Pop quizzes and looming projects are not the only things stressing out students this semester.
Renee Amoore, deputy chair of the Pennsylvania Republican State Committee, answered questions on affirmative action, racism, gay rights, the No Child Left Behind Act and the recent controversy surrounding Penn State's College Republicans yesterday in the HUB-Robeson Center.
President Bush backed a constitutional amendment yesterday to ban gay marriages, creating political commotion in the State College area.
Penn State's Standing Joint Committee on Tenure issued a report Thursday recommending the dismissal of associate professor Nona Gerard for "grave misconduct."
A judge heard testimony and arguments from attorneys yesterday during a pretrial hearing in Penn State football player Tony Johnson's driving under the influence case.
Not only is Mel Gibson's new movie, The Passion of the Christ, creating a stir among religious groups on the national front, but it is also causing controversy on campus and at churches in downtown State College.
The Undergraduate Student Government 2004 Elections Commission has filed an appeal of the Supreme Court's decision to reject a revised elections code.
The Undergraduate Student Government Senate voted, 8-10-3, against exonerating South Halls Sen. Andy Banducci at last night's meeting two months after a resolution to commit him to trial failed, 5-7-2.
Penn State President Graham Spanier got a chance to tout his athletic department in front of a national TV audience Monday night, appearing on ABC's Nightline.
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Chi Chi Aduba is back. Almost. Penn State and St. Francis (Pa.) are two teams headed in opposite directions. Not too many members of the No. 6 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team have much to complain about this season. The scorers are all getting their touches, the three freshmen are all seeing significant playing time, and the team is winning, but at the end of the bench there is one player who shouldn't be too happy with her role. Been wondering why Lady Lions senior guard Kelly Mazzante's shooting has been off the last three games? Penn State women's basketball coach Rene Portland has a theory. The coming of November used to mean everything to Sharif Chambliss. The Penn State women's golf team had its tournament-best round of golf with a team score of 321 yesterday to finish 15th at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic, held at the par-72, 6,016-yard Dorado Del Mar Country Club in San Juan, Puerto Rico. My Opinion: Jonathan Fodi
Independent USG committee lacks action in Banducci case Say what? My Opinion: Steve Boneck My Opinion: Becky Cantor Letters to the editor
There's nothing wrong with a little eclecticism. Tonight at Crowbar, 420 E. College Ave., that edict will be put to the test, as genre-bending Jerseyites New Blood Revival and local mainstay Dramatic Oil Company share a bill not easily classified. The Method and Result, a two-person band out of Philadelphia, will bring an erratic mixture of electronics, indie pop and vocals to tonight's Roustabout! 
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