Each weekend, about 10 members of the Penn State Soaring Club get high -- in the sky, that is.
The attorney for three soldiers accused of beating up a Bellefonte resident is claiming there is not enough evidence to prove the soldiers continued to hit the alleged victim after he fell on the ground.
A two-year Penn State Alumni Association project, which was launched in September, will establish a new Alumni Walk -- consisting of about 6,500 sponsored and inscribed bricks.
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Progress on Penn State's construction project at the Dickinson School of Law's Carlisle campus is at a crossroads, as the administration is hopeful a large contribution from a potential donor may "dramatically alter the project," said Stephen MacCarthy, vice president for university relations.
In 1492, Columbus may have sailed the ocean blue, but he didn't stop there.
Amnesty International Penn State wants students to "get on the bus."
Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidates Ed Rendell and Lynn Swann faced off last night in a debate that addressed issues such as the state's higher education.
Underage undergraduates who are tired of the same humdrum apartment party or dingy frat may have a new place to 'pop, pop... pop that thang.'
The words "homefield advantage" normally conjure up visions of fans yelling until they can't breathe, a student section flooded with a sea of school colors and an alumni section that defines intimidation.
On the heels of its best game of the season, Penn State will look to string together its first winning streak of the year Saturday when the Nittany Lions (3-2, 1-1 Big Ten) head to Minneapolis to take on the Minnesota Golden Gophers (2-3, 0-2).
College Republicans Chairman Seth Bender, facing possible impeachment, resigned from his position last night, followed immediately by the resignation of the group's adviser, who recommended Republican Party committees at all levels of U.S. government "sever all ties to this chapter of College Republicans."
University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA) presidential candidate Jay Bundy was told yesterday he could not appeal $120 in elections fines to any administrative figures -- one day after UPUA elections commissioners advised him to.
The film Death of the President, which includes a graphically manipulated scene of President George W. Bush being assassinated, will be released in the U.S. on Oct. 27, and the Penn State community has mixed feelings about it.
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The Penn State men's soccer team is running out of chances to recharge its motivational batteries and resurrect its season.
After a weekend playing before a jam-packed crowd in Purdue, the Penn State women's volleyball team returns to Rec Hall this weekend against two ranked opponents.
If Penn State is Linebacker U, then Minnesota has to be Running Back U.
After four years as a reserve, Donnie Johnson couldn't be happier to finally hit the field as a starter at safety this year. As opponents can attest, though, the field isn't the only thing he's hitting.
If college football fields were 80 yards long, Penn State could very well boast the No. 1 scoring offense in the country. As it is, those last 20 yards -- the red zone -- have been a sore subject recently.
One would be hard pressed to find a team on campus as successful over the past decade as the Penn State ACHA Division I Icers.
A 27-game unbeaten streak halted.
Let's rewind to last Friday.
After finishing second overall in both of its first two meets this season, the Penn State women's cross country team now enters the toughest part of its schedule.
A little more than a week after going toe-to-toe with rugby powerhouse Trinity College, the Penn State men's rugby team returns to action tomorrow night looking to implement what it learned from playing the Irish squad.
In both Diana Klein and Karley McVerry's minds, a national championship is not the number one goal.
The Penn State men's cross country team will host the National Invitational, the team's final home meet of the season, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Penn State's Blue Course.
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In its short time together -- just about a year -- the local piano-rock band Cloverleaf has been able to quickly build a fan base and gain wide exposure by opening for Yellowcard and advancing to the quarterfinals of an mtvU contest.
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For Penn State alumnus John Skibbe, this past weekend was a homecoming 30 years in the making.
Somewhere, in the heart of every emerging musician, is the hope of making it big -- to be the next Jay-Z, Jessica Simpson or maybe even John Mayer.
With a student population of about 42,000, it's hard for the Bryce Jordan Center to know exactly which artists students want to see brought to Happy Valley.
Believe it or not, there are some students who don't equate weekends with keg stands, beer pong and unexplained bruises from the night before.
Have you ever seen a movie so many times you catch yourself mouthing the dialogue as the characters say it, searching for quotes to put in your away message and watching every other movie the actors are in?
The switch to a major label can be the kiss of death for an indie band, and when the Decemberists announced it'd be making the move from Kill Rock Stars to Capitol Records, it worried many of its fans.
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