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[ Updated Tuesday, March 27, 2007 ]

A Boalsburg man pleaded guilty this morning to homicide by vehicle related to an accident that resulted in the death of a Penn State mechanical engineering professor in March 2006.

As part of Pride Week, Axis, a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender social group for Penn State students, will be sponsoring a two-hour, late night coffee social tonight at Starbucks, 232 West College Ave.


[ Tuesday, March 27, 2007 ]

To help curb a steady decrease in LateNight Penn State attendance, officials are looking to organized student input to analyze and revamp the program's activities.

Ed Petronsky was excited to hear Frost Nightclub had hired him as a bouncer. That was nearly two years ago, and he hasn't worked a single hour.

The University Park Undergraduate Association has run into an unexpected task: how to spend $6,000.

Students living in residence halls will have to be a little quicker returning keys loaned from the commons desk beginning on Monday.

While working as a lifeguard at the McCoy Natatorium, Josh Abbe noticed the system of finding a substitute for a shift was flawed.

Questions ranged from serious and thought provoking to humorous in the GAYME Show, a Jeopardy game show for Gay Pride Week.

Despite a 10-year construction boom, Penn State professors say the university's teaching and laboratory spaces are outdated and in small supply.

Activists promoting the beginning of Pride Week 2007 chose to air their concerns yesterday on the steps of the Willard Building -- right next to Willard Preacher Gary Cattell.

Penn State has it all -- a large greek system, a rich tradition of sports, a Northeast location and loyal alumni.

The search to find a replacement for former Penn State women's basketball coach Rene Portland is in its infancy, but once it gets started, expect a relatively quick announcement, Penn State professor Scott Kretchmar said.

A Penn State student accused of raping another student at a fraternity has been given a plea offer, his attorney confirmed yesterday.

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News in brief


SPORTS

Penn State men's basketball head coach Ed DeChellis announced in a press release yesterday that sophomore forward Milos Bogetic and red-shirt freshman guard Maxwell Dubois were granted a release from their Penn State athletic scholarships.

Before the Penn State football team's first spring practice on Friday, Dan Connor took stock of those around him and noted that the linebacking corps is finally his to guide.

All of the confusion surrounding this past weekend was not enough to slow down the Penn State Lady Ruggers as they moved on to next weekend's MARFU championships after A- and B-side wins against James Madison.

Zeros flashed all over the scoreboard in Medlar Field at Lubrano Park on Friday, and no one was happier than Robbie Wine.

My Opinion: Andrew Wible

Sports in Brief


OPINIONS

Rene Portland resignation: PSU has chance to remedy past mistakes

My Opinion: Kristin Colella

Letters to the editor

SCIHEALTH

Breaking up is hard to do, but Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) attempted to ease that pain by presenting ways to help students survive difficult relationship breakups.

UHS will offer new form of therapy

Penn State students who do not eat the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables per day are hardly alone in their eating habits.

More than 800 Penn State students are working on a solar-powered home that boasts a kitchen, bathroom, living space and hydrogen fuel cell car that plugs directly into the home to recharge.

New online network allows users to customize profiles

UHS will offer new form of therapy

Growing up in a culture dominated by sexual images on television and the Internet has labeled college students the "Hookup Generation."



ARTS

Tonight, students can be whisked back to Shakespearean times with the Nittany Valley Symphony (NVS).

The bar scene


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