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GRAPHIC: Kahlil Smith
GRAPHIC: Kahlil Smith

NEWS

One-third of the way into fall semester, Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Senate has yet to find someone to function as parliamentarian during its meetings.

Looking past the nation's economic uncertainty and growing unemployment, nearly 10,000 Penn State students from across the state are expected to descend upon the Bryce Jordan Center this week for the university's annual Fall Career Days 2002.

Penn State students will have a new option for their daily meals this year with the introduction of the Nittany Meal Plan.

Last night, tears and angry words marked the justifications and rationalizations presented in the lecture "Stop Reparations Now!" by the Reverend Jesse Lee Peterson.

Television trends over the past few years have drifted from the wholesome family sitcom toward the real-life antics of the Osbournes and Anna Nicole Smith.

"Keep Kids Alive -- Drive 25," a new safety campaign designed to encourage local motorists to observe residential speed limits, has been established in the State College Area School District.

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Even at a university with more than 40,000 students, some students can still feel alone.

Though skateboarding has been banned at Penn State for 15 years, some students continue to question the fairness of the rule.

Shrinking fraternity institutes alcohol-free program

A staff member in Paterno Library reported an unknown man exposed himself in the fourth-floor lobby of the library about 11 p.m. on Saturday, Penn State Police Services said.

State College Police Department Detective Thomas Jordan will become Centre County's next district justice serving in Centre Hall.

Mark Alonzo Williams, who was charged with rape and sexual assault, was bound over to trial at his preliminary hearing yesterday at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte.


SPORTS

Christie Welsh led the Big Ten last year in every single offensive category.

Big Ten teams prepare to start wide-open sprint for confernce titles

After a bad game, the last place most athletes want to be is the field. Not Penn State soccer star Chad Severs.

After posting an impressive non-conference record of 10-1, the Penn State women's volleyball team now embarks on the part of the schedule that counts: the Big Ten.

It is the only team left in all of Div. I-A that has not suffered a loss.

The Penn State women's golf team will look to pack a lot more into its suitcase when it travels to the Finkbine Golf Course in Iowa City, Iowa this weekend.


OPINIONS

To beat the ban: Exercise your freedom; read books

My Opinion: Adam Kapp

Letters to the editor
ARTS

Those who say books are only for reading should think again.

This week is the ideal time to pick up a controversial book and become part of the American Library Association's Banned Books Week, library officials said.

It's a play that does not follow the linear structure of a typical musical. It's performed in many segments, much like the patchwork composition of a quilt, and every square tells a different story that ties in with the next.

Chris Gibbons (junior-international relations) is a busy guy.

One moment you're watching an eerie exchange between dead Marxist Leon Trotsky, complete with a mountain climber's ax smashed into the back of his skull, and his wife.

Lava Baby is not the biggest rock group in the world. The members did, however, recently use their semi-rockstar status to evade the police.

Still coping with the loss of his brother and best friend, Kevin, Eric Dare said he has been helped by friends and others who have come to his aid.

Ten years ago, they were just your average bar band.

It's the only bar in State College with a fireplace. It's also part of an establishment that has become a staple in traditional Penn State dining.

Pattee Library's Foster Auditorium will be filled with the lyrical lines of awardwinning poet Allison Joseph tonight.

There is an alternative to the highly advertised Hollywood productions in State College. And you won't even have to open your wallet or flash your student ID to see it.

An eclectic mix of movement, light, drumbeats and brass instruments will arrive in State College this week.

By day, Amélie Poulain is a waitress at a Parisian café. By night, she is serial do-gooder. Her story is captured in France's most popular film of 2001, Amélie. People around the world fell in love with the whimsical waitress and her assortment of friends.

At first it doesn't seem remarkable, just a short, little instrumental called "Return to Hot Chicken."

The Nittany Valley Symphony will open its season with "American Tribute" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Eisenhower Auditorium.


WEATHER

Cloudy with afternoon showers. High 66.


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