The words Hogwarts, Muggles and Quidditch might not mean a lot to some Penn State students.

But for Harry Potter fans Jessica Hopkins (senior-international politics and Japanese) and Erin Knapp (senior-archaeological sciences), their adoration for the young wizard and his fantasy world was enough to inspire them to create a new club called the Three Broomsticks.

The club will be participating in the annual Witches Ball, a part of Late Night Penn State's Halloween celebration, at 10 p.m. tomorrow in HUB Alumni Hall.

Events sponsored by the group at the Witches Ball include a hand-puppet recreation of the Potter Puppet Pals, an online puppet show.

Elle Trusz, Three Broomsticks chairwoman of the Witches Ball, said the club will also host a Hogwarts corner, including various activities such as wand-making and Harry Potter trivia.

Elizabeth Kowalski (freshman-electrical engineering) said the puppet pals show is hilarious, and reactions from those who have not seen it should be interesting. She added that she will help administer the Ordinary Wizard Levels trivia section of the Hogwarts corner.

Hopkins said Three Broomsticks is the name of a pub in Hogsmeade, which is a city in the book.

"We did not want to pick a name that did not have specific affiliation ... Three Broomsticks is a place where everyone can go, so if you aren't a diehard Harry Potter fan, you can still come," she said.

Official status as a Penn State club was granted to the Three Broomsticks on Oct. 4, Hopkins said.

Nicolle Nicastro, Three Broomsticks adviser and Harry Potter fan, said the club's members are interested in getting involved with charity events and other university Harry Potter clubs.

"My role is to sit back and keep them from getting in trouble," she said.

Knapp said the group would hold events, such as a possible Yule Ball and Hogsmeade weekends.

Hopkins added that they may try a wizard tournament in the spring.

David Brownell (freshman-theatre arts) said he has been a fan of the Harry Potter series since the second book and prefers the books over the movies because they are suspenseful and pull you in easily. "It is not like something out there," Brownell said.

Kowalski said she searched on the Internet for Harry Potter groups at Penn State to try to find other fans and saw a livejournal.com Web site made by Hopkins and Knapp that proposed starting the club on campus.

Kowalski said she has been obsessed with Harry Potter for four years, but her friends don't understand her obsession.

"It is a certain degree of living the fantasy," Knapp said.