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[ Friday, Sept. 5, 2003 ]


COLLEGIAN PHOTO: Lauren A. Little
COLLEGIAN PHOTO: Lauren A. Little

NEWS

Although more student parking lots have become available on campus, some students are questioning how much they are willing to pay for the spaces.

This fall, freshmen might have more to worry about than just learning their way around Penn State's sprawling campus.

Thomas J. Fountaine II has cherished 18 years as the borough manager in Hollidaysburg but is looking forward to a fresh start as the new borough manager in State College.

John Devaney said he is so fed up with the University Park Airport that he now drives to Philadelphia to fly to his home in Jacksonville, Fla.

Recently, 10 Penn State students were featured in this month's Playboy's "Girls of the Big Ten" issue, but their appearance is raising questions about their decision to pose for the magazine and the effects it might have on the university.

Sheila Squillante never thought writing could be so glamorous.

Police are still searching for a suspect in the case of an alleged sexual assault that occurred over the weekend and was reported Tuesday.

Police suspect abuse of the prescription painkiller OxyContin was the primary cause of death for Penn State senior John Benjamin Henrickson, the Ferguson Township Police Department said.

The Princeton Review named Penn State the No. 1 "jock school" and "everyone plays intramural sports" in its annual book of nationwide college rankings

State College Police Chief Tom King told State College Borough Council members Tuesday that surveillance cameras would be fully operational this morning along Beaver Avenue at the intersections of Hiester Street, Locust Lane and McAllister Street.

Sure it's not the marquee matchup it was originally set up to be. But with the rekindling of this old rivalry, there's no question that Happy Valley will be alive with the classic pageantry of college football.

Penn State students may find it easier to purchase alcohol after this year...

Preparing for the new season, Graham Curtis paints over last year's posters



SPORTS

The team with sticks, skirts and attitude opens its home schedule this weekend.

Women's Soccer vs. Harvard, 5 p.m. Friday at Jeffrey Field.

In most good movies, the plot slowly leads to a dramatic climax, and it seems that whoever made the No. 9 Penn State Women's Volleyball team's (4-0) schedule has seen plenty of movies.

Ranked 16th in the preseason NCCAA/Adidas poll, the Penn State men's soccer team looked to ruffle some feathers in the season opener against UCLA, last season's national champion and the team to knock Penn State out of the playoffs.

As good as Alan Zemaitis felt about his return to the football field against Temple, he's realizes in the long run, football isn't the most important thing in life.

It's not easy growing up, not easy being green and not easy stepping up to the offensive line as a 6-foot (in cleats?), 237-pounder for a Division I-A football team.

He's not Michael Haynes, nor should anyone expect him to be.

My Opinion: Derek Levarse

My Opinion: Chris Rajotte

My Opinion: Steve Swart


OPINIONS

Helmet fever

My Opinion: Sarah Rothman

Letters to the editor
ARTS

What's in a name? For Dramatic Oil Company, everything.

New name. New tunes. Same funky, hook-laden vibe.

Okay, let's be real. No one in existence expects much out of a movie like Freddy vs. Jason. It's not going to change your outlook on fife, feed the hungry or help you lose weight. But it will make you laugh till you cry. To put it simply Freddy vs. Jason is good because it's so bad.

Album Review

Album Review

Album Review

After a while, everybody runs out of steam.

Somewhere in the assembly-line green-lighting of summer sequels to every movie that made even a couple of dollars at the box office, somebody gave the go-ahead to Jeepers Creepers 2.


WEATHER






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