[ Updated Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007 ]
Hal McCullough, owner of Café 210, 210 W. College Ave., told the State College Borough Council last night that he will not be participating in March 2 St. Patrick’s Day celebration.
Due to heavy snowfall in the University Park area, continuing education classes will be canceled this evening and there will be a two-hour campus-wide delay tomorrow morning, Penn State spokesman Bill Mahon said.
Three inches of snow have already fallen in State College and the Public Works Department is preparing for snow removal tomorrow night.
[ Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007 ]
The Penn State Commission for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) has recommended that University Park become a smoke-free campus, starting with a ban on smoking within a certain distance of all university facilities.
Audience members watched as author Junot Diaz, a timid-looking Dominican man wearing thick black rimmed glasses, quietly stepped up to the podium yesterday in Foster Auditorium.
With wintry weather in the forecast, Penn State public relations officials said they are hopeful that students will look to their phones for class cancellation notices via "PSUTXT."
As temperatures dropped into the single digits last week, housing officials have received several complaints about dorm rooms being cold.
Happy Valley isn't the only place where students dance for a cause.
Last night, architect Ed Olsen presented the State College Borough Council with an overview of his plans for the nine-story hotel that would be located on College Avenue between Sowers and Garner streets.
When Evelyn McKee lost her brother to a drunken driving accident, her life changed forever.
A local biking organization met last night to consider possible actions to encourage a "public outcry" against a plea agreement for a man charged with vehicular homicide for his alleged role in the death of a Penn State professor.
A Penn State student was punched and kicked by a group of people outside a friend's apartment in Cedarbrook Apartments, 309 E. Beaver Ave, police said.
Police are looking for three men -- possibly responsible for a robbery at knifepoint Jan. 24 -- who they say approached three Penn State students early Saturday inside a downtown apartment to ask for help.
Details of the investigation and search to locate two men who police say shot a woman in the face Thursday are being kept quiet to protect the victim, police said.
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After posting three consecutive wins this past weekend, the Penn State men's tennis team is off to an undefeated start to its season. With an 8-0 record, a top-50 ranking and Big Ten action set to get under way next week, the Nittany Lions are aiming toward another successful season, and possibly a conference title.
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Forget using Armani and Calvin Klein fragrances to pick up the ladies -- according to a new study, a 20-minute workout on the elliptical machine should do just fine.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an over-the-counter version of the fat-blocking diet drug Xenical last week, making it the first FDA approved weight loss product available without a prescription.
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