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[ Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2005 ]


PHOTO: Alyson McCrum
PHOTO: Alyson McCrum

NEWS

While some students are waiting in line for their textbook purchases this semester, others are taking their booklists online to avoid the hassle of a bookstore.

On a campus where Ben & Jerry's ice cream is the undisputed favorite snack of Penn State students, weight gain remains an issue for most.

All of Undergraduate Student Government (USG) President Galen Foulke's executive committee nominees were approved at the first USG Senate meeting of the semester last night.

Penn State's male population was able to test out its moves yesterday between classes.

The rush for buying textbooks is finally dwindling downtown.

The United States' waistline has expanded considerably over the years, with Pennsylvania ranked as the state with the 15th highest rate of adult obesity, according to a recent report by the Trust For America's Health.

For those longing to revitalize their room, aghast at how bland their familiar posters have become, a start-up business is here to help the decor-impaired.

As many as 50 undergraduate students displaced by Hurricane Katrina will begin classes at Penn State campus locations during the next few days.

After more than an hour of discussion between State College Borough Council members and community members, the council voted 5-2 for approving a $13,000 traffic calming plan for the Highlands Neighborhood at last night's meeting.

Melissa May gained 100 sisters this summer.

Man charged with criminal trespass; Allen St. parking lot to have walkway

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SPORTS

After an extremely successful weekend, the Penn State field hockey team looks to extend its two-game winning streak as it heads to Princeton to take on the Tigers at 6 tonight.

It was business as usual in Beaver Stadium yesterday.

Junior punter Jeremy Kapinos admits that, throughout the first two seasons of his Penn State career, his main focus was proving to everyone how far he could blast the ball rather than kicking punts that were easy for his teammates to cover.

The first week of college for freshmen can be a daunting reality. There are strange new people, in a big new place, with lots of new responsibilities.

Ali Krieger remembers a time when she was awestruck to see Christie Welsh, Penn State's 2001 M.A.C. Hermann Trophy winner.

Too much depth is a problem that most teams would love to have.

My Opinion: Chris Weeden


OPINIONS

On-campus housing questions loom as new students arrive at PSU

by Lauren Stetz

My Opinion: Erin James

Letters to the editor
ARTS

You may wonder what those nutty guys who plan Roustabout!, our very own weekly rock 'n' roll hootenanny, were thinking when they put Scranton's pure-pop okay paddy and dingy synth-rockers Two if by Sea on the same bill.

In 1938, the State Theatre charged 35 cents to see a film.

The staleness of the local arts community is a topic often debated among students at Penn State, and it's also something one group of students is looking to change.

Allen Street Grill, 100 W. College Ave., will feature Dominick Swentosky (231-4745).


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