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[ Tuesday, March 14, 2006 ]


PHOTO: Andrew Lala
PHOTO: Andrew Lala

NEWS

Penn State President Graham Spanier lobbied in Harrisburg for more state funding for Penn State twice during the last two weeks in February. Today, it's the students' turn.

Penn State is negotiating plans with a major textbook publisher to implement digital textbooks by fall 2006 in an effort to reduce cost to students and use new educational technologies.

A Johnstown man accused of exposing himself and masturbating in front of three women in State College movie theaters in 2005 had his most serious charge -- attempted rape -- dropped from the list of charges he faces.

Yesterday's spring weather was widely celebrated in the State College community by Penn State students donning flip-flops and residents relaxing outside of College Avenue restaurants.

CDs, MP3 player stolen from vehicle

As part of Penn State's celebration of National Women's History Month, several events will take place on campus during the upcoming weeks.

Penn State graduate and current database administrator Thomas Martin received an unanticipated nomination by the Libertarian Party for U.S. Senate on March 4.

As part of Penn State's celebration of National Women's History Month, several events will take place on campus during the upcoming weeks.

Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie -- the five members of The Simpsons have apparently become better known than the five freedoms of the First Amendment.

Penn State University Police were sent on a wild hen chase yesterday.

Candidates in this year's Undergraduate Student Government (USG) elections hope to rebuild the student organization.

Undergraduate Student Government (USG) elections are experiencing an unusual lack of participation this election season.

As a result of policy violations, the Penn State chapter of Pi Beta Phi sorority has been on probation since the beginning of this semester.

Feature Photo

Feature Photo


SPORTS

Ed DeChellis told his players after Sunday afternoon's practice that he wasn't sure whether this was the end of the line. He walked off the court, not knowing if he'd step on it again this season.

The goalie carousel that Penn State ACHA Division I Icers head coach Joe Battista has employed the past two seasons swirled into the postseason and almost won the Icers an ACHA National Championship.

A team with 13 freshmen and 14 total new players has nearly seen it all after its first season.

Last week's trip to California didn't go quite as those associated with the No. 8 Penn State men's volleyball team would have liked. The No. 8 Nittany Lions headed to the Los Angeles area to face stiff opposition and were sent back to Happy Valley after suffering two convincing losses.

It had become a fact, not a theory, that when Penn State senior attacker Nate Whitaker took the field for the Nittany Lions, he would record a point.

The Penn State men's golf team traveled to sunny Orlando, Fla., on March 2 to begin its season at the Orange City Xavier Invitational. This week, it's back in chilly State College to get back to the drawing board after placing 14th out of 15 teams.

Last time the Penn State men's basketball team prepared for a game, it went dancing.


OPINIONS

Schreyer Honors College Scholarships: Larger awards won't attract better students

U.S. Ports: Rescinding sale will benefit national security

My Opinion: Andrew Hanelly

Letters to the editor

SCIHEALTH

Those bulky boots students are wearing are not high tech snow boots or the latest trend.

Last month, the Swift satellite based in State College detected a cosmic explosion that may have indicated a supernova.

Spring break is over, and the sun will be shining down on State College soon enough. But overexposure to the sun can cause severe harm to skin cells, which could lead to skin cancer in later years, doctors say.

A device that lets a person access the Internet on a laptop virtually anywhere is now available. Companies like Kyocera, Top Global and Junxion all have products that allow multiple users to access the same connection anywhere where there is wireless.

Lakehead University, a small Canadian college, halted its campus-wide wireless Internet plans after President Fred Gilbert ruled wireless technology a potential carcinogen, according to a Feb. 23 Reuters article. But two professors at Penn State disagree.

A Penn State professor was recently selected to be inducted into the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for his work on plant biology.

My Opinion: Richard H. Yahner

My Opinion: Jill Garrigan

ARTS

It's the luck of the Lions that world-renowned Irish flutist Sir James Galway is returning to State College this evening.


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