[ Updated Friday, March 2, 2007 ]
Between the overflowing pitchers of green beer and the line snaking out of The Phryst, it could almost be St. Patrick’s Day.
INDIANAPOLIS — For the first time, coming at perhaps the most critical juncture of their season, the fifth-seeded Lady Lions have won a Big Ten game away from the Bryce Jordan Center.
INDIANAPOLIS – Brianne O'Rourke found herself in a somewhat unusual position. For once, it was her standing behind the three-point line. For once, it was her knocking down crucial jumpers. For once, it was her team celebrating a win in its road blue uniforms.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Scott Balboni trotted off the ice Saturday afternoon and emphatically raised one finger into the air.
INDIANAPOLIS — Penn State is, without doubt, the underdog against
top-seeded Ohio State.
INDIANAPOLIS -- The scene played out all too familiarly for Ohio State. As usual, the top-seeded Buckeyes (27-2, 16-1 Big Ten) controlled their conference game with Indiana. Jessica Davenport, the Big Ten's first three-time player of the year, was outright unstoppable.
INDIANAPOLIS -- An elderly women held out a glossy sheet of paper for
Jessica Davenport, who calmly wrote her signature on it, passed it to
a teammate and looked for the next item to inscribe.
The No. 11 Penn State wrestling team's bid for an overall Big Ten title fell short today, as did the hopes for individual titles for the 10 competing Nittany Lion participants.
[ Friday, March 2, 2007 ]
Students heard a new voice on the steps of the Willard Building yesterday.
Assistant Vice President and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education Donald Leslie announced yesterday that he will retire from Penn State at the end of June.
Hula dancers and hip-hop dancers took to the stage last night in HUB Alumni Hall to worship in the spotlight during Asian Light 2007.
University officials confirmed yesterday that layoffs in agricultural programs and other budget cuts are imminent if state funding is not increased.
McDonald's newly renovated, 24-hour store on College Avenue will officially reopen next week with a Hollywood-themed ribbon cutting ceremony.
Student leaders are working on a resolution to move professor evaluations online and to make them mandatory for all students to complete.
Administrators reduced damage fees for student activist Olivia Guevara yesterday, saying it incorrectly estimated how much it would cost to fix an Old Main door they allege Guevara damaged.
Penn State officials are currently discussing adding classes to keep up with the Pennsylvania gaming industry, which is planning on providing more than 17,000 new jobs.
Construction is set to begin May 21 on new bus pull-offs on Curtin Road near Pattee Library in hopes of easing traffic concerns and improving safety for pedestrians, an Office of Physical Plant spokesman said.
News in brief
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Through the first two games of the season, the No. 14 Penn State women's lacrosse (2-0) team has made it a habit of mowing down inferior opponents.
After losing five straight games and dealing with an unhealthy pitching staff, the spirit on the Penn State softball team continues to be upbeat.
Michigan isn't a breeding ground for over-zealous high school lacrosse players, as Charley Henneghan remembers it. The sport has been mostly an East Coast phenomenon, but that didn't stop Henneghan. During his freshman year at Brother Rice High School in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., he picked up a lacrosse stick for the first time to play games with his friends and eventually for the high school team.
INDIANAPOLIS - It's obvious after one trip down the main streets of Indianapolis that something is abuzz.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Rene Portland's 11-year-old daughter, Delisa, has a 54-year-old pen pal named Theresa Grentz. Theresa lives in the Midwest and writes sometimes. She even sends gifts, such as a stuffed dog.
Pitcher Seth Whitehill knows that when he gets home, he's going straight to the couch.
Penn State men's basketball guard David 'Mooch' Jackson isn't ready for his college career to end.
Titans will rise and fall this weekend as the Big Ten conference meets at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Mich., to decide its wrestling champions.
For Penn State junior Ron Jules, the opportunity to make the NCAA Indoor Championships has come down to one last high hurdle.
The Penn State men's rugby team faces its home-state rival Kutztown tomorrow night at 6 in Holuba Hall. These two teams share not only Pennsylvania, but also strategies and styles of play.
Anyone who had held a job knows the feeling; it's the middle of the workweek, routine sets in, and everything seems to move a little bit slower than usual.
Women's track gets final chance to qualify
For Penn State men's tennis co-captain Ryan Berger, playing with high levels of energy and excitement are critical to his success on the court.
They may not have taken the easiest road, but the Penn State ACHA Division I Icers took the right one and eventually found themselves in the semifinals of the ACHA National Tournament for the 13th consecutive season.
Sports in Brief
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Letters to the editor
In 1990, a phenomenon of the cartoon world was unleashed as a live-action feature film. It became the most successful independent film to that point, earning more than $135.2 million at the box office.
The venue is familiar, but the music is completely original.
It's inescapable. If you've lived in this world any time after 1970, you've fallen subject to the pandemic. You've been tangled in the web of the Fab Four. It's nothing to be ashamed of; everyone has been influenced by them, musicians and tone deaf alike.
There's always an unsettling feeling in the stomach when it's revealed that a band is going to reunite. The year 2007 should be sponsored by Pepto-Bismol.But perhaps the most unsettling of all this reunion news was the prospect of The Stooges getting back together.
There are 12 things you can learn from Joel Schumacher's new film, The Number 23. (I picked 12 because 1+2=3, then if you move the 2 to the tens place, then apply the 3 to the ones place, YOU GET 23. That's the logic you can expect from the movie.)
For nearly all things Canadian, there is an American doppelganger. They have their poutine, we have our cheese fries. They have their Tim Hortons, we have our Dunkin' Donuts. They have their Peter Jennings, we have our Tom Brokaw. These cases epitomize the general rule that we have them beat in just about every category.
The bar scene
