Not since 1966, when Ohio State took the title, has a northern team won an NCAA baseball championship.

Captain Planet was always quick to remind kids that "the power is yours!"

The guys are just hanging out at a typical Monday afternoon practice -- smiling, telling jokes, even taking a half-court shot or two for fun.

Editor's Note: This is the second in a two-part series looking at life on the road with the Penn State men's volleyball team.

In sports, people always talk about stepping up. Whether that means coming though in a pressure situation, elevating one's game, or even filling a leadership role, the idea is always there.

The Penn State women's golf team is off to a rough start in the Puerto Rico Lady Classic in Dorado, Puerto Rico. After two days of competition the Nittany Lions find themselves in last place with one more day to go.

For collegiate swimmers and divers, conference and NCAA meets are the end of the road. This weekend the Penn State men's swimming and diving team will compete at the Big Ten championships in Minnesota, one of the highest level meets in which swimmers will ever have the chance to compete.

When you've got a good thing going, you tend to want to keep it going. The 693 points the Penn State women's swimming team accumulated to win the Big Ten Championships in a dominating performance is the good thing.

The season ended for the Penn State Lady Icers in pretty much the same way the whole second half went, with a close defeat to Bates College in which the offense let the team down.

Chris Matteo slowly shuffled to the locker room, wincing with every step. He leaned against the wall for a moment to catch his breath.

If there's anything the Penn State wrestling team has learned over these last five days, it's that you cannot work like you did in high school and expect to win. Example: Friday's 21-17 loss to Ohio State.

There's not a single day of the Penn State men's basketball team's 7-18 season when freshman guard Danny Morrissey doesn't think about Kyle Beigie.

When you first see Travis Parker, you're probably thinking what a lot of other people are thinking: "I want to stay on this guy's good side."

Penn State's Derek Wake has been invited to participate in the National Football League's Scouting Combine, which begins tomorrow in Indianapolis.

Two former Penn State women's lacrosse players have been selected to the 24-member U.S. Women's World Cup Training Team that will begin preparing for the 2005 International Federation of Women's Lacrosse Associations (IFWLA), U.S. Lacrosse recently announced.

Gabe Bernstein, who was a senior co-captain on the Penn State men's soccer team this season, was selected in the fourth round of the annual Major Indoor Soccer League College Draft, held yesterday via teleconference.

My Opinion: Justin Kunkel

Team statistics

Speaker series should get more student input because we pay for it

My Opinion: Trisha Fitzgerald

Guest Column: Russell Frank

Do you think the PSU community is tolerant to LGBT individuals?

• Presidents Day must not go uncelebrated
• No better time to be showing PSU pride
• Ignoring road safety hinders insurance
• Branch campus life is quality experience

• Wasting society's time on bigotry a huge crime
• Showing gays kissing illustrates sinful ways
• Recent bigotry shows more work is necessary

The Deathray Davies hail from Texas, so you might think they'd be country bumpkins, but they're not. Nah, they play retro garage pop akin to The Kinks. Then there's central Pennsylvanian chanteuse Dawn Kinnard, whose first album was country in the Lucinda Williams sense of the word. But she's over that, and moving on to less twangy pastures.

Allen Street Grill, 100 W. College Ave., will feature Magic Hat beer and The Twinz at 10 p.m. Specials include happy hour from 10 p.m. to midnight (231-4745).