University Faculty Senate adopted legislation to assign academic advisers to students in the division of undergraduate studies (DUS) at its monthly meeting yesterday, and members said they would look into the increasing issue of grade inflation.
Academic freedom at public Pennsylvania universities like Penn State has made headlines since the state Legislature formed a committee in July to investigate university classroom bias. Now the issue has reached the Pacific Coast.
Officers of the State College and Ferguson Township police departments may be breathing a sigh of relief now that a five-month wait for new body armor is over.
Penn State and local hospital officials say competition from the newly approved Geisinger Health System facility could force Mount Nittany Medical Center to increase its rates -- which could potentially drive up Penn State's tuition.
In an effort to expand student involvement in downtown life, the Off-Campus Student Union is in the beginning stages of creating an all-student arts festival.
Despite financial troubles, the Graduate Student Association (GSA) has created a fund to assist bereaved families of graduate students who have died.
Penn State's Political Science Association and other students gathered to view President Bush's State of the Union address in front of the TV on the first floor of the HUB-Robeson Center. About 60 students were present, and the room often erupted with conversation, applause and even laughter.
On the eve of Black History Month, the "first lady of the civil rights movement," Coretta Scott King, 78, died.
U.S. government officials weren't the only ones in the midst of mixed review yesterday as the Senate swore in Judge Samuel Alito as the 110th Supreme Court justice -- Penn State students and professors were as well.
A State College man, found in possession of numerous photographs of young female children posing nude in sexually provocative positions, was arrested and charged Monday with 45 counts of sexual abuse of children.
Due to financial difficulties and internal bickering, Undergraduate Student Government (USG) elections remain at a standstill.
As a result of an increased demand for on-campus housing, more than 1,200 students have not received a housing contract for next year -- a rise from only 14 who were not granted a contract for this year.
The definite ban on exotic dancer poles and Jell-O wrestling pits does not appear to have fraternity affiliates kiwi-strawberry red with anger.
A Steeler's jersey: $100. A pair of Super Bowl tickets: $1,000. A chance to see the Pittsburgh Steelers win their first Super Bowl since 1980: priceless.
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As the final throw left his hand, Steve Meyers let out a deep roar that bellowed through the Multi-Sport Facility. As the shot hit the ground 58-8 feet away, he leapt high in the air and the home crowd, including his parents, exploded with cheers.
Joe Paterno and his assistants may have built their football program on the principles of honor and integrity, but the bespectacled one has built his 2006 recruiting class with good old-fashioned thievery.
It is a normal Monday afternoon practice. One girl is fine-tuning her floor routine. Another one is practicing her vault. Two more are working on the uneven bars. Two are sophomores. Two are freshmen. Their names are Aslynn Satterfield, Lindsay Borkan, Katie Perrett and Theresa Diehl, and all four of them have one major thing in common: they are the future of Penn State women's gymnastics.
More than a month out of the wrapper, the Big Ten season has lost its plastic-like, new-toy smell for the Penn State women's basketball team.
Ed DeChellis paused between each question, taking a short breath before starting again. He seemed tired. Maybe it was from his daily run -- or maybe fatigue was finally setting in from enduring Penn State's toughest five-game stretch in 110 years.
When junior captain Amanda Brown stood at the foul line with a chance to send the game into overtime, there was no place she'd rather be.
In the middle of what was a bustling practice, a lone member of the Penn State men's volleyball team was darting around the court. The rest of the players stood watching, many of them with hands on their knees. Others were cheering on their comrade, who was chasing down and setting balls to an imaginary hitter.
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Allen Street Grill, 100 W. College Ave., will feature Dominick Swentosky (231-4745).
Pittsburgh rock band The Clarks is coming back to State College, but this time they are sharing the stage with two New York acts.
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