At the University of Minnesota, fans of the women's basketball team and supporters of that state's gay community organized a word-of-mouth protest of Rene Portland at yesterday's Lady Lions game. It was the second protest at an away game this season.
As the Super Bowl nears, some local Pittsburgh Steelers fans say they are having a difficult time finding merchandise bearing their football team's name and emblem.
An 18-year-old New York City woman, allegedly planning to deal cocaine in State College, was arrested shortly after leaving the Greyhound Bus Station, 152 N. Atherton St., on Thursday.
The elegant dance of the Chinese dragon, a symbol of royalty and future prosperity, helped to usher in the Chinese Lunar New Year last night in the HUB-Robeson Center.
State College officials plan to install lighting fixtures at 20 locations west of Atherton Street within the next few months.
Students may enjoy wireless Internet in several dorm buildings as early as next fall, an information technology manager said.
Thursday marked the beginning of a possible Undergraduate Student Government (USG) restructuring after USG President Galen Foulke acquired the necessary 1,000 signatures allowing him to distribute a referendum about student satisfaction with government.
Two Penn State juniors recently realized that all they needed to get by was a little help from their friends.
Student hit while crossing intersection
Dewitt Driscoll stood with his arms held defiantly in the air after a pin that gave the Penn State wrestling team a chance for a storybook ending on Senior Day. This image accurately personifies the championship-caliber attitude that the senior Nittany Lions possess.
If a hockey team is fortunate enough to light the lamp five times in a game, it should come away with the win. With double-digit goals, it's almost a certainty. That kind of scoring can't, and won't, happen in every game.
The Penn State fencing team is so used to winning that when it loses, even its coach doesn't notice.
It isn't common for a team to play better on the road than at home. Tell that to the Penn State Lady Icers team. With an impressive 6-3 record on the opposition's home ice this season, the Lady Icers have used away games to make big statements.
After three weeks of competition and two meets against Big Ten foes, the No. 7 Penn State women's gymnastics team has found itself in a hole.
The Penn State men's swimming and diving team finished the Shamrock Invitational on Saturday at Notre Dame with a true understanding of the phrase "too little, too late."
After Villanova women's basketball coach Harry Perretta saw the Lady Lions back in November, he said, "I wouldn't want to play them in February."
Drew Neitzel took his time with the dagger. The Michigan State sophomore guard dribbled, penetrated a step, then passed to teammate Shannon Brown. With Penn State trailing by six, the clock started its frantic one-minute countdown.
The meet had all the hype of a heavyweight fight out of a movie.
If this is "winning ugly," the Penn State ACHA Division I Icers will take it -- for now.
Disclaimer: this may sound like a report from a few weeks ago, but it's current -- the Penn State women's track and field team has broken records yet again.
The entire NYU bench sat quietly with wide-eyed stares and watched the No. 12 Penn State men's volleyball team warm up. It was about 20 minutes before the Violets were set to take on the Nittany Lions (2-4, 2-0 EIVA) in the South Gym of Rec Hall, and it appeared as if they knew what they were about to run into.
You could feel it as soon as the pre-game starting lineups were announced.
The West Point Open might as well be known as the Penn State Open, because the Penn State men's gymnastics team won the event for the ninth year in a row.
Saturday might have been the most gorgeous day State College has ever seen in January, but, if so, the largest collection of athletes on campus had no idea.
Angel Course Management System: PSU needs solution for junk mail problem
My Opinion: Dana Mathews
Letters to the editor
State College will play home to ska pioneers when the Toasters, the country's longest-running ska band, come to Crowbar tonight.
Bar Bleu, 114 S. Garner St., will feature half-priced happy hour from 9 to 11 p.m. and $1.25 Miller Lite drafts until midnight (237-0374).
Send an 