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[ Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2003 ]


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

NEWS

Students and faculty who object to using their social security number as their identification number can breathe a sigh of relief -- more than one year from now.

While many students plan to attend the annual Bryce Jordan Center career fair today, others already got a head start on the job search.

Students who want to get involved in the community can take their energy and initiative to the AIDS Project of Centre County for its volunteer program starting this week.

With the influx of freshman on the University Park campus, minority admissions have increased since last year.

The number of football scholarships Penn State has to offer might be reduced again.

Consumers might want to double check their grocery store receipts, as a Centre County official has sent a warning for customers about being over-charged at local retailers.

Ridership is down for Centre Area Transportation Authority (CATA), but officials said at a meeting yesterday that service is still running smoothly.

Penn State and Turner Construction Company are trying to reach an agreement about quiet hours for the construction of Eastview Terrace.

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Little information is available on two more sexual assaults that have occurred in the past two days.



SPORTS

He wasn't even considered a member of the team. To the Penn State men's golf team his scores meant absolutely nothing, but to him it was a tournament that meant everything. It was time to make a statement.

The receiving corps has been changing almost as quickly as the receivers are dropping passes.

Minutes before taking the field against Kent State on Saturday, Charles Rush had to win a battle of a different kind.

The starters on the Penn State field hockey team should be well rested, for a day at least.

The Penn State Men's Tennis team could not have opened its season in a more successful fashion.

It will be impossible for the James Madison women's soccer team to defeat Penn State tonight at Jeffrey Field. Impossible, that is, if the No. 11 Nittany Lions can add another shutout to the three consecutive they have already strung together.

Carmelina Moscato hasn't seen any playing time for the Penn State women's soccer team this season, but it's not because she has done anything wrong. On the contrary, the sophomore midfielder hasn't seen any collegiate action because she is playing at the top level of soccer in the world.

He was once a tailback, wide receiver, punt returner and quarterback all in one. Now, Michael Robinson is just a quarterback.

It is one of those plays that the fans in the stadium can sense, a moment palpable by the collective gasp of anticipation.


OPINIONS

Change of statute necessary to help solve stranger rapes

My Opinion: Mary Ann Zimmerman

Letters to the editor

SCIHEALTH

If parents fret about their collegeage children doing crazy, irreversible things, punching holes in their bodies should be the least of their concerns.

The popping of small gas bubbles within joints -- not grinding bones -- are thought to be the cause of the cracking joints, such as those at the knuckles.

The massive power outage that plagued much of the Northeast last month didn't faze Paul Ruskin, Office of Physical Plant (OPP) spokesman. When it comes to disturbances on the power grid, "we can get through any situation and return power quickly," he said. Still, the university is researching alternative energy sources.

Abstinence is the only certain way to prevent pregnancy. With State College named first in America's Best Dating Towns this year, however, students may be finding it hard to practice total self control. For those caught in the dating game, there are alternatives.

Students who take melatonin supplements to help them sleep could worsen a condition in which the body cannot maintain enough blood flow to the brain when a person stands.

My Opinion: Emily Gelsomin

ARTS

"I've been known to ride my bike nine miles if the marijuana is a decent grade," George McMahon said in an easy Texas drawl.


Music-lovers looking to find a legal and cheap way to download their favorite tunes, look no further.


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