[ Updated Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006 ]
Scott Paxson plead no contest to a summary citation of disorderly conduct in exchange for the indecent assault and aggravated indecent assault charges being dropped just an hour and a half into his trial.
[ Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006 ]
The Student Programming Association (SPA), a new group that will be responsible for assisting Penn State's student organizations' programming efforts, is seeking students to lead its executive board.
A new vaccine for cervical cancer and Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is spurring interest at University Health Services (UHS), which is now offering the vaccine.
Undergraduate Student Government (USG) president Nick Stathes sent a letter Friday to more than 700 student organization leaders requesting support for a student-led constitutional convention.
He goes to every Undergraduate Student Government (USG) meeting. He advises the executive cabinet and Senate. He even wrote one of USG's most crucial bills.
Students anxiously lined up at Tony's Big Easy, 129 S. Pugh St., not to partake in 99-cent pitchers and karaoke contests, but instead to celebrate Latin culture and movement.
The University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA) elections commission has determined that prospective UPUA presidential candidate Jay Bundy has violated the elections code by campaigning before the official start date.
Three women and nine men will begin hearing testimony today in the indecent assault trial of former Penn State football player Scott Paxson.
Civil liberties attorney Nadine Strossen and Washington insider Pat Buchanan will fire their best shots in a political debate as part of the Distinguished Speaker's Series (DSS) at 8 tonight in the Eisenhower Auditorium.
A State College bar is scheduled to appear before the Pennsylvania Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement for "happy hour violations" next month, a representative from the bureau said.
Construction is set to begin on the new $26 million University Health Services building in early October.
At this past summer's World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, Penn State senior Michael Martin found himself at the ESPN feature table early in the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship event with one of the most volatile personalities in poker.
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The Penn State men's golf team knows that losing can be frustrating. After an 11th place finish at the Wolverine Invitational got the Nittany Lions off to a slow start, they had an opportunity to quickly turn things around this week.
Streak.
Joe Paterno showed up early to his weekly press conference yesterday, discussing State College High School football and Monday night's Saints-Falcons game, before getting down to business.
A year ago, they were both on the Jeffrey Field sideline barking orders, coordinating offenses and harassing refs.
A timetable has been tentatively set for the return of sophomore forward Zoe Bouchelle -- who would be the Penn State women's soccer team's top returning scorer from last year -- according to head coach Paula Wilkins.
After the Penn State women's volleyball team learned that Cassy Salyer broke her right hand two weeks ago and would be out indefinitely, head coach Russ Rose did not have to look too far to find a player who could substitute for the senior co-captain.
Complementing a double-headed left-side attack, standing 6-foot-5 and taking powerful swings from the right, Cassy Salyer was a nice piece of the Penn State women's volleyball team.
When the Penn State men's rugby team faces off against the Dublin University Football Club at 7 p.m. tonight, the formations on the field may resemble those of rugby, but the name of the game will be opportunity.
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Anyone who has seen the Austin Powers movies knows that when retro England meets modern America, hilarity inevitably ensues.
The bar scene
Next time students want to procrastinate on Sunday nights, they can grab their partners, put on their cowboy boots and head to the Brewery, 233 E. Beaver Ave., for a night of good old country fun.
