A Penn State student died and another is in serious condition after their car crossed the median of U.S. Route 322 and was hit by a tractor-trailer and a UPS truck Friday morning.
Posted: 3/19/2006 @ 9:41 am
Posted: 3/19/2006 @ 9:41 am
A 19-year-old Penn State student fell about 55 feet from a sixth-floor window in Beaver Hall just before midnight on St. Patrick's Day, a Penn State spokesman said.
Posted: 3/19/2006 @ 9:54 am
Posted: 3/19/2006 @ 9:54 am
The congested race for state representative of the 77th District became a little more crowded last week as the fourth Republican joined the competition.
Last year, the State College Police Department beefed up its manpower for St. Patrick's Day, effectively lessening the typically high list of alcohol-related crimes.
New deans of the Penn State Smeal College of Business and the College of Medicine will be presented at today's Board of Trustees meeting in Pittsburgh.
Many universities across the country are opening all scholarships and financial aid previously offered to only minority students to all students regardless of race.
The Centre Region Council of Governments transportation committee proposed on Wednesday an expansion of Park Avenue, with hopes that the plan could partially replace the function of the Eastern Inner Loop, which was abandoned in November.
Local vegetarians will gather this afternoon to encourage omnivores to stop eating animals.
A spokesman for the U.S. State Department confirmed that the new Chilean president and the U.S. Secretary of State discussed the case of a Penn State professor who has been missing since 1985.
The ongoing construction at Rec Hall both to renovate and to expand the building's facilities has now moved indoors, leaving many Penn State students outside.
As baby boomers reach retirement age this year, the generation of free love and flower power may not be in any hurry to retire and leave coveted job spots for graduating college students.
With St. Patrick's Day on a Friday this year, both students and local establishments are gearing up for an exciting weekend, complete with bagpipers, green dye and lots of beer and potatoes.
The State College man charged with the beating death of a Penn State student last month allegedly stole money from the victim and spent it at a local gas station, on a hotel room and on a cab ride.
The Penn State Board of Trustees will meet at 8:30 a.m. today in the Omni William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh.
Since Penn State student Brian Medford was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of 10, friends say he held his head up high and kept a smile on his face until the last moments of his life.
To provide medical care in developing countries, eight students started a Penn State chapter of the Global Medical Relief Program (GlobeMed) this semester.
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For a successful road trip to Blacksburg, Va., the No. 57 Penn State men's tennis team will need to bring something extra with it -- the noise.
Going into every game, every unranked collegiate lacrosse team thinks it has a shot of beating one of the few squads with a number plopped in front of its name.
Fancy shots and smooth moves might give you a top-10 highlight, but when the game is over, it's the numbers on the paper and a mark in the win column that count.
For the Penn State women's tennis team, this is the best time to start gaining momentum and confidence.
Confidence is what holds a team together, and at the moment, the No. 16 Penn State women's gymnastics team is lacking in that department.
They are football players working toward their not-yet-determined professional futures, some of which appear to be in good standing, but the majority of which are extremely blurry.
For eight teams, the trip to the Final Four in Boston will begin at University Park, with stops at Bridgeport, Conn., and Albuquerque, N.M., on the way.
At the midpoint of the season, the No. 8 Penn State men's volleyball team (11-6, 8-0 EIVA) finds itself on unfamiliar and uncharacteristically shaky ground.
Penn State sends two on to quarters
One-run games can make a team great, but the Penn State baseball team has made a habit of shooting itself in the foot this season.
Nobody is going to mistake them for the Pittsburgh Steelers, but the Penn State Ruggers have made their recent living on the road. And for the fifth time in as many matches, they will don their all-too-familiar road jerseys once again this weekend.
The character of some teams can be summed up in one word. Whether that word is positive or negative is up to the team itself. This year's Penn State women's golf team can fall under the category of relentless, stopping at nothing until it accomplishes its goals.
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In case you haven't heard of Matisyahu, he's the Hasidic Jewish reggae/rapper who's been getting the most buzz (with the millions of Jewish rappers out there it's hard to keep track of them all.) But let's dispense with the novelty of his unusual background and talk about whether the record's any good.
"You're not going to like me" is an intriguing first line to hear in a movie.
After I was still reeling from the loss of Laguna Beach, my prayers for procrastination were answered with MTV's newest "reality" show 8th & Ocean.
Failure to Launch is a puzzling romantic comedy -- is it sweet fluff, or is it an offbeat take on the genre?
Just as the sun's going down, in the glistening minutes that sit behind a late-April shower, Neko Case's Fox Confessor Brings the Flood will finally reveal its full potential. Until then, I feel a bit remiss in reviewing it; like a good bottle of wine, it's coiffable now, but it just hasn't quite hit its peak.
Empowerment Through The Arts in Pennsylvania will encourage creativity in a far away place.
Bar Bleu, 114 S. Garner St., will feature Plush. Specials include half-priced happy hour from 9 to 11 p.m. and $5 Ciroc drinks until midnight (237-0374).
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