With 7,266 students voting, this year's Undergraduate Student Government election brought in the highest voter rate ever.

Four suspects in a four-year-long Ecstasy investigation waived their preliminary hearings yesterday, two of whom might now plead guilty to lesser charges, according to court documents.

While new home construction throughout the state has been down, construction in Centre County has increased in the past year, a local official says.

A computer virus known as "Klez," a mass-mailing e-mail worm, has been causing problems for Penn State students and faculty since February.

After the fall of Enron, the tragedy of Sept. 11 and the economic recession that followed, some students are wondering how these events will affect them and their job search.

Penn State students seeking a traditional Passover meal this year will find many options, both on and off campus.

Despite the sullen mood across the United States in the weeks following Sept. 11, many talk show hosts and others celebrities have started to address the tragedy in their comedic acts, a sign some say, that is America healing.

Patton Township Police are asking the public to help them find a missing juvenile.

Because there was no way Ed Dare could have saved his son's life, he is now working to ensure no others will have to endure his type of grief.

LEWISBURG -- It may have been cold enough yesterday to put a halt to blood circulation, but the weather could not stop the Penn State baseball team from coming away with a victory.

LEWISBURG -- They say there's a first time for everything.

Former Penn State football player Adam Taliaferro has been named the honorary chair for the 2002 Special Olympics Pennsylvania Summer Games, held June 6-9 at Penn State University in State College. He will also address the athletes during the Opening Ceremonies at Jeffrey Field.

State should pass telemarketing bill

My Opinion: Marianne Lorensen

• University cannot give holidays for all religions
• Penn State community is lacking in tolerance
• Bush's response to war is correct, necessary
• Research on genomes has a long way to go

My first thought when I discovered that I was assigned to review Blade II this weekend was that my editors had come up with a devious plan to punish me for missing the last staff meeting.

Singer-songwriter Danielle Howle admits she doesn't have all the answers. But, she's willing to share what she does know, and chances are that means a lot of talk about making it as an independent artist in the music business.

Someone at Fox should be KO'd. That may sound harsh, but if you were one of the 15.5 million who watched Fox's latest travesty, Celebrity Boxing, then you'd beat the crap out of someone for a chance to be first to don the gloves.

Inside the cover of Grandpaboy's newest album, Mono (Vagrant), there is a list of obvious pseudonyms for the uncredited musicians and the statement that "who played what is irrelevant."

Fieldy's Dreams' Rock n' Roll Gangster is the anti-Christ of music in an apparitional patchwork of everything that makes Cypress Hill and Eminem successful, without the talent.

Unpublished poets will finally get the chance to be noticed.The second annual "An Evening of Pennsylvania Poets: Readings in Celebration of the Public Poetry Project" will take place at 7 tonight in the Foster Auditorium, 101 Pattee Library.

Riviera, the long-awaited release from Big Head Todd and the Monsters, is a do-it-yourself kind of album.

HBO-less dormitory dwellers take notice: your Sex and the City substitute has arrived.