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[ Thursday, Dec. 8, 2005 ]


PHOTO: Michael Ghourdjian/Collegian
PHOTO: Michael Ghourdjian/Collegian

NEWS

Miniature battery-operated robots with carefully wired switchboards swiveled and spun as they wheeled their way through turns and dead ends yesterday in the biannual robot competition, held for students in Computer Science and Engineering 430W (Computer Engineering Project Design).

A new and more personal companion to Stall Stories has entered the bathrooms of East Halls.

Missing Centre County District Attorney Ray Gricar's license to practice law has been deemed inactive by the state Supreme Court because the renewal form was not completed.

Every so often, the scent of cigarette smoke permeates throughout Jordan Shuber's dorm room in Stevens Hall.

A State College man was arraigned yesterday in connection with a sexual assault this August in a Nittany Crossings apartment.

A 25-foot blue spruce tree is doing more than just lighting up College Avenue -- it's creating some holiday controversy in the Undergraduate Student Government (USG).

When thinking of a relay race, the first thing that comes to mind is a swim meet or a track and field event.

Final papers, final projects and final exams aren't the only deadlines Sarah Kolcun will be worried about next week.

Students waited for hours yesterday at the Bryce Jordan Center (BJC), studying notes, reading newspapers and drinking coffee while they waited for their white paper wristbands -- their first step toward buying Orange Bowl tickets.

A bus groans through the crossing of Allen Street and College Avenue as a cluster of pedestrians wait to dart across the borough's busiest intersection.

Picture this: students sitting at a bar, playing with dreidels, looking at mini menorahs and eating gelts and latkes while hip-hop songs blare out of speakers.

Two years ago this week, a Penn State junior died after she tried to escape a stalled campus elevator and fell 40 feet.

Man will go to trial on theft charges

SPORTS

"The Kid" was down.

M-Rob denied invitation to Heisman ceremony

The sad and unfortunate fact for fans praying for a bowl game ticket is that the supply of tickets has arrived egregiously short of the demand.

In his first meeting with the media since a press conference in a minuscule trailer in East Lansing, Mich., Joe Paterno joked about how he hates fishing, Tommy Tuberville's mom and his wife's penchant for shopping.

For many athletes, being named an All-American is a great ending to a career. Junior distance runner Dan Mazzocco, on the other hand, is using his All-American status as a springboard to bigger and better things.

In the end, the Kangaroos were simply out of their element.

At the start of the fall 2004 semester, if you asked sophomore forward Romana Vynuchalova how she pronounced her last name, she probably would not have been able to respond to your question.

The line is the same for both guys and girls. Players try not to step over it, bracing themselves as they stand before it. They breathe deeply and concentrate on a couple dribbles as the band raises its hands in anticipation.

In August of 2002, Russ Rose had a clear vision, and it looked years into the future.

My Opinion: Dan Graybill

OPINIONS

Extra MLK Day activities create more opportunities to affect positive change

My Opinion: Justine Maki

Letters to the editor
ARTS

Country music will take a contemporary twist this weekend as Brad Paisley headlines CMT On Tour with openers Sara Evans and Sugarland at the Bryce Jordan Center Saturday.

When looking for the perfect Christmas touch for her business, Eileen Cramer, co-owner of Le Salon & Spa, came to one conclusion: a giant gingerbread house.

For a few familiar faces on the high school scene, the years they put in as observers have taught them a few things about breaking through to downtown staple status.

Finals week is approaching, marking the end of a long semester.

After much delay, the graduate students from the Penn State School of Theatre will present their independent Shakespeare production of Othello at 8 tonight through Saturday at the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center, 146 S. Allen St.

"Christmastime is here!"

Matt Toronto (graduate - directing) will give a different spin to a classic musical when he directs Cabaret this weekend at the Pavilion theatre.

The town of Bellefonte has made it its goal to transport visitors to Victorian times with its community-wide Victorian Christmas. Every year since 1981, Bellefonte's businesses and town buildings host a different aspect of the charm of a Victorian-era Christmas.

State College is flourishing with budding artistic talent, as is evident by a youth art exhibit that opens tonight in the area.

The State College Choral Society will raise its voice this weekend to ensure that history never repeats itself.

Friends search for perfect pint

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