[ Updated Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007 ]
Construction for the Dickinson School of Law began this morning at 10 a.m. with a groundbreaking ceremony along Bigler Road, north of Park Avenue.
The Alpha Fire Department responded to an apartment fire at 221 W. Hamilton at about 7:10 p.m. yesterday.
[ Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007 ]
Good news for language students -- universities are hiring more professors to teach non-traditional languages such as Chinese or Arabic, according to a recent study.
Students in the College of the Liberal Arts who might not be able to afford to study abroad may be awarded that opportunity by a Penn State graduate.
Two months after their opening in Pennsylvania, two slot parlors reported that in just the first week of the new year, gamblers waged over $97 million in the slot machines.
The Blue and White Society is helping students "chill out" as they readjust to the routine of lectures, labs and trips to the library.
After 48 letters of interest were submitted, including one from the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission itself, for the lease of the turnpike, officials say privatization of the route would lead to a toll on Interstate 80.
According to a recent study, colleges nationwide spent $95 million in 2005 to lobby the government, despite increased public concern regarding lobbyists' influence with politicians.
Canners in Freehold, N.J., racked up some big bucks during a December canning weekend.
When students eating in the dining commons place their trays on the conveyor belt to be washed, they might not know their food scraps can be seen all over campus -- in compost.
A judge denied a Boalsburg man's request Friday to drop homicide and manslaughter charges in connection with his alleged role in the death of a Penn State professor.
Despite political turmoil in Pennsylvania in the past few years, 68.2 percent of the state's college-aged adults say they are satisfied with the state of affairs, according to a 2006 Penn State Poll.
The Penn State senior stabbed to death in June and the former football player charged with his murder were known to be friends.
As nine black students walked toward the front doors of Little Rock Central High School in 1957, accompanied by federal troops from the 101st airborne division, each step they took defied social norms and challenged discrimination.
After three years of discussion, demolition will begin in February on a $30 million project that would bring a new residential building and a 10-screen cinema to Fraser Street.
However, some students claim few adhere to the rules in campus buildings.
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Members of the Penn State swimming and diving team split apart, as the swimmers headed off to Naples, Fla., to train for the Big Ten Championships, while the divers competed in the Georgia Diving Invitational Jan. 3 and 4.
The deep ball continued to dig the Penn State men's basketball team into an even deeper hole in the Big Ten conference standings.
Bryan Sobonya has yet to play a game for the Penn State ACHA Division I Icers, but that hasn't stopped him from talking about his lofty goal for the team.
The last time the ACHA Division II Penn State Ice Lions were in New York State, they suffered their worst loss of the season to NYU. It was a watershed moment for the team, as it hadn't lost since.
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Now that it's the new year, it's time to discover new things at State College's newly renovated community theatre, The State Theatre.
Everyone probably remembers Cynthia Rylant's children's book series of the lonesome boy named Henry and his abnormally large dog, Mudge.
Nick Stumpo is a guitarist and singer for the band Grace's Grandsons, yet he is the only one who isn't a grandson of Grace, the Italian grandmother. The band formed when the boys were in high school outside of Philadelphia, and was named for the grandmother of four of the members. I talked to Stumpo about the band's background and influences.
While Rhode Island is neither a road nor an island, it is in fact the home state of The Brother Kite, one of the bands slated to play Friday's all-ages Roustabout!
Various Artists - 2007 Grammy Nominees
Remember the days of finger painting and sculpting mugs? Penn State students with a hankering to revisit their grade school art classes will soon have the opportunity.
Back by popular demand, O.A.R. will be returning to the Bryce Jordan Center this Sunday night, with opening band Gomez.
The bar scene
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