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[ Tuesday, April 24, 2007 ]


PHOTO: PHOTO: Meagan Kanagy

PHOTO/GRAPHIC: Meagan Kanagy

NEWS
[ Updated Tuesday, April 24, 2007 ]

About 60 students rallied this afternoon in front of Old Main calling for lower tuition and an increased student voice in the administration.


[ Tuesday, April 24, 2007 ]

A room at the State College High School North Building was broken into and "ransacked" over the weekend, State College police said.

The University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA) will hold its second elections tomorrow. There are six presidential candidates this semester, which is twice as many than there were to choose from in the fall. Undergraduate students will be able to vote at www.vote.psu.edu starting at 6 a.m. and ending at 10 p.m.

Through a new bill introduced in the Pennsylvania State Senate, students will be permitted to resell athletic tickets -- such as Penn State football game tickets -- through certain Web sites without cost regulation.

Alex Herman was nervous, and with good reason.

Paul Abernathy has a simple solution in the complex debate of the American occupation of Iraq.

Coquese Washington was named head coach of the Penn State women's basketball team yesterday, becoming the first black woman head coach of a varsity sport in school history.

Unperturbed by threatening weather, around 300 people gathered last night in front of Old Main in a candlelight vigil to honor those killed in the Virginia Tech shootings.

Candidates for the University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA) executive office participated in the third and final debate last night.

After one week and 90 miles of walking, Alex Verget has one more trip to make.

The new editor in chief of the Penn State University Press is faced with tenure-seeking professors clamoring for publication, librarians nationwide who can't afford to buy his books and an industry in major upheaval.

News in Brief


SPORTS

Coquese Washington calmly stepped onto the podium yesterday in Beaver Stadium's media room and seated herself next to Penn State President Graham Spanier and Athletic Director Tim Curley. Before the packed crowd of faces looking her direction, she was cool at the microphone and adlibbed without a prepared statement.

Penn State coach Joe Paterno was optimistic about most areas of his team during a press conference before Saturday's Blue-White game.

Everything just seems to be going in favor of the red-hot Penn State baseball team.

The offensive outbursts in the past prove what the Penn State softball team is capable of when it is focused.

My Opinion: Sirage Yassin

Sports in Brief


OPINIONS

UPUA elections: Johnson and Lenn should lead

My Opinion: Kristin Colella

Letters to the editor

SCIHEALTH

Smokers may have a reason to avoid kicking the habit if they wish to maintain their optimum level of memory and cognitive functioning.

The new Xbox 360 Elite -- complete with powerful features and a 120-gigabyte hard drive -- is set to hit stores this week.

In Japan, they enjoy it raw and sometimes mix it with ice cream; in Italy, they like it with stew; in Belgium they eat it as a steak. Although it is considered taboo to eat horsemeat in the U.S., 100,000 horses were slaughtered for that very purpose in 2006.

Despite fears that the growing popularity of social networking sites may make youths more vulnerable to online threats, a new survey shows that the majority of teens limit their online profile data.

With the NFL Draft set for this weekend, many questions still remain about the dangers involving college-aged and professional athletes using performance-enhancing drugs.

The sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea is becomingly increasingly resistant to antibiotics, leaving few treatments available for the nation's second most common STD, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC).

ARTS

Editor's note: This is the second of four student profiles who have submitted films for the Penn State student Film Festival, which will take place at 6 p.m. Saturday at the State Theatre. Tickets are $7.

There is a second opportunity for Penn State students to see a piece of musical theatre in its early stages of creative production.

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The bar scene


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