Cincinnati-based nature writer John Tallmadge will talk tonight about discovering nature in one's backyard as part of a reading of the author's work.

United States Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., voted against sending a proposed constitutional amendment defining marriage as union between a man and a woman to the judiciary committee and said that while he opposes the amendment, he thinks the full Senate should vote on it.

Instead of sousaphones and trumpets, the Blue Band Building stored designer clothing and served as the main studio for an international fashion magazine photo shoot this weekend.

As the sun set to end a day of honor, the Penn State Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) gathered outside Wagner Building to remember armed forces and fallen troops.

Messages flooding many Angel inboxes soliciting responses about anything from football tickets to apartment sublets have driven some Penn State faculty and staff to penalize students who abuse the system.

In addition to managing the 140 to 170 patients who are typically admitted to Mount Nittany Medical Center in a 24-hour period on football weekends, the hospital had to manage another problem during the Ohio State football game: getting those patients home.

Taped to the doors of HUB Heritage Hall was a piece of lined paper scribbled with the words, "No more seats! Sorry!"

Penn State President Graham Spanier will make $492,000 this year, according to an article being published today in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

For Jonathan Bennett, the memory of a friend he made in Iraq is a reminder of why he serves in the Army.

More than 40 Penn State students and local residents gathered in front of Wal-Mart, 1665 N. Atherton St., on Saturday to protest what they called unfair labor practices and workers' rights violations.

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The training wheels have been taken off and the Penn State women's swimming team has been thrown into the thick of its season.

This past weekend, the Penn State fencing team sent some of its best younger members to the North American Cup in Albuquerque, N.M. This wasn't an NCAA event, though.

On paper, the Lady Icers appeared to have the advantage. On the ice, it was a different story.

After a tough and somewhat disappointing season, a 14th place finish brought an end to the Penn State women's cross country team's 2005 season at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional at Lehigh University on Saturday. Penn State finished with a score of 380.

Just as it did for much of the rest of the Big Ten season, the Penn State women's volleyball team shattered its opposition on Saturday night, sweeping Illinois (30-12, 30-11, 30-15 Big Ten). With some help from Minnesota's defeat of Wisconsin, the No. 3 Nittany Lions (25-2, 16-0) secured their third consecutive outright Big Ten championship.

A flyer posted outside the Penn State ACHA Division I Icers' locker room reads, "We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor."

Senior Tiffany Weimer was looking for blood early in the second half of yesterday's game and she found it in the way she least expected minutes later.

The No. 6 Penn State field hockey team's puzzling downward spiral ended in another low on Saturday as it lost to No. 7 American University in the first round of the NCAA Championships.

He arrived shortly after 11 a.m. dressed warmly in a big black jacket and a black wool hat. Michael Robinson was taking it easy on Friday.

Freshman Brendan Lynch advanced to the second day of the Big Ten Individual Indoor Championships yesterday and set the tone for a Penn State youth movement.

Playing indoors could not cage in the Penn State women's tennis team. This weekend's Penn State Fall Classic was played at the Indoor Tennis center rather than the outdoor Sarni Tennis center because of cold weather, but the Nittany Lions showed no signs of letting it affect their game.

Like clothes in the dryer, the Penn State wrestling team's emotions went through a lot of twist and turns in the 2005 Pennsylvania State Dual Championship's final match against No. 8 Lehigh.

As the unofficial news broke, Mark Pavlik's face began to shrink, as a steadily growing smile began to overcome it.

Racing to an eighth place finish at the Mid-Atlantic Regionals, the Penn State men's cross country team turned the tables after a disappointing finish at the Big Ten Championships. The strong finish will not put the team in the NCAA Nationals, but the Lions will be represented at the championship meet in Indiana.

Russ Rose knows how to celebrate.

They had to beat a team with two consecutive national championships and an incredible amount of history on its side of the pitch, but the Penn State men's soccer team won its third Big Ten tournament title yesterday in a 1-0 victory over Indiana in Evanston, Ill.

Tiffany Weimer hates talking about herself, but when an athlete sets records at the pace Penn State's talented senior forward does, the limelight is hard to avoid.

YAF Berlin Wall protest fails to unite students against classroom bias

My Opinion: Kate Ericsson

My Opinion: Facebook trend advocates violation of students' privacy

• Facebook Web site not credible source
• Police action drastic; should let rushers go
• Police smart to use site to benefit them
• Facebook members expect some privacy
• Conservatives unable to articulate ideas
• Troop support separate from Iraqi war support
• Thon needs to extend support to other causes
• Feminist benefits help non-feministic women
• Feminists for equal pay for all men and women

Jazz music will take center stage tonight in the HUB-Robeson Center as the Penn State Jazz Club and the Africana Research Center present the Sonny Fortune Quartet.

Paranoid Social Club and Zox will keep the party going when they play some good old rock 'n' roll starting at 9:30 tonight at Crowbar, 420 E. College Ave.