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Tuesday, Jan 22, 2008
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A Penn State researcher's discovery of about 500 trillion cubic feet of natural gas was among the recent university accomplishments cited by Penn State President Graham Spanier in his address to the Penn State Board of Trustees Friday morning.
Michael Mauti, who enrolled early at Penn State, will join the Nittany Lion linebacking corps full time next fall. The Mandeville, La. native is a top-rated recruit and could've attended a handful of schools, but he had no problem with Joe Paterno's age or the fact that the 81-year-old's contract ends after next season.
The Centre County District Attorney's Office will meet this week to decide if more football players will be charged in connection with an Oct. 7 altercation in the HUB-Robeson Center, on the heels of a motion to revoke bail for a player already charged in the incident.
In an audio account, Clifford Durr -- the lawyer who represented Rosa Parks following her famous refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus -- retells his experience bailing Parks out of jail.
Beaver Stadium will turn blue and white with the annual spring football game on April 19, but before it does that, it'll get a little Fergalicious.
Gov. Ed Rendell has interviewed the candidate chosen by the student trustee selection committee and stands poised to make his nomination to the Pennsylvania State Senate.
The enclosed walkway connecting Henderson Building with Henderson South will be demolished to create a $46 million home for the Biobehavioral Health department and three research centers by 2011, the Penn State Board of Trustees decided Friday.
Students living in two different apartment buildings on South Atherton Street have been experiencing various water problems yesterday and today.
West Des Moines, IOWA -- "I was on my way to a Giuliani event," Kendall pleads. It's Dec. 28, 2007.
Penn State could be an integral part of new state energy efficiency legislation and economic growth in the area, two state representatives said Friday during a visit to University Park.
T. Reed Ferguson, the first director of Penn State Erie, died at the age of 92 last Wednesday.
The stars of Sunday's women's basketball game against Michigan weren't 6 feet tall. They weren't wearing jerseys, and they weren't on the court during the game.
When the last year's Thon line dance song came over the loudspeakers, Thon Skate attendees, skating in circles, drew out their imaginary guns in true James Bond style, referencing the opening of last year's line dance.
One year ago, the University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA) was denied participation in the Association of Big Ten Students(ABTS) conference.
Jules Heller, the founding dean of Penn State's College of Arts and Architecture, was much more than a dean. He was a father, a husband, a teacher, a soldier, a musician, a humanitarian and a printmaker.
Dancers spun and twisted Saturday night in HUB Alumni Hall, as the basic dance instructions "rock, step, step, rock, step" led more than 80 students and community members in the East Coast Swing.
Sports
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As she drove inside the lane late in the second half, Kam Gissendanner drew a foul against Michigan's Krista Phillips. Frustrated with the call, the Wolverine center let her feelings known, stomping her feet and fists on the court. The tantrum earned Phillips a frustrating, yet well deserved, technical foul.
With less than 11 minutes remaining in Sunday's game, the Penn State men's basketball team was tied with Indiana, the No. 9 team in the country. It was on the road, no less, in an arena where the Nittany Lions had never won before.
Even with the recent rough stretch, the Penn State men's basketball team still thinks an NCAA bid is a possibility.
NFL scouts had their suspicions about Penn State quarterback Anthony Morelli before he showcased his pro potential at the East-West Shrine Game on Saturday.
The No. 14 Penn State women's gymnastics team displayed the youth that will carry it the rest of the season in front of a national audience Saturday night.
Iowa fans in attendance at Carver-Hawkeye Arena rejoiced on Sunday after the final period of the 165-pound match between Penn State wrestler Dave Rella and his Hawkeye counterpart, Aaron Janssen.
For as many games as the Penn State ACHA Division I Icers have played this season, the word "dominating" has been used to describe most of them. This weekend was no different.
After Saturday's win, Penn State is only two victories away from its third undefeated season in school history. But, to Penn State women's swimming coach Bill Dorenkott, that's an afterthought.
With Geary Claxton out for the season, Penn State coach Ed DeChellis challenged his players to take on new roles.
After the official announced the final results in the men's 35-pound weight throw, it was clear the Penn State men's track team was going to have a good day.
As the clock wound down on the Penn State women's basketball team's win over Michigan on Sunday, Michigan's Krista Phillips could only watch it slip away.
Throughout Saturday night, the crowd at Rec Hall was encouraged to be louder than usual, in part because of the Big Ten Network's telecast.
On Friday morning, the Penn State men's swimming and diving team woke up at the crack of dawn to drive three hours to Pittsburgh. Once the men arrived at their hotel, they had an hour to relax before they had to go to the pool.
Following an impressive showing in November against Cornell, the Penn State women's tennis team has had to wait to build off that success.
In a game often viewed as one-on-one, it is sometimes easy to neglect the fact that tennis is a team sport.
There are many benefits of going to a school as big as Penn State. In the case of the members of the ACHA Division II Ice Lions, one is being given the chance to showcase their skills despite not getting the same recognition as other top-tier athletes at other campuses.
A week after racing on two winning relay teams, freshman Sam Borchers won an individual event for the first time in his collegiate career -- in record-setting time.
If consistency is key for women's track and field coach Beth Alford-Sullivan, then Saturday's Penn State Open can be considered an all-around success.
No more than a half-hour after becoming Penn State's queen of middle distance, Briene Simmons was nearly dethroned.
Even though the No. 2 Penn State ACHA Division I Icers scored 17 goals this weekend, the biggest number on their minds was one.
Despite losing to No. 6 Michigan 356.950-353.900, No. 2 Penn State's men's gymnastics coach Randy Jepson left Ann Arbor with a positive attitude.
After ammunition travels 50 feet through the air and punctures a hole in a paper target, the scorer plugs the wound to see if the shot was a bull's-eye.
Arts
By Travis Talbot
Happy Valley, a film with good intentions at heart, is inhibited by the constraints of a low-budget production and has little in common with the sentiments behind the aforementioned location.
Opinions
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Editorial: ABTS Conference
The University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA) had a "Cinderella moment" this past weekend.
Columnist
Since no one else will say it, I will: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would be disappointed in us.
Letter: Drug dealers, illegal aliens break laws without excuse
Letter: 'Juno' may appear quirky, but deserves better grade
Letter: Priority for football team shouldn't just be winning
Special
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From walking to class to taking kinesiology classes like KINES 072 (Fitness Walking), the Penn State community is full of exercise options.
January is the month when most people truly show how serious they are about their goals for the New Year.
Kimberly Wong is a senior majoring in nutritional science and a former cook at Zola's New World Bistro, 324 W. College Ave. She said she an avid health food eater whose favorite food is mac 'n' cheese.
