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[ Friday, Nov. 21, 2003 ]


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NEWS

Many things have changed around the country since Sept. 11, 2001, including a decrease in the number of hate crimes from 2001, according to an FBI report.

Blind and visually impaired students now have the opportunity to acquire information about financial aid in the form of an audio compact disc.

Many students working downtown are able to go home for Thanksgiving next week, but some are forced to stay during part of winter break.

A new drop-off site for Operation Christmas Child has been established in State College.

In an effort to streamline the state's budgetary process, a local lawmaker on Wednesday called for a study of creating a two-year budget cycle in Pennsylvania.

Beginning next year, North Halls dorms will be renovated to four-person suites featuring a lounge and full bath. The changes will initially lead to 240 fewer beds on campus.

Students are expressing mixed feelings about the planned renovation of North Halls dorm rooms into suites with bathrooms over the next three years.

Penn State students presented ideas for a connection between West Campus and the Urban Village directly south of it to the State College Planning Commission last night.

Steven W. Rightenour, 21, of Altoona, was arraigned yesterday on charges of retail theft and receiving stolen property in connection to events that occurred on Sept. 1.

Tomorrow marks the 40th anniversary of the shots that rang out and changed the course of history.

The Carlisle Sentinel has made a request that the Board of Governors for the Dickinson School of Law open its meetings today and tomorrow to the public.

The State College Police Department said yesterday that someone deliberately clogged a sink at 234 E. College Ave. and caused more than $100,000 in damages on Oct. 26.

More than 100 students gathered on the steps of Old Main yesterday to announce their decision to come out of the "conservative closet."

Every Saturday afternoon during football season, Mieko DeAngelo is a star.

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SPORTS

Even though Penn State has been out of bowl contention for weeks now, there are still a few things the team could prove with only one game remaining.

When spring practice rolls around, not many people will be talking about the outcome of the final games of the 2003 season.

After last weekend's display of the fact that the No. 1 Penn State ACHA Div. I Icers (14-0) are indeed human, No. 3 Michigan-Dearborn (10-4-2) has the first shot at giving the Icers a real loss.

It's been three weeks since Penn State's Lady Icers opened their league schedule with two 9-1 wins at the University at Buffalo.

Defense wins games. Just ask Penn State Ice Lions coach Mo Stroemel.

There will be a diving showdown this weekend as the Penn State men's and women's swimming teams take on St. Bonaventure.

The Penn State men's cross country team will be shorthanded tomorrow but will still be among the favorites at the storied Van Cortland Park.

As the preparatory period for the Penn State fencing team nears its end, the M. Garrett Penn State Open will serve as a springboard for the mid-season.

For two inextricably intertwined players, tomorrow will be the final collegiate meeting between Zack Mills and Jeff Smoker.

To see what is possible for 2004, the Penn State football team needs to look no further than its opponent this weekend.

On Sunday at 3 p.m., the Ed DeChellis era will truly begin, as Penn State faces Georgetown at the Bryce Jordan Center.

Bittersweet.

Paula Wilkins and Heidi Drummond sit rather calmly at the round table. They answer questions about their upcoming third round NCAA tournament game with a smile and little hesitation.

Why would Penn State head wrestling coach Troy Sunderland want to see his wrestlers face off in a tournament when he sees the same thing everyday in practice?

If the No. 9 Penn State Lady Lions' number one goal is to make it to the Final Four in March, then the journey begins tonight when the No. 12 LSU Tigers come into Happy Valley at 7 pm.

Penn State has received a letter of intent from a third women's basketball recruit, Amber Bland, a highly touted guard from Ohio.

My Opinion: Robert Spruck

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OPINIONS

Sexual assault forum necessary to generate concrete solutions

My Opinion: Steve Boneck

Letters to the editor
ARTS

Anyone who's surprised to hear that The Beatles have put out an album after its notoriously messy breakup obviously doesn't know his or her Fab Four history. The original version of the band's final record, Let It Be, was actually released post-separation.

Love Actually is a little like love, actually: bittersweet, corny, but there for you when you need it.

The last movie Peter Weir made was The Truman Show, one of the best movies of the 1990s. You should watch that instead of his latest movie, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Before Truman he made 13 movies, most notably Witness and Dead Poets Society. You should watch those instead of Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (MCFSW).

'Try This'

'Lost Dogs'

'SoulO'

A taste of foreign culture is coming to State College at 6 p.m. tomorrow at the State College Area High School, 653 Westerly Parkway, in the South Auditorium.

For the second year in a row, the Pennsylvania Centre Orchestra (PCO) is teaming up with the Hudson Vagabond Puppet Company to present their annual concert, Music for the Whole Family, on Sunday at Mt. Nittany Middle School, 656 Brandywine Drive.



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