Customers in State College and around the country are choosing plastic over paper and it has nothing to do with grocery bags.

The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Academic Assembly sent back a survey regarding student opinion of the drop/add period last night for further investigation.

Pennsylvania is taking steps to make sure your vote counts -- but only once.

New governmental voting regulations are forcing the Centre County Board of Commissioners to consider new electronic voting systems, but some citizens have expressed apprehension about the systems' reliability.

Spending on research at Penn State reached an all-time high in 2005, totaling $638 million.

Because of its partnership with Penn State, the Dickinson School of Law is expecting to receive an increase of admissions applications this year, even while law schools around the country are facing a decline, Dickinson's dean said yesterday.

Applications to Penn State programs have increased by 6,300 compared to this time last year, Penn State President Graham Spanier said in his opening remarks to the Board of Trustees Friday.

He has survived a plummet over Niagara Falls. He is the only person to successfully escape Alcatraz and to make the Statue of Liberty disappear in front of a live audience. Now, magician David Copperfield will attempt to sway some Penn State students' minds about the art of magic.

After months of discussion concerning a new site for the bus station, the Intermodal Transportation Committee (ITC) has narrowed the choices to two locations.

Gov. Ed Rendell and other members of the Democratic Party called for the state Legislature to vote on a significant increase in Pennsylvania's minimum wage last week -- a proposal that would raise the minimum wage to $6.25 an hour and eventually to $7.15 an hour by 2007.

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Junior men's basketball guard David Jackson sank his first shot in last Saturday's 75-64 loss to Ohio State with little hesitation.

As Yogi Berra, former Yankees catcher and attempted philosopher, once said, "Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical."

My Opinion: Andrew Staub

Smoking Prevention Funds: Reallocation of smoking funds benefits needy

Coal Mining: Safety improvements should be top priority

My Opinion: Greg Prince

• Abortion a medical concern, not a political debate topic
• Fraternity behavior reckless; overshadows all good deeds
• Sororities should find homes in vacant fraternity houses
• University needs to expand wireless network on campus

The Aulos Ensemble will take listeners on a trip back in time tonight when it brings Baroque music and instruments to Schwab Auditorium.

Allen Street Grill, 100 W. College Ave., will feature Ted and Molly (231-4745).