HARRISBURG -- The state legislature is poised to vote on a bill that would appropriate $306.5 million to Penn State for 2003-04, a 5 percent cut from last year's appropriation. The bill was included on the state House of Representatives schedule yesterday, but a vote was delayed until further notice.

At a televised press conference yesterday, University of Miami President Donna Shalala set the wheels of college football conference realignment in motion and announced the school will end its Big East membership.

Following the economic trends of late, interest rates on two types of loans for college students have hit all-time lows.

Bill Asbury, vice president of student affairs, stepped down from office yesterday after almost three decades of service to students and the university.

Minors can resume attending all-ages events in places that serve alcohol because of a recently passed state House Bill, which overturned Act 212 of 2002.