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[ Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2003 ]


GRAPHIC: Kahlil Smith
GRAPHIC: Kahlil Smith

NEWS

Centre Community Hospital announced last night that its emergency department will remain open through the Feb. 28 deadline after Centre Emergency Medical Associates (CEMA) obtained malpractice insurance coverage.

Several students were cited by Penn State Police Services at the Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon for alcohol-related infractions and now face possible action from the Office of Judicial Affairs.

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With spring break approaching, the U.S. Department of State is working to inform students about the dangers of traveling abroad.

Professors and students honored undergraduate artists at the opening reception for the 2003 Undergraduate Exhibition at the Zoller Gallery last night.

The time buses spend sitting at traffic lights may be reduced according to a plan presented at the Centre Area Transportation Authority Board of Directors meeting yesterday.

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For many international students, the possibility of war with Iraq adds to the difficulty of living so far from home.

After dealing with wildfires, floods, hurricanes and chemical spills near the University of Florida for 11 years, Stephen Abrams, the new emergency management coordinator for Penn State and the State College area, knows what to do in the event of a catastrophe.


SPORTS

Many times, one of the biggest factors in recruiting is the relationship between the player and the coach.

The No. 10 Penn State men's volleyball team will look to improve on its early-season performance against St. Francis, when the Nittany Lions took four games to defeat the Red Flash at Rec Hall.

Strength of schedule.

The average sprinting event takes a short amount of time to run, but this weekend at the Big Ten Women's Indoor Track Championships the sprints will go a long way to determining this year's top squad.

After a 1-4 record in a season-opening tournament in California two weekends ago, the Penn State softball team was not in competition this past weekend.

With the Penn State double-dual men's and women's gymnastics meet occurring during the Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon weekend, one knew that it had to be a special meet.

While the recent snowfall has trapped the Penn State baseball club's field, the Lions have gloves, stolen bases, peanuts, Crackerjacks and blue skies on their minds.


OPINIONS

Harvest ideas: University needs to consider options before selling farm

My Opinion: Eliot Walker

My Opinion: Patrick R. Gibbons

Letters to the editor

SCIHEALTH

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have discovered a key genetic mutation common in humans that could help significantly extend people's lives, a finding some Penn State professors are wary of accepting.

When the Information Sciences and Technology (IST) Building opens this fall, students will be able to access the Internet without having to worry about tangled wires and phone jacks.

Controversial technologies developed by the Trusted Computing Platform Alliance (TCPA) may have a dramatic effect on the way Penn State students interact with their computers.

An underground coal fire that has been burning for more than 40 years in northeastern Pennsylvania has become the topic of a Penn State student's research.

Penn State fitness trainers recommend that students who want to slim down or tone up as spring break approaches tailor their workouts to meet their specific needs.

Penn State students will have the opportunity to kick bad eating habits and adopt a healthier eating pattern during National Nutrition Month.


My Opinion: Lisa Whittaker

My Opinion: Emily Gelsomin

ARTS

A collaboration between New York's DJ Logic and Vernon Reid, guitarist for hard rock group Living Colour, is, deeply rooted in colorful logic.


WEATHER

Partly sunny and cold. High 24.


Online editor for this issue:
Kahlil Smith bio





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