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[ Monday, April 3, 2006 ]


PHOTO: Michael Ghourdjian
PHOTO: Michael Ghourdjian

NEWS

Bob Marley skirts, fabrics and bandanas with bright colors and an energetic room full of dancers swinging their hips and flailing their arms to the beat of the drum could be found Saturday afternoon on campus.

Bar fight leaves student unconscious

In an effort to unite Penn State's diverse lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and allied (LGBTA) community, on-campus groups will kick off the annual Pride Week with a rally at noon today on the steps of Old Main.

The Cabinet of Student Leaders is attempting to aid in the transition of student representation from Undergraduate Student Government (USG) to the proposed University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA).

At the scene of charred rubble where a quaint brick house sat the night before, parents met the student who carried their son from his bedroom to safety just moments before it was engulfed by flames.

A Penn State student who was seriously injured after he fell from a second-floor balcony early Friday is still in critical condition.

Someone intentionally lit a stack of newspapers on fire in a Pinchot Hall elevator early yesterday morning, Penn State University Police said.

University Park students may see a $17 increase per semester in their student activity fee this fall.

As the sun set Friday, friends, family and colleagues of a Penn State professor gathered at the roadside accident site where the avid biker's life ended.

Plans for an Illegal Immigration Awareness Day sponsored by the College Republicans and the Latino Caucus have been finalized, after initial plans were canceled twice because of student protest.

John R. Nelson's mom and girlfriend leaned against each other in the All-Faith Chapel yesterday, silently consoling each other in the first pew.

The closest Sabane Thach (nursing-sophomore) could ever get to the traditional dances of her fellow Cambodians was through a television screen -- until Saturday night.

As the dark clouds rolled in and a light mist drizzled upon the crowds, the competitors of Saturday's "We Are ... Curing Autism Now 5K Race/3K Walk" did not seem to mind the cooler temperatures and sunless skies.

SPORTS

On the only ugly day in a stretch of gorgeous ones, the competition wasn't the only thing being blown away.

The start of the Penn State women's outdoor track and field season can be summed up very simply: different location, different conditions and a different look.

In two must-win Big Ten matches, the No. 46 Penn State men's tennis team was able to come away with a weekend sweep -- in two very different ways.

Two of college rugby's fiercest rivals renewed acquaintances this weekend. And this time, pride wasn't the only thing on the line.

Drew Adams stood on the field, alone, waiting for the rest of his team to come back to join him for the second half.

All season long, despite mounting losses, the Penn State baseball team kept as much a positive attitude as it could, saying when Big Ten play rolled around, it would be ready to compete with its conference foes.

While most of State College was enjoying uncharacteristically great weather this weekend, the No. 11 men's volleyball team (15-7, 11-1 EIVA) was making a Jersey road trip to face EIVA opponents Rutgers-Newark (9-14, 5-4) and Princeton (5-11, 3-7 EIVA).

Breaking out of Holuba Hall for its first outdoor game of the season, the women's lacrosse team made the most of the setting.

The vitalization of the Penn State softball team took its first gut shot this weekend, knocking the Nittany Lions off the top of the Big Ten mountain.

OPINIONS

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My Opinion: Dana Mathews

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ARTS
Twelve student bands performing in a time frame of four hours. Sound intense? It was.

Penn State's Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) will hold its second annual charity fashion show today at Café 210 West.

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