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[ Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004 ]


Jeremy Drey
PHOTO/GRAPHIC: Jeremy Drey

NEWS

With the recent creation of an Office of Economic and Workforce Development, Penn State has been taking measures to help strengthen the state's economy.

Penn State seniors have until Friday to decide how to leave their mark on the university.

As health care costs soar nationwide, employers and Penn State officials are saying that insurance plans coming with potential jobs should get a closer look from graduating students.

The rising cost of health care is among the reasons Penn State is asking for $334.8 million from the state, an increase of $17.6 million from the amount the university received last year.

Since Sept. 11, 2001, the word "terrorist" has a new significance for many Americans and has created a misconception that terrorists will never change their ways.

Residents of Centre County had the opportunity to get acquainted with the candidates running for the state House of Representatives in their districts last night.

The University Faculty Senate will meet today at Penn State Harrisburg to discuss possible changes to both the Health and Physical Activity (GHA) and the bachelor of arts degree requirements.

State College Police are investigating the death of a 21-year-old Hazleton man who died Sunday afternoon while visiting friends in State College.

Dr. Sol Gordon held the floor last night at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel to discuss the complexities of love, sexuality and human relationships to an audience of about 100 students.

Platforms and promises 2004

The College Democrats and College Republicans went head-to-head last night in a debate moderated by the Political Science Association (PSA) to address the issues of international relations and domestic security.

For Grace Jimenez, the past few days have been more than difficult.

News in Brief


SPORTS

Sports in brief

Hat tricks are pretty rare in hockey -- let alone two in one game.

Boos scattered throughout Beaver Stadium.

His face may not have shown it, but his play certainly gave away what was probably on his mind.

After finding much success against intrastate opponents this season, the Penn State field hockey team will go for the sweep of its Pennsylvania foes when the Nittany Lions visit Bucknell tonight at 5.

Kelly Mazzante is gone. Au revoir.

Adorned with their new conference championship t-shirts and hats, the Penn State women's soccer team appeared like nothing in the world could bring it down.

You play defense, and you're fabulous. Fabulous in how you slam your body ruthlessly into opponents. Fabulous, perhaps, in how you reach up to get a piece of the ball. Or fabulous, maybe, in the way you nimbly flit about the field.

My Opinion: Scott Cooper


Posted: Oct. 28, 2004


Posted: Oct. 28, 2004


OPINIONS

Spyware bill may help deter computer woes slightly for students

My Opinion: Ryan Lynch

Letters to the editor

SCIHEALTH

Science is everywhere -- even in the unknown.

A century after the introduction of the fungus that decimated the American chestnut tree population in the Northeast, Penn State researchers are working to produce a tree that resists the blight.

Local American Red Cross officials are urging eligible individuals to donate blood after a trauma situation last weekend resulted in a drastic plunge in blood supplies in the Greater Alleghenies Region.

The future is now at Penn State.

Chocolate, strawberry, bittersweet mint -- even in late October, people line up out the door and around the block to get one of our favorite treats, ice cream.

The United States has the highest teen pregnancy and teen birth rates of all industrialized countries, despite the decline in instances of pregnancy among teens in the past decade, experts say.

"Blood shortage" is a term heard frequently on campus and throughout the State College community.


My opinion: Jenny Stranzl
Posted: Oct. 28, 2004


Guest opinion: Lew Logan
Posted: Oct. 28, 2004

ARTS


Rogers bringing holiday show to BJC

WKPS-FM (90.7), The Lion, isn't the only student-run radio station on campus and it isn't the only one that has found itself in hard financial times lately.


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