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'Trashy' event benefits United Way, reduces carbon footprint Tuesday, May 27, 2008 Click on image for more photos.

DRINKING AND COLLEGE life have been part of the American culture for decades, spawning cult movies such as "Animal House" and earning some fraternities nicknames like "tappa kegga." Swigging a beer with college ...

The PA IPM News Spring 2008 edition is now available as a downloadable PDF file from Web site http://resources.cas.psu.edu/ipm/newsletters/spring08.pdf /24-7PressRelease/ - UNIVERSITY PARK, PA, May 03, 2008 - ... via Press Release News From 24-7 Press Re...

University Park Undergraduate Association President Gavin Keirans campaigned on the platform that he would be a real advocate for Penn State students. via Opinions from The Daily Collegian

E-mail: sic3{at}psu.edu The molecular basis of tissue-specific pigmentation of maize carrying a tandemly repeated multicopy allele of pericarp color1 was examined using Mutator transposon-mediated mutagenesis. via Genetics current issue

Over the past six weeks, Sen. Barack Obama, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton and Ron Paul all have made stops to Penn State campuses including University Park, Brandywine, Fayette, Erie and ... via GantDaily.com

NEW YORK "American Idol" winner Jordin Sparks canceled three concerts over the weekend including an appearance last week on the "Live with Regis and Kelly show." The Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, ... via Cbs3.com

W. Friedkin, L. Shulman, P. Sharp, S. Lansing, F. Smith University Park, Pa. Five pioneers in entertainment, business, science and education will receive honorary doctorate degrees from Penn State University ... via Penn State Live

“That which you permit, you promote”

Retired professor Arthur Goldschmidt told a crowd on the Old Main steps yesterday that he clashed with administrators 40 years ago when he tried to move the American flag to half mast. via Collegian.psu.edu

“We have a long way to go in Pennsylvania and maximizing the votes of young voters is critical if we're going to be able to close the gap”

Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are hustling for the youth vote in Pennsylvania as if they've never heard this is a state where the old hold sway.

Campuses in the cities and mountainsides are alive with political activism, stirred most notably by Obama in student registration drives aimed at replicating his success with young voters dating to the Iowa caucus in January.

How motivated are his youthful supporters? So motivated that Alyssa Beasley, 20, endured an encounter with the DMV so she could switch her driver's license from New Jersey and register to vote at the same time. Read more

“You don't have to feel philanthropic. You give back because it is something you need to do and because a need exists. Soon enough it becomes a part of who you are.”

"You don't have to feel philanthropic. You give back because it is something you need to do and because a need exists. via Penn State Live

“We perceive that many in the gay community appear to have emotional issues and high levels of fear due to their lifestyle”

The media coverage of Thomas Beatie, the transgender man from Oregon who claims to be pregnant, has been plentiful, but Beatie himself hasn't given an interview yet . via Southern Voice

“However, periodic audits will be necessary to assure adequate funding and safeguards are in place”

Pennsylvania will be allowed to regulate nearly 700 medical facilities, colleges and businesses that use certain radioactive materials under an agreement with the federal government. via The York Daily Record

March 30, 3008 -- Barack Obama had better luck with a calf at a Pennsylvania dairy farm than he did at a bowling alley. via WPVI-TV Philadelphia

Rap artist Flo Rida and 2007 "American Idol" winner Jordin Sparks will appear at the Bryce Jordan Center at 7:30 p.m. April 20. via Centre Daily Times

“As this primary has gone on a little bit long, there have been people who've been voicing some frustration”

Shivering in blankets of Penn State's colors, some 20,000 people filled a campus lawn Sunday to hear Barack Obama say he can win the Democratic nomination even if rival Hillary Rodham Clinton stays in the ... via KansasCity.com

In its continuing open-door policy for presidential candidates, Penn State will be host for a campaign tour stop by Sen. via GantDaily.com

University Park, Pa. Penn State officials, faculty and students Wednesday will welcome Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Robert Casey to the University Park campus. via Penn State Live

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Sen. Hillary Clinton visits West Philadelphia this morning to deliver a "major policy address" at the University of Pennsylvania. via Philly.com

Developed by Tripp-Umbach Associates, Inc. Tripp Umbach and Associates, the nation's leading provider of economic impact analysis, conducted a comprehensive study of the economic, employment and community ... via The Bud Angst Report