In her Thompson Hall bedroom, freshman Bethany Cynthia Smith was found lifeless at 2:30 a.m. yesterday. Smith, 18, was pronounced dead less than an hour later, but the cause of death has yet to be determined, Penn State Police Services said.
For Undergraduate Student Government presidential candidates, the task isn't just persuading students to vote for them, it's convincing students to vote at all.
For Undergraduate Student Government presidential candidates, the task isn't just persuading students to vote for them, it's convincing students to vote at all.
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The former mayor of Philadelphia and 2000 Democratic National Convention chair addressed and fielded questions from a light crowd of mostly student supporters at the Atherton Hotel, 125 S. Atherton St., in the early afternoon.
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When newly elected mayors come to Ed Rendell for advice, he tells them worrying about re-election will inhibit them from creating change.
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As Women's History Month draws to an end, a coalition of campus groups ran the three-day Conference on Women's Health and Wellness.
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Saturday night's Noe Rooz New Year's party was celebrated in Pollock Commons with traditional Persian music, dance and food.
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The Nittany Freedom Foundation, created by alumni leaders of Penn State Young Americans for Freedom, conducted its first board meeting Saturday in conjunction with the 10th anniversary of PS-YAF.
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More than fifty students attended No Refund Theater's and Association of Resident Hall Students' first Oscar night celebration held last night in Heritage Hall.
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The U.S. military is making America proud, the Chief of Naval Operations told an audience of naval cadets and midshipmen Friday at the Nittany Lion Inn.
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As teams battled for coveted spots in the Final Four this weekend, some students said they did not view the pools in the same light as other types of gambling.
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Phi Delta Kappa, an organization for graduate students in education, dedicated a memorial last Friday to these teachers.
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Cheeseboro, a Penn State alumnus and a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, spoke Saturday during the Gamma Nu chapter's 55th Anniversary Black and Gold Ball.
Scientist J. Craig Venter will speak at 8 tonight in Schwab Auditorium as part of Penn State's Distinguished Speakers Series.
Various fraternities and sororities will present a series of programs designed to foster greater diversity awareness at Penn State this week.
The Lady Lions (23-12) played an inspired first half of basketball on Saturday but could not pull off an upset, losing to No. 1 Connecticut, 82-64, in the Mideast Regional Semifinals of the NCAA Tournament at the U.S. Cellular Arena.
On Saturday in the U.S. Cellular Arena, the Connecticut women's basketball team used 6-foot-2 senior forward Tamika Williams as the acid that slowly ate away at Penn State's chance to advance to the Elite 8.
At times during the 2001-02 Penn State women's basketball season, Kelly Mazzante has single-handedly dominated entire teams with her outstanding play. Mazzante has been a one-woman wrecking crew for the Lady Lions, breaking records and setting the Big Ten on fire with highlight-reel shots.
Riding impressive performances all across the board, the fencers overcame an early defeat yesterday to claim the NCAA National Championship at Drew University. The final score was Penn State 195, St. John's 190 and Notre Dame 186.
Iowa State 197-pounder Cael Sanderson finished his four-year career on Saturday at the NCAA Championships in Albany, N.Y. with an unprecedented career record of 159-0.
Minnesota tallied 126.5 points, followed by an Iowa State team with three individual champions and 104 points, while Oklahoma finished third with 101.5 points. Iowa finished fourth with 89 points.
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The Nittany Lions placed third with a score of 214.600 at the championship held this weekend at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
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Instead of cannons bursting it ended more like a popgun going off. Lofty expectations gave way to disappointment.
The squad finished last out of the seven teams competing with a score of 192.550, its lowest of the season.
With the beginning of the Big Ten season just a week away, the members of the Penn State baseball team talked a lot about gaining momentum in this weekend's games against Navy.
The No.2 Tige rs (5-1) used a feisty defense and made loose ball-Princeton ball, as they rolled over the No. 12 Penn State women's lacrosse team (3-3) 17-8 at Holuba Hall on Saturday afternoon.
The Penn State men's lacrosse team fell Saturday to the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC) 9-8 despite mounting a late comeback scoring two goals within the last 34 seconds.
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The No. 14 Loyola Ramblers (15-5) upset the No. 5 Nittany Lions (17-3) Friday in five games (30-27, 26-30, 30-27, 22-30, 15-9), bringing an end to Penn State's longest winning streak since 1997.
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The Lions went 4-2 at the Hoo's Who Tournament in Charlottesville, Virginia. Penn State won four of the six games it played in the tournament.
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In their first playoff game of the spring season, the Lady Ruggers routed the Delaware Blue Hens 54-3 by relying on basics and dominating ball possession and tempo.
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Going into the match, the Penn State (7-8, 0-3) men's tennis team knew the odds were severely stacked against them. Unfortunately, they were not able to pull off the upset.
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