[ Updated Monday, Feb. 12, 2007 ]
The Daily Collegian received the following e-mail response from Penn State Spokesman Bill Mahon. It is in regard to the movement by bar owners to change St. Patrick's Day to March 2.
Rita's Italian Ice will open by the end of the week at 119 E. Beaver Ave., owner Richard Shore confirmed today.
Police said they are looking for three suspicious men, possibly connected to a similar incident on Jan. 24, who approached three Penn State students early Saturday morning inside a downtown apartment to ask for help after a fight.
[ Monday, Feb. 12, 2007 ]
With some students donning corsets, cloaks and top hats, members of Penn State's Harry Potter club began their Saturday night with a waltz.
• Three Broomsticks Ball Photo Gallery
• Three Broomsticks Ball Photo Gallery
The air was filled with the sounds of African drums and the scents of exotic cuisine as more than 500 people gathered for a celebration of African culture Saturday night.
Seven incidents of graffiti were reported to the State College police Friday, four days after Borough Council received a proposal for a graffiti removal ordinance.
• Graffiti Photo Gallery
• Graffiti Photo Gallery
To coincide with the Valentine's Day holiday, the State Theatre will be showing a series of popular, Oscar-winning romantic films. Breakfast at Tiffany's will start off the series today.
To celebrate Penn State's plan to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, Eco-Action threw a low energy party on Friday night -- with the lights off.
A four-story building that would house apartments and commercial space has been proposed for South Allen Street, zoning officer Herman Slaybaugh confirmed Friday.
Guests of last night's biannual Passport on a Plate gala dinner talked in the Foyer of the Ramada Inn Conference Center, holding glasses of sangria and nibbling on a selection of Spanish appetizers, preparing for their evening's voyage to Spain.
The University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA) will hold special elections this spring for all positions.
A major winter storm is expected to hit State College tomorrow afternoon, bringing up to a foot of snow, a University Weather Service manager said.
Irish bar The Phyrst, long considered a St. Patrick's Day staple, has confirmed they will be open for business at 8 a.m. March 2, the day some have designated Penn State's version of the Irish holiday.
Despite student complaints of overcrowded buses, Centre Area Transportation Authority (CATA) officials said they have no plans to increase service.
Penn State will launch a three-year, nearly $600,000 program to target "dangerous drinking" at 20 Penn State undergraduate campuses, with plans that involve enforcement, alternate activities and possibly a push for more Friday exams.
After staging a sit-in at the university president's office and demanding to speak with administration officials Friday, members of campus activist groups said they are still no closer to fostering a more tolerant diversity climate at Penn State.
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Even with using the Sykes-Sabock Challenge as training for the Big Ten meet in two weeks, the men's track and field team turned in some of the strongest performances of the indoor season on Saturday.
It was neck-and-neck all afternoon as the Penn State women's indoor track team battled Virginia Tech for the top score at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge cup.
As junior Aslynn Satterfield took the floor for the first time all season against Pittsburgh, her brother and the rest of "Aslynn's Army" held up signs and cheered to welcome her back from her wrist injury. Like a true competitor, she picked up right where she left off.
Six representatives of the No. 2 Penn State men's gymnastics team went to Las Vegas for the Winter Cup Challenge with the hopes of cashing in on the opportunity to make the U.S. Men's Senior National Team.
Northwestern's Craig Moore launched a three-pointer from about 30 feet away, with one second left on the shot clock, if Ed DeChellis remembers it correctly.
Coming into the weekend, the Northwestern women's basketball team was winless in all 12 of its conference games. And, not to mention, the Wildcats were in the midst of an 18-game losing streak.
The No. 2 Penn State ACHA Division I Icers approach every game expecting to win, but this weekend, it's hard for them not to feel content with a split against their arch-rival, the No. 3 Ohio Bobcats.
It was the first game of the match, and the No. 7 Penn State men's volleyball team looked to be off to another slow start. Down six points against George Mason Saturday night, the team was in dire need of a spark to jump-start its offense.
During the second period of the Division II Penn State Ice Lions game Saturday night, senior forward Adam Levine had a breakaway that seemed to be just out of reach.
In a weekend of ups and downs, the No. 10 Penn State Lady Icers split a series with the University of Delaware and No. 6 University of Connecticut at the Greenberg Ice Pavillion.
Speed training, an explosive first step, technique and off-season conditioning are a few of the reasons why football players Derrick Williams, Justin King, Devin Fentress and A.J. Wallace would join the track team.
Before last year, Penn State had never sent a 4 x 400 meter relay team to Nationals.
The Penn State men's rugb y team received two surprises Saturday night. First, its opposition, Philadelphia Whitemarsh RFC, did not show up, forcing the team to play an intrasquad scrimmage.
Penn State's men's lacrosse coach Glenn Thiel has a simple philosophy when it comes to preseason games: See how each player looks before the regular season begins, but don't lose anybody to injury.
Coming into this season, it was common knowledge that this year's Penn State men's volleyball team would be drastically different from last year's.
After being cooped up in the Multi-Sport Facility and Holuba Hall for the past few weeks, the Penn State softball team was finally able to get its uniforms dirty and dig into the clay and fresh-cut grass.
Despite missing two key players in sophomore Brendan Lynch and senior co-captain Bradley Hunter, the No. 50 Penn State men's tennis team still managed to enter the Big Ten season undefeated.
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Smiles and laughter were abound yesterday at the Bryce Jordan Center where the Harlem Globetrotters showcased their amazing tricks and quirky sense of humor.
• Harlem Globetrotters Photo Gallery
• Harlem Globetrotters Photo Gallery
On Friday night, Grammy-nominated comedian Ron White talked to a packed Bryce Jordan Center about sex, homeland security, sex, the nation's debt, sex, Europe and sex with bears.
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