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[ Thursday, Sept. 14, 2006 ]


PHOTO: Kyle Lewis
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NEWS
[ Updated Thursday, Sept. 14, 2006 ]

Banners were simultaneously hung across campus at 12:30 p.m. today to discourage Penn State from using sweatshops to produce its apparel.

After facing backlash from many of 9.5 million users for recent additions to their Web site, facebook.com co-founders Mark Zuckerberg and Chris Hughes held an online press conference this afternoon.


[ Thursday, Sept. 14, 2006 ]

Penn State's Graduate Student Association is working on an initiative to offer unlimited on- and off-campus CATA bus services to students for a fee of $5 per month.

The Penn State Children's Hospital is one step closer to its goal of having its own building after a $1 million donation from Penn National Gaming, Inc.

The lawyer for a local man charged with vehicular homicide after hitting a Penn State professor said the court cannot prove his client was driving negligently and asked that felony charges be dismissed.

All Penn State access account users will be required to change their userid password every year beginning April 2, 2007, to enhance security standards, according to Information Technology Services (ITS).

Webmail 2 is new, but debate continues as to whether it's improved.

The Pollock Laptop Library, the all-night study area on the first floor of Pollock Library, has been moved to the first and second floors of the Pattee Library.

As the mixture of exuberant chatter and classic rock music faded, the lights dimmed and a projector screen lit up with the image of flag-laden caskets.

Going greek will be a very different experience this year for the men of Penn State.

A doctor's medical license was revoked in June after the Pennsylvania Department of State found he had performed thousands of illegal abortions -- including some in a State College facility.

When Youngstown State leaves Beaver Stadium after the game Saturday, the Penguins will walk out with many reasons to remember the experience -- 350,000 reasons to be precise.

Laura Penny will have to move out of Runkle Hall by January -- and she's not happy about it.

Stabbing pretrial confrence delayed

Three Iraq war veterans who allegedly beat up a Bellefonte man downtown are scheduled to appear in Centre County court today for a conference that will pave the way to their trials.

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SPORTS

Salyer favoring hand, coach remains mum

Assistance now only a Lot Line call away

Like a photograph, Dan Connor's college career has been in development for the last two years. Only now, though, the junior linebacker's performance is coming out of the darkroom, and is on display for all to see.

Paul Posluszny never heard the whispers. Last year's Butkus and Bednarik Award winner didn't hear the rumors that he's lost a step, that he's not the same player he was a season ago.

Some much-needed good news could be on the way for the injury-plagued Penn State women's soccer team.

Muddy goalies were flying everywhere, players were hustling, falling over each other. Goals were being scored.

While the Penn State women's cross country team opens up its season this Saturday in Lock Haven, the team has another date and place that has been on its minds for months now: Oct. 29 in Bloomington, Indiana.

My Opinion: Ryan Smith


OPINIONS

Webmail2 problems: Webmail changes not useful for students

SAT scores: SAT failures hurt students, Penn State

My Opinion: Nicole Sciotto

Letters to the editor
ARTS

The Capitol Years has been building its legend in Philadelphia throughout the decade, going from a vehicle for songwriter Shai Halperin to a full-fledged national rock act. The success started with tours for other national bands with minor success before gaining acclaim as openers for the legendary Pixies in 2004.

The electric guitar's complexities and mysteries, which have eluded the common man for far too long, have been condensed into five colored buttons and a switch.

Black and white photographs of the legends line the walls -- Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Johnny Cash, Miles Davis, Ray Charles and no less than three of the Beatles. Four musicians sit in a small circle, doing a stripped down run-through of a song written the night before.

Tonight on campus, you won't hear motivational speaking, debate or even the quintessential string quartet. Instead, poetry will be heard from within the Pattee Library as the Allegheny Mountains Reading Series presents poet and Penn State alumnus Gabriel Welsch.

Allen Street Grill, 100 W. College Ave., will feature happies from 10 p.m. to midnight, $1, $2, $3 mixed drinks, half-priced well drinks and $1 Bud Light drafts all day (231-4745).

Between classes, homework, jobs, clubs, family and friends, it can be difficult for college students to maintain a healthy diet or lose weight, especially when parents are not around to make food choices for them.

Indie rock band The Angelic Bombs promised to wake students out of their post-summer stupor with powerful lyrics and unique sound.

Normally, seeing a clouded leopard on campus would be cause for alarm and a call to the local animal control center. But if one decides to stop by the Bryce Jordan Center tomorrow night, relax -- it's a normal part of the show for Jungle Jack Hanna and his animal friends.

My Opinion: Brianna Labuskes


WEATHER


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