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[ Friday, Nov. 7, 2003 ]


PHOTO: Zainabu Williams/Collegian
PHOTO: Zainabu Williams/Collegian

NEWS

Sorority and fraternity members have been showcasing their spirit in the annual Greek Sing since 1968, and on Sunday they will continue that tradition with Greek Sing 2003, "Stepping into the Spotlight."

Centre Community Hospital changed its name yesterday, and will now appear as the Mount Nittany Medical Center.

The familiar change of seasons from autumn to winter is marked not only by the transition from falling leaves to falling snow. It is also marked by the closing of the downtown farmer's market.

Look left, look right and then look again. State College Borough placed safety markers at busy downtown intersections yesterday in an effort to improve pedestrian safety.

Activities usually sponsored by Latino Caucus in conjunction with Hispanic Heritage Month are postponed until the spring semester.

The University Park Allocation Committee (UPAC) is no longer accepting funding requests for 2003 fall programming.

An agreement reached earlier this week between university officials and the Napster online music service will soon enable most Penn State students to obtain free, legal music on their personal computers.

Three is the magic number for the Penn State football team this weekend.

It is nearing the end of the game and the opponent has just recorded a kill. Yi Wang turns to her teammates and then returns to her post close to the net, straightens up and poises her arms above her head, determined not to let the next ball pass through her block.

The self-proclaimed "most dangerous man in America" made a stop at Penn State last night.

Cameras in an apartment building hallway captured footage of the woman who jumped from a seventh-story window on Tuesday, police said.

Two people were injured in a two-vehicle accident at 5:45 a.m. yesterday at the intersection of Benner Pike and East College Avenue in College Township.


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SPORTS

The highlight reel at last season's banquet was littered with flashes of Glenn Zuck magic, and rightly so.

The Penn State men's swimming and diving team could not possibly have faced a tougher opening weekend than facing No. 1 Auburn and No. 9 Virginia, and this weekend is almost just as tough.

Three games have yielded 37 goals.

All is well in Penn State Ice Lions land. But this weekend will be tough as No. 2 Penn State will face two teams ranked in the top ten in the Northeast ACHA Division II hockey polls.

When push comes to shove, the world is a pretty big place.

To Penn State co-captain Heather Conroy, preseason seems like it was only a week ago.

The offensive power of a slap shot sending the puck toward the net or the defensive speed of a goalie flashing leather to try to stone the shooter, which comes out on top?

When the No. 8 Lady Lions step onto the floor of the Bryce Jordan Center at 7 tonight, the pressure will be on. But the bulk of the pressure will not stem from the opposition; rather, it will come from the women themselves.

After playing several teams on the road, the Penn State women's tennis team is hoping to end the fall tournament season at home on a high note.

Win the final three games of the season and there is still no bowl game.

What's tougher to do: haul in a pass in a college football game with thousands of fans' eyes on you, or live in a house with 11 children and only one bathroom?

At 6-foot-6, 265 pounds, Sam Ruhe is bigger than many people he meets. At times, however, children can seem more ferocious.

He trotted onto the field to kick a 60-yard field goal. The kick was dead accurate and about to split the uprights until it fell out of the air and plummeted to the ground.

Penn State women's soccer coach Paula Wilkins said that she wouldn't dwell on last year's loss in the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament, but that she hoped it would motivate her team.

Friday's regular season-finale between Penn State and Indiana will serve as a tribute to a legendary coach and a team perched atop the Big Ten conference.

The tone in the South Gym of Rec Hall was intense Wednesday afternoon.

Penn State women's soccer swept the annual Big Ten individual awards as Joanna Lohman, Ali Krieger and Paula Wilkins were honored on Wednesday night.

The Lady Lion Basketball team will open the 2003-04 season ranked No. 8 in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches poll, earning their third pre-season Top 10 ranking.


OPINIONS

University should act now to finalize the LGBT minor

My Opinion: Laura Michalski

My Opinion: Steve Boneck

Letters to the editor
ARTS

Everything that has a beginning has an end. That's the tagline to the conclusion of one of the biggest film series of our generation, The Matrix Revolutions. And while this reviewer thinks otherwise, many fans will not like how it ends.

A Homerian epic about the nature of man? A 90-minute diatribe on post-millenial familial relations in the animal kingdom? Cop and a Half, only with bears? Not exactly. Brother Bear, the latest paint-by-numbers Disney picture, is a movie about brothers and bears. And it's not very good.

Toni Morrison is required reading in just about every high school and college curriculum for a reason. This Pulitzer Prize-winning woman can write like no other.

Movie Review

Movie Review

Movie Review

Crowbar, 420 E. College Ave., is known for hosting ear-shattering concerts and wild parties, but Saturday night, the bar might leave a few patrons "def."

Contrary to the "video killed the radio star" culture these days, WKPS-FM (The Lion 90.7) has seen nothing but success since they moved from the James Building, 123 S. Burrowes St., to the HUB-Robeson Center and radio may be making a comeback.



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