You can run but you can't hide.

Maybe it was the unusually sunny 50-degree weather Tuesday in State College, or maybe it was the excitement of the approaching meet this weekend. Whatever the reason, Penn State coach Beth Alford-Sullivan and her women's track and field team definitely had an extra flair present at practice. The always-positive Alford-Sullivan displayed an even more bubbly personality, and her team shared some laughs while waiting for practice to begin.

A 1-2 conference record isn't anything about which to get excited.

The Penn State women's tennis team has been waiting a year for this chance.

The Penn State club baseball team (5-4) will play its first baseball north of the Mason-Dixon Line this weekend at Beaver Field, hosting three games against Bucknell University (0-0).

The Penn State women's rugby team faced plenty of tough competition on its England tour over spring break, but none more intense than the encounter with Loughborough University.

The Penn State baseball home opener, scheduled for 1 p.m. yesterday vs. Bucknell, has been canceled due to unplayable field conditions. Wednesday's unexpected snowfall of about three inches forced the cancellation, and the two teams will try to reschedule at a later date.

After 11 top-five finishes, including seven second places, at the Big Ten Championships, the Penn State women's gymnastics team will take another shot at surpassing an obstacle it has yet to overcome in 13 seasons in the Big Ten. The 11th-ranked Nittany Lions will have the opportunity to don the Big Ten crown for the first time ever tomorrow night at the Big Ten Championships in Iowa City, Iowa. The Lions toughest competition will be Michigan, which was the only Big Ten team to defeat Penn State this year.

Call them cupcakes, call them patsies, call them what you will, but the Penn State men's volleyball team plays a schedule cluttered with opponents that present little challenge to the No. 3 Nittany Lions. Playing the roles of the hapless Washington Generals this week are Rutgers-Newark, New York University and Princeton. Prepare the EIVA plank, because the Scarlet Raiders, Violets and Tigers are about to walk it.

It's not often that a team, having knocked off two No. 1 squads, is looking to rebound. Yet, that is the case for women's lacrosse this weekend.

Penn State is technically the 11th member of the Big Ten Conference, but the men's gymnastics team would like to be the conference's top-ranked team come tonight at the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Mich.

As soon as the game ended in Holuba Hall on March 5, the Penn State rugby team knew that it would be a team of marked men.

It might be somewhat surprising that Florida native Jen Acunto does not cringe at the thought of State College weather.

After dropping back-to-back games and three of the last four, the Penn State men's lacrosse team is getting back to basics.

Sophomore guard Jen Harris and freshman guard Lisa Etienne officially received a release from the Penn State women's basketball team yesterday, according to a press release from the sports information department.

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My Opinion: Jen Winberry

Guest Opinion: Bruce Martin and Kent Nurbern

Voices

• Supporting troops more than a sticker
• Skip your classes if holiday is important
• America was and is a Christian country
• Republicans are not following their ideals

"Start to breathe and fake a smile, it's all the same after a while."

Although Robots is set in a pseudo-futuristic universe populated entirely by sentient, autonomous robots, it still feels as though it is rather pointedly about the story of 20th-century America. The first act of the film is tinged with an unmistakable nostalgia for 1950s small-town America. Herb Copperbottom is a literal "dishwasher," in a '50s-style diner --albeit one made robot-friendly by replacing coffee with grease, for example -- and the father of Rodney, a wide-eyed young bot who dreams of becoming an inventor. Rodney's favorite television show is about the famed inventor Bigweld, whose sage advice, "you can shine no matter what you're made of," inspires young Rodney, who, because of his family's economic position, is indeed made up of hand-me-down spare parts.

There's nothing like a record with a phat beat to kick off a laid-back, chilled-out spring.

Queens of the Stone Age tends to make great, thought provoking music. The band landed a deal with Interscope records after creating a buzz with the heavy-stoner rock of its independent self-titled debut album.

The album packaging looks kind of violent, what with the half-naked, ski-masked chick flaunting her mini-blowtorch, and the disc kicks off with some deep-voiced, omnipotent-sounding dude intoning, "When there's nothing left to burn, you have to set yourself on fire."

By now, Bruce Willis has to be tired of dealing with hostages and terrorists, let alone always playing the hero, right?

Penn State School of Theatre's Arcadia is a smash hit after its first two nights of previews, and while tickets remain for next week, tickets for this week's performances are sold out.

If you managed to work through St Patrick's Day last week, here's your second chance to soak up some Irish culture.

Allen Street Grill, 100 W. College Ave., will feature Bill Filer and Magic Hat beer (231-4745).

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