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[ Updated Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2006 ]

Ground broke at 10:30 a.m. today on the construction of a new outpatient facility at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, according to a post on Penn State's newswire, live.psu.edu.
Updated Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2006 2:38 p.m.


[ Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2006 ]

The reward previously offered to anyone with information regarding the disappearance of Centre County District Attorney Ray Gricar has expired.

For Jessica McAteer, the new ban on all food and drink except water in classrooms left her with few options.

A new era in Penn State ice cream began last month with the opening of the new Berkey Creamery, and while flavors still cannot be mixed, the reviews for the new facility certainly have been.

On a campus of more than 40,000 students, including an incoming freshman class of more than 8,000, finding one's place on campus can be daunting.

Depending on whom you talk to, Penn State student representation will soon become either a unified, effective voice -- or an administration-controlled echo chamber.

After more than $4 million and 15 months of construction, the State Theatre will reopen its doors this December with a performance by pianist and Grammy award-winning composer Mike Reid.

On a typical football Saturday, sleep-deprived fans are "tailgating with the best" long before noon.

Whether paying their latest tuition bill or planning for a younger sibling to become a Nittany Lion, Penn State students can now benefit from the removal of a surcharge added to a state tuition account program.

Determined to expand his business, Dan Myers said he would pay to bring wireless Internet access to State College and the Penn State campus.

Many USG members said last Spring's process that led to the creation of UPUA was flawed -- so now they want to try reforming USG again.

For Jessica McAteer, the new ban on all food and drink except water in classrooms left her with few options.

For the first time in a while, driving home for the weekend shouldn't cost a semester of tuition.

While most students sat in the same room as their new classmates yesterday, Ryan Calef's class was sitting a hundred miles away.

On November 17, 1990, when the top-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish fell to the Nittany Lions in South Bend, Ind., the south goalpost in Beaver Stadium toppled too.

Death of former student ruled natural

Feature Photo


SPORTS

As the Penn State women's soccer team begins its quest for a ninth-straight Big Ten title, it seems the size of the net is nothing compared to the void left in the starting lineup.

They stood next to each other this weekend, watching from the sidelines during a match -- a stunning, blatant contradiction.

After stepping off on the wrong foot in its first two home games, the No. 7 Penn State field hockey team (3-2) will have another chance for redemption when it hosts the Princeton Tigers (0-1) at 6 tonight at AstroTurf Field.

Joe Paterno was in a joking mood at yesterday's press conference, grinning away while nearly everything proceeded to go wrong.

Pieces of thick blue paper sit on a white desk in the Bryce Jordan Center. The papers, each labeled with a number from one through nine, determine the weekend plans for 3,534 Penn State students.

My Opinion: Mark Myers


OPINIONS

Long-term solution needed in Lebanon

Circumstances call for classroom dining

My Opinion: Kathleen Haughney

My Opinion: Krystle Kopacz

Letters to the editor
ARTS

On your average Wednesday, at your average bar, or even at your average rock show, you're probably not going to need an extensive astronomy education to have a good time.

Allen Street Grill, 100 W. College Ave., drink specials will feature $2 Sam Adams drafts (231-4745).

Despite recent complaints that Crowbar's closing will have a crippling effect on the State College music scene, some bands are out to prove there are still places to hear good music around the area.


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