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Tuesday, Apr 8, 2008
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Suspended Nittany Lion wide receiver Chris Bell will not be allowed back on the Penn State football team after police said he threatened a teammate with an 8-inch cooking knife Monday night at the football team's dining area in Pollock Dining Commons.
• Police: Bell pulls knife in commons Updated 12:30 PM
Former football player Chris Bell was arrested last night after Penn State Police said he threatened another student with an 8-inch blade during a dispute that yielded no injuries in Pollock Dining Commons.
With four men huddled around him, the lawyer defending former Nittany Lion running back Austin Scott against rape charges picked an all-white, mostly male jury after a three-hour deliberation yesterday.
HARRISBURG -- Joe Schwork referred to Pennsylvania as the "ashtray of the Northeast" yesterday as he left the state capital.
The parents of former Penn State football player Chris Baker have hired a new attorney to represent him in the trials connected with the two assault incidents in which he has been implicated during the past year.
Sunday's airplane crash hit a little too close to home for Penn State student Jeff Fink.
In a darkened hall, a shaky-voiced student confessed she had cut herself for four years of her life to an audience of more than 1,000 last night.
Hospital staff finds gun on patient
After taking office more than a month earlier than last year's UPUA president, Gavin Keirans has some free time on his hands.
The State College Borough Council faced heavy local opposition to the proposed Sparks Street bike route that would eliminate side- street parking.
Sitting by the big-screen TV in the HUB-Robeson Center, his silver MacBook Pro perched on his lap, Steve Reed denied any notions of superiority that would be a result of his Mac ownership.
With a multitude of papers and textbooks surrounding her, Dana Reeser was engulfed in studying at the HUB-Robeson Center.
Last night, Penn State President Graham Spanier met with students a little below the average height and age of students on campus.
Giant blooming flowers and colorful human profiles highlighting a blue and lavender backdrop helped show visitors a world where whole identities can be seen as opposed to popular stereotypes of people.
Sports
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Penn State's senior gymnasts have accomplished many things in their four years, but until Friday night they had never won a Big Ten championship.
With freshman relief pitcher Calvin Grumley caught in a seventh-inning jam Sunday, Penn State catcher Joe Blackburn headed to the mound for a quick conference.
Gathering the team around him, coach Mark Pavlik asked the Penn State men's volleyball team if it wanted to do anything special for the next day's practice.
It will look like a rivalry game when Penn State and Pittsburgh play a doubleheader at 2 p.m. today on Nittany Lion Field, but the rivalry won't be as fierce as some might expect.
Suzanne Isidor was all smiles after her defense caused a turnover in its last home game. As the team ran to the sidelines, she made sure to give freshman defender Maggie Dunbar a high-five.
Faceoffs in lacrosse are often the bruising, in-your-face and physically demanding showdowns that can wear down a player.
Watching Jocelyn Forest snare a line drive while pitching batting practice to the Penn State softball team, it's difficult to tell that she's a coach and not a player.
Notebook
Michigan's Nate Recknagel crushed a Paul Hawkins pitch deep into the left field picnic pavilion, certainly a bomb of a home run -- if it wasn't inches foul.
It was a new tournament against different competition, but the results were more of the same for the Penn State women's golf team yesterday in the first two rounds of the Indiana Invitational.
Arts
Tonight, two bands will be playing downtown in the heat of their creative processes.
Opinions
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Editorial: LGBTA Scholarship
When an alumni couple donated $5 million to the Penn State football program last December -- the largest donation ever made to intercollegiate athletics -- it was clear where most graduates' priorities were concentrated.
His hand, much like his heart, is heavy. Gripping the side of the mahogany casket, he carries his friend into the cold, unforgiving streets. This is not the story of Jamiel Shaw Jr. This is the legacy of Los Angeles, Calif.
Letter: Tickets for super-seniors? Give other students a shot
Letter: Cutting half-hearted fans priority for ticket system
Letter: Give constructive criticism to magazine, not insults
Letter: Israelis and Palestinians all have share in suffering
Special
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Jennifer Morrissey is a self-proclaimed "sushi snob."
When asking people who avoided performing CPR in an emergency situation why they did not take action, Tom Terndrup usually hears the same response: People think they'd do something incorrectly.
Turning down a beer or telling a significant other to use a condom can be hard for students to do, but with some tips from a HealthWorks peer educator, these can be easy situations to handle.
