The Iranian Student Association (ISA) helped to bring in the Noe-Rooz, the Persian new year, this Saturday with a celebration of Persian culture, music and cuisine.
Israel's parliamentary elections take place tomorrow, with the country's future shape literally on the line. The state of Israeli-Palestinian borders will depend largely on who emerges victorious.
Former Penn State physicist, professor, author and avid photography buff Heinz K. Henisch passed away last Tuesday morning from a heart attack and stroke at age 83.
Usually, one would have to travel across the world to taste Chinese bamboo beans, write in Egyptian hieroglyphics, learn his or her name in Farsi and dance with Mexican rain sticks.
With the recent death of a Penn State professor who was hit by a car while riding his bike, local residents are expressing concern about road conditions for bikers in the community.
Pulling a wad of neon green chewing gum from his mouth, Vinny Wong offered to adhere his team's plastic egg securely to the spoon during the relay race.
For the first time in 33 years, the Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon will be cut short.
Trying to get his client's sexual assault charges wiped away, Scott Paxson's attorney requested and was granted a review of the March 9 hearing that originally sent the case to trial.
Nick DePrimo, a senior biochemical and molecular biology major, donned a white horse's head as a joke on Saturday as he cheered for a friend at the third annual Keystone Classic.
Many students have said the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) election campaigning has hit an all-time low this year, leaving them to decide not who to vote for, but whether to even vote at all.
A month has passed since the brutal beating in a State College residence, and police are still trying to determine whether a third person was involved in a fight that ended in the death of a Penn State student.
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Yesterday, the No. 16 Penn State women's lacrosse team (4-5) played the best lacrosse it has played all season -- but only in the first half.
After jumping up 18 spots in the national rankings, the No. 39 Penn State men's tennis team might have a target on its back.
The Penn State women's rugby team opened the first round of the Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football (MARFU) playoffs with an 84-0 victory over Virginia Tech on Saturday. The first-seeded Lady Ruggers scored a try in the opening minute of the game and never looked back, cruising to an easy win.
In the opening weekend of the women's track and field outdoor season, the Nittany Lions continued where they left off the indoor season -- with a promise of success.
Minutes before the Penn State men's rugby team met Princeton in the opening round of the Mid Atlantic Rugby Football Union (MARFU) tournament on Saturday, head coach Don Ferrell could be seen anxiously pacing across the Holuba Hall turf.
Finally, in the sixth game of the season, the Penn State men's lacrosse team found some room to breathe.
The Penn State women's tennis team battled hard Friday night and came up with a 4-3 win over Illinois. The Nittany Lions had a sweep in doubles, giving them momentum for the singles round.
In the desert of Tucson, Ariz., the Arizona State Sun Devils were too hot for the Penn State baseball team.
Anthony Morelli lifted his head ever so slightly, wearing the face of a man who was perhaps brewing with a sense of entitlement.
For the Penn State men's gymnastics team, this was supposed to be the weekend where everything would come together, not fall apart.
A good start is what sets the tone for the rest of the meet, and the No. 16 Penn State women's gymnastics team did not get off to a good start on Saturday night.
On March 26, 2004, the Penn State men's volleyball team dropped a four-game match to Rutgers-Newark in the Scarlet Raiders' home gym. Since then, though, the No. 9 Nittany Lions had not lost against an EIVA team. But on Saturday, almost two years to the day, the Lions' streak against conference teams was snapped in a 3-1 (30-26, 18-30, 22-30, 21-30) loss at the hands of No. 15 George Mason, in Fairfax, Va.
It's easy to label a loss as "devastating," but members of the Penn State softball team seemed to take their first loss in 17 games in stride.
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Bike exhaust and rock music filled the Bryce Jordan Center Saturday night as an audience of about 4,500 people gazed at Chris Taylor soaring 35 feet above the hard cement floor, performing the Kiss of Death trick.
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