying abroad.

Take your mark, get set, go! The pressure was on. The first to cross the finish line within the shortest time would receive the gold. The crowd was cheering, the competition was intense, and all eyes were on the contenders.

Independent bands and music fans alike might once again have a venue to call their own starting this fall.

Feature Photo

A memorial service for Michael Carter, the student who died in an automobile accident on Feb. 13, will take place at 7 tonight in Eisenhower Chapel.

William A. Donan, a Penn State alumnus, donated $1 million to endow a professorship in the Smeal College of Business Administration.


sports

Clicking the first link on Kevin Dare's Web page opens up the Penn State sports information homepage.

With another tough loss piled on, and its shooting percentage continuing to suffer, the Penn State basketball team decided to take a few days off.

With the 2002 softball season just underway and a roster that includes seven freshmen, Penn State softball coach Robin Petrini has signed two recruits for the 2003 season

Going into the season, Penn State men's lacrosse coach Glenn Thiel wondered if his freshmen would react well to game-day stresses in their first collegiate game experiences. The answer to that question was answered Sunday with an emphatic 'yes.'

For Scott Moore, it was the best of times and it was the worst of times.


It's her turn now.

The Penn State men's tennis team did not accomplish everything it hoped for this past weekend, but managed to take a step in the right direction.

In a night when the main event would prove not to be one, the Penn State boxing club took four of eight fights at the PSU invitational Saturday night at the White Building.

Starting off with a bang was something that the Penn State men's club rugby team wanted to do this season in order to gain momentum for the National Championships.

Saving the best for last, that is exactly what the Penn State Ice Lions did in winning the ACHA Div. II Northeast Collegiate Ice Hockey tournament at Indiana University of Pennsylvania during the weekend.


OPINIONS

Fingerprint data critics should foresee effects

My Opinion: Jill Pakulski

Letters to the editor

SCI-HEALTH

Imagine living every day in fear. Imagine thinking that you're never good enough. Imagine being drowned by a flood of negative thoughts. Imagine a constant war in your head between what you think is right and what something else is telling you.

Chances are you know someone who is hiding a secret kept by millions of young American women — an eating disorder.

For many at Penn State, the draw of ice cream goes far beyond just consumption.

Thousands of students enjoy University Creamery ice cream with the swipe of a card or the exchange of a few bills, but the process that goes into creating the frozen pleasure is complex and highly technical.

Dry skin is a problem that afflicts many Penn State students in the wintertime and Dr. Edward Rosick, university physician at Ritenour Building, thinks that prevention is the best cure.

My Opinion: George Kroner

Students who fall asleep in class might not merely be reacting to a boring lecture but be showing the effects of severe sleep deprivation, according to a recent study.

Healthline: Susan Kennedy

Those looking for a late-night buzz might turn to caffeine to delay fatigue. Experts, however, say alternative energy boosters might be a better choice to avoid possible long-term effects of caffeine.

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