The 2002 farm bill is set to expire in September 2007, and Centre County -- with its 1,215 farms -- has the chance of being greatly affected.
A recent study found that marijuana has the potential effects of causing psychotic experiences, hallucinations, intense paranoia and other abnormal brain functions, according to the Associated Press.
In less than three weeks, some Penn State students will travel to Philadelphia to support Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (D-Ill.), said David Hutchinson, co-director of Penn State Students for Barack Obama and the Pennsylvania chapter.
The Jeremy Herbstritt Memorial 5K Walk/Run, which honors the former Penn State student who died at Virginia Tech two weeks ago, will begin at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Intramural Building.
The State College Borough Council will formally consider an employment ordinance that would protect sexual orientation, gender identity, marital and familial status in the near future.
Penn State women graduating this month will soon have to face a pay gap that has led to women making 80 cents to a man's dollar one year after college, according to a new study.
Every Saturday, 16 Penn State students spend the weekend dressed in black leotards, twirling flags and dancing to music by Vivaldi.
The University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA) appointed members and students to several leadership positions within the organization at its meeting last night.
Twenty-five Penn State students were charged yesterday with felony crimes for alleged drug-dealing activity as a part of a Centre County drug bust that served 31 arrest warrants in total.
The preliminary hearing for six Penn State football players charged with felonies for their alleged involvement in a downtown fight will begin at 8:30 this morning in the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte.
A memorial created by co-workers sat next to the hot dog cart outside the Corner Room on College Avenue yesterday. The memorial paid homage to a great family man, friend and neighbor, known by most as the "hot dog man."
About 50 students attended a rally yesterday in front of Old Main to celebrate the return of the first-come, first-served football ticket distribution system, a far cry from the hundreds expected to turn out to protest the university's short-lived decision to change the system.
The University Park Undergraduate Association concluded its first year as the official student voice this week, with some students saying it created a foundation and others saying it failed to represent the student body.
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The Penn State roller hockey club is teaming with State College this summer to offer inline hockey to members.
A property tax of more than $200,000 levied on Penn State and the State College Spikes by Centre County has gone unpaid for this year, and the university is now in the process of appealing the payment.
It doesn't matter that the Penn State men's lacrosse team isn't going to make the playoffs this year. Head coach Glenn Thiel is still getting his team ready for tomorrow's game at Georgetown as if it is a playoff game.
During the entire spring season, the Penn State men's golf team has spent almost as much time in vans and hotel rooms as it has playing golf. This weekend, the Nittany Lions won't travel at all since they're playing in their own back yard.
One head coach played at Penn State, the other coached at Pepperdine.
When "Song of the South" by Alabama plays at a Northeastern stadium, it certainly turns some heads.
Softball on verge of postseason berth
After not having a home meet since the middle of February, the Penn State men's track and field team will finally be able to compete in Happy Valley.
The No. 18 Penn State women's lacrosse team was able to end its skid of conference losses yesterday and get its first American Lacrosse Conference (ALC) win of the season with a 9-7 victory over No. 19 Ohio State in the ALC tournament.
Championship weekend is familiar to both the Penn State men's and women's rugby teams. Success during this weekend, though, has been harder to come by.
It was only 10 minutes into the first game of the match last night and Mark Pavlik had already used both of his timeouts.
My Opinion: Chris Weeden
My Opinion: Learning definition of courage takes a lifetime
My Opinion: Dialogue never ends as time here does
Sports in Brief
2006-2007 a rollercoaster ride for PSU
My Opinion: University needs Collegian's independence
My Opinion: Living in limbo brings back memories from past, hope for future
Letters to the editor
The State Theatre will be going to the dogs this weekend.
The State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., will be the place to be tomorrow night to hear one of the most 'lyrical' musicians to date.
If you're from the Pittsburgh area, chances are that you've heard a Clarks song playing on the local rock station, WDVE.
The last we heard from a female Canadian singer-songwriter, she was singing angry songs about Joey Gladstone and ruining an entire generation's concept of irony.
When watching Next, it might be best to follow the mantra applied to most popcorn-action flicks: It's enjoyable if you just turn your brain off for 90 minutes. If you don't, your brain is going to hurt from processing all the plot holes that come from this incredibly awful story line.
Some of the best things in life come with caveats.
Although Ted Crawford's (Anthony Hopkins) crime in Fracture is murder, it's Hopkins theft that will captivate audiences. Whether sparring with hotshot lawyer Willy Beachum (Ryan Gosling) or showing zero emotion after pulling the trigger on his own wife, Hopkins steals every scene he's in. He can switch from naïve old man to cold-blooded murderer in a wink of an eye.
The bar scene
