Calder Way businesses in downtown State College are changing to accommodate the variety of interests of State College residents.
Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences will advertise one of its study abroad programs nationwide next month, encouraging students from any university in the country with an agriculture department to apply.
With limited electricity and unpaved roads, Monkey River Town, Belize, is not the average college student's spring break destination.
Buying about 30,000 journals per year for Penn State students and faculty has become a problem for the Penn State libraries.
With construction booming across campus, Penn State officials say there are still projects to be completed -- projects that sometimes require the university to borrow funds.
The recommended location for a new downtown bus terminal was rejected yesterday by the State College Planning Commission, after it determined that the Garner Street location would not benefit the community.
If things were getting predictable week to week as the Koror tribe kept trouncing the Ulong tribe challenge after challenge, last night's episode of Survivor: Palau featured quite a few surprises.
Clad in colorful T-shirts and armed with fliers, the presidential candidates for the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) spoke with students on the first floor of Findlay Commons last night.
After handling dozens of alcohol-related crimes on St. Patrick's Day last year, the State College Police Department is stepping up enforcement for this year's celebration.
The man accused of driving the vehicle that struck a Park Forest resident on his way home from work was bound over on all charges yesterday at his preliminary hearing.
Cesareo Manansala has lived in the United States for more than two decades.
Leaders from 10 different student groups met in Boucke Building last night to discuss a problem they all face - how to overcome students' apathy toward community involvement on campus.
The clothing a woman wears, the texture of her hair and the shape of her body often reflect societal ideals about femininity and perfection, four panelists said last night at a discussion regarding the definition of beauty.
Star Parker told a crowd of about 50 people about her past life of criminal activity, sexual promiscuity and the failures of the welfare system.
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While some students graduating at the end of this semester worry about finding a job, keeping up their grades or entering the real world, the biggest uncertainty in Keith Kowal's near future is whether or not the Penn State men's volleyball team will still be playing May 7 -- the day of the NCAA Championship match. Penn State's Tanisha Wright added to her growing list of accolades when she was named a first-team All-American by the United States Basketball Writers Association. Start the countdown: In exactly 37 days, the 2005 NFL Draft will commence in New York. ST. LOUIS -- It's just a little bigger than Rec Hall. It will be slightly more full than the Bryce Jordan Center. Penn State fencing captain Marten Zagunis was the last one in the team locker room showering and packing for this year's NCAA Championships in Houston. The records continue to fall underfoot for the Penn State women's swimming team. A month ago, the team set a school record of 693 points at the Big Ten Championship meet. Performances at that competition helped a school-best 14 Nittany Lion swimmers earn berths to the NCAA Championship meet at Purdue University, taking place today until Saturday. View as PDF 
Give DeChellis chance to get men's basketball to next year's tourney My Opinion: Jessica Dellen Letters to the editor
While America has recently lost one of its most controversial and influential writers, Hunter S. Thompson's legend and works will undoubtedly live on forever. You know that "emo" look the cool little kiddies love? Like Farmer Ted, Anthony Michael Hall's character in Sixteen Candles, I like to think that fresh breath is a priority in my life. It's that time of year when Mother Nature can't quite decide if it's spring or winter, when days may seem warm and sunny but nighttime temperatures fall below freezing making you long for the mild weather of June. Penn State Opera Theatre promises to entertain the young and young at heart with the premiere of The Prairie Dog that met the President, a children's production that appeals to all ages, Wednesday at 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. in Eisenhower Auditorium. Tired of the same old routine? Jonathan Kroberger hems and haws then rests his chin on his hand like that statue of some thinking man, and attempts to explain his character. We grabbed a bite at Dee's, 234 E. College Ave., a cute little nook that's a great meeting place for people on campus or downtown. Thanks to a certain overused catchphrase from that blonde lil' bugger Paris Hilton, pretty much anything can be deemed "hot" these days. Although the long half-moon-shaped room appears the same, every night a different menu conceived by the students of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management 430 (Advanced Food Production and Service Management) creates an entirely new restaurant at Café Laura, 101 Mateer Building. This weekend, two first-year graduate degree candidates for directing will show off their directing skills. The plays run the gamut of emotions, ranging from fear to grief and hopelessness, but each maintains humor that keeps the audience involved. While the plays focus on two totally different time periods, the shows both center on the humanity that exists during times of trouble and strife. Who doesn't think of Taiwanese acrobats on St. Patrick's Day? Sure they might not be Irish, but isn't everyone today? I freakin' love shoes. Can't ever get enough. Straight up, I have an obsession. Though only 14 voices, the room suddenly fills with the sound of their song. Allen Street Grill, 100 W. College Ave., will feature Bill Filer and Magic Hat beer. Specials include $1 Miller Lite drafts and happy hour from 10 p.m. to midnight with half-priced well liquor (231-4745). 
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