By the end of this year, Centre County will introduce new technology partially funded by $7. 2 million in government funds originally meant to increase the number of state troopers patrolling highways and communities. The Pennsylvania State Troopers Association (PSTA) originally wanted to use the money to hire 270 new troopers in the next three years, PSTA President Bruce A.
Three Penn State students with a passion for government and politics spent their summer overseas interning with the U. S. Department of State, learning lessons not possible in any textbook.
Since the dawn of applying for jobs, students have been taught that internships are needed to gain experience in certain fields. While some companies work well with their interns and provide students with good working opportunities, other students say they are left with an unpaid position, sitting in an office cubicle answering phones and stuffing envelopes. Michael Goodman (senior-marketing) said he was one of those students.
As part of Buckle Up PA, an ongoing statewide outreach program to promote safety belt usage, The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has raised concerns about traffic safety during the upcoming Labor Day weekend. Mike Hoy, PennDOT spokesman, said the purpose of this weekend's initiative is to remind Pennsylvania residents to drive smart in high volume traffic areas. "We are just trying to reinforce [using a seat belt] for people's own personal safety," he said.
A few more reasons to celebrate this weekend could translate into a few more reasons to drink, and local law enforcement is stepping up its protection to prevent tragedy. "It's student return, it's football weekend . .
A hearing scheduled for 8:30 a. m. today will determine if two lingering trailers on commercially zoned land on North Atherton Street will be declared abandoned.
A $1 million grant awarded last month to the College of Education will allow its American Indian Leadership Program (AILP) to train American Indian students who wish to become principals. The three-year grant, presented by U. S.
With the construction of the new Schlow Memorial Library under way at the corner of Beaver Avenue and Allen Street, the library staff has settled into its temporary location at the former State College Municipal Building, 118 Fraser St. Grant Walk, of Hayes Large Architects, the company overseeing the project, said construction is still on time and has experienced no delays, despite recent rainy weather. Walk said there haven't been any unexpected complications with the digging at the new site.
Penn State President Graham Spanier's annual State of the University address will resume its traditional format this year after being canceled last year in favor of smaller, more focused speeches. The address will take place at 4 p. m.
The Daily Collegian normally reports the news, rather than being the subject of it. However, this year, Aaron Matthews, a documentary maker whose work has been featured on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), is creating a documentary about Penn State's student-run 20,000 circulation daily. "I've been interested in the American media for a while now," Matthews said.
About 25 people crowded the living room of George W. Bush supporter Charles Gable's home on South Atherton Street last night to watch the conclusion of the GOP convention, while some Democratic supporters watched the speech in the HUB-Robeson Center. It was one of the three officially registered Bush-Cheney parties in State College and one of nearly 2,500 registered parties nationwide.
When Philip Walz came to State College in the early 1990s, he said his goal was to find a pleasant home and good school district for his son and daughter. He did not plan to take on one of central Pennsylvania's largest events. It just happened.
Rich Delonge came out to last night's East Halls mixer unsure whether Penn State greek life was right for him, largely because of stereotypes he had heard about fraternities and sororities before coming to college. "I want to [join a fraternity] so bad, but I'm afraid," Delonge (freshman-biochemistry) said. "I don't want to be obliterated every night.
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Former Penn State wide receiver Maurice Humphrey will enroll at Penn State's Altoona branch campus for the fall semester, according to Penn State spokesman Bill Mahon and Humphrey's attorney, Anthony DeBoef. "He just called me to say that he was very pleased to be back at Penn State taking classes, but that he would be at the Altoona campus," DeBoef said. Humphrey, who was indefinitely expelled from the university last fall for an off-field incident has registered for classes at the Altoona campus, Mahon said.
Tonight the 2004 Penn State women's volleyball season takes off against Rutgers, and the number 800 is looming underneath the Rec Hall bleachers. Penn State women's volleyball coach Russ Rose right now sits at 799 career wins. Should the team win at least one of its three games this weekend, Rose would become only the fifth coach in NCAA Div.
Penn State's men's rugby team will never look the same. Firstly, former Penn State men's forwards coach Don Ferrell was promoted to the head coaching position, taking over from former head coach Terry Ryland. His first game as head coach will be against the Barbarians today at the West Campus Fields from 6-9p.
Don't tell Penn State men's soccer coach Barry Gorman that he doesn't have a chance at beating the No. 3 and No. 6 teams in the nation this weekend.
The loss to unranked Washington last weekend may have served as a perfectly placed wake-up call for the No. 4 Penn State (1-1) women's soccer team. The aftershock of the upset spurred on a very strong rebound effort, last Sunday's 2-1 win against No.
The Penn State field hockey team (0-1) looks to rebound from its one-goal loss to Old Dominion when the squad travels to New England this weekend for two non-conference games. The effort to bounce back may prove to be a very difficult endeavor. The Nittany Lions will play Connecticut (2-0) at noon tomorrow and Northeastern (2-0) at noon on Sunday.
Standing 6-foot-2 and weighing a trim 225 pounds, Michael Robinson, by all outward appearances, is a pretty solidly built football player. Galen Hall, though, sometimes prefers to tell him otherwise. "He tells me I need to lose weight because I'm a fat guy," Robinson said with a laugh.
Farewell to the slow-filling student section. Good riddance, pink ponchos. And so long, wimpy cheers.
It happened so quickly that you must have only imagined it. But no, that really was Alan Zemaitis streaking into the endzone with an ill-advised Craig Krenzel pass in his hands as 108,000 cheered as Penn State took a first-half lead on Ohio State. Krenzel was never known for making poor decisions, but by the end of last season it seemed that any pass thrown in the direction of Zemaitis was an ill-advised one.
Since the day they sat solemn on the sidelines of Spartan Stadium on a gloomy Saturday afternoon last November, this is the game the Penn State football players have been waiting for. They've had 10 months and 12 days to think about that day and the 41-10 loss to Michigan State. The beating Penn State took that day, in the last game of the 2003 season, punctuated an atrocious 3-9 record.
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Sometimes actors were meant to do more than simply act their lives away. Talent like Owen Wilson, Robert Redford and Jodie Foster only cement this notion with a stunning career track record that encompasses all facets of filmmaking. Zach Braff may not have household-name status yet, but if his first film, Garden State , is a sign of things to come from the young actor/writer/director, his star is a bright one.
Quentin Tarantino didn't direct Hero . Let's squash that rumor right away. Even though his name is attached to it, he had absolutely nothing to do with the production.
The legends of rock 'n' roll, the endlessly devoted, mythical drunken savants behind the most powerful music on the planet, all had their bands. Mick and Keith are immortal together, but nothing apart. As great as the Experience was, Jimi always sounded best with Buddy Miles and Billy Cox.
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State College is no New York or London when it comes to an in-your-face or decadently hip music scene, but every week there are some rockin' riffs to be heard at Roustabout! . This week is no exception.
Bill Filer will perform at the Allen Street Grill, 100 W. College Ave. (231-4745).
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