A fire set on the third floor of Snyder Hall Wednesday morning marked the dorm's fourth fire since last November that Penn State Police Services is investigating.
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Hundreds of State College residents are expected to join anti-war protests tomorrow in Washington, D.C. The event is expected to see a turnout similar to the estimated 150,000 people that attended an Oct. 26 rally in the nation's capital.
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Grilled chicken as an alternative to fried chicken and vegetables not cooked in butter or oil are just a couple of changes students can expect this semester in the dining commons. |
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It's happened to just about every Penn State student.
At a time when instant messaging, handheld organizers, e-mail and text messaging rule the day, proper grammar is often left in the dust.
Shoney's Restaurant, 1900 S. Atherton St., will be closing in the next three months because of declining patronage, following a trend that has seen several businesses leave the area, the restaurant's general manager said.
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At many downtown State College businesses, customers arrive at the counter and are gripped by unexpected panic. Staring them in the face is the ever-feared tip jar. |
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Union Street hours extended on Sundays
Disabled man sues PSU for discrimination
Trustees to discuss IST, academic integrity
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The bad luck streak in West Lafayette, Ind., continues.
Joe Battista falls into a chair and smiles wearily. It's been a long week, and the travel schedule won't do the coach any favors any time soon.
Clear the air: Emissions testing should be enforced statewide My Opinion: Adam Fabian Letters to the editor
Frigid temperatures and incessant snowfall are beginning to affect Penn State students, even as meteorologists question this winter's place in the record books. 
The joys of working in fast food at one time or another is an experience familiar to many. But for most, the time put in flipping burgers and working the drive thru was a brief summer job and nothing more.
Charlie Kaufman, award-winning screenwriter of Being John Malkovich, was in a rut. He had the thankless task of writing a screenplay version of Susan Orlean's novel, The Orchid Thief. And although he immersed himself in Orlean's pretty but plotless prose, Kaufman couldn't conceive of a way to faithfully adapt the book. Nowadays, all we need is Jay-Z with Lenny Kravitz sampling a Cake song to prove that the noises some rap artists are trying to squeeze into the confines of a disc have become out of control. Existentialism -- n. A philosophy emphasizing the uniqueness and isolation of the individual experience in a hostile or indifferent universe. Three words can sum up Sum 41's latest, Does This Look Infected?: dumb, fast and loud. Sandra Cisneros' Caramelo is the history of a Mexican-American family, told through the eyes of the young Lala Reyes. 
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