http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/penn_state/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Centredaily.com en-us Copyright 2009 Centredaily.com Penn State 60 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:15 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive Workbench support@centredaily.com http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/penn_state/story/1614844.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/penn_state/story/1614844.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:15 EST BELLEFONTE — A proposed zoning ordinance that would ban private rooming houses — including unrecognized fraternities — from campus was written with assistance from Penn State officials, public records show. http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/penn_state/story/1613851.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/penn_state/story/1613851.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:04 EST UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State trustees on Friday approved final plans for construction of a $206 million Children’s Hospital in Hershey, 11 months after it put the project on hold. http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/penn_state/story/1613846.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/penn_state/story/1613846.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:55 EST UNIVERSITY PARK — A growing number of Penn State students are applying for financial aid, even as a smaller percentage of those seeking help are from low-income families. http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/penn_state/story/1613852.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/penn_state/story/1613852.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:04 EST UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State trustees discussed efforts to curb binge drinking, elm yellows disease and other topics during their meeting at the Nittany Lion Inn Friday. http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/penn_state/story/1613876.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/penn_state/story/1613876.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:55 EST Last summer I saw Bob Ricketts at the Tuesday State College farmers market sitting behind a table with a scale, a roll of butcher paper, piles of neatly coiled pasta — and a dream. http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/penn_state/story/1610281.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/penn_state/story/1610281.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:59 EST Penn State President Graham Spanier and presidents of the other state-related universities say further delays in passing legislation authorizing table games could mean higher tuition rates for the spring semester. http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/penn_state/story/1605457.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/penn_state/story/1605457.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:38 EST STATE COLLEGE — Penn State students and permanent borough residents filled a council meeting Monday night and voiced thoroughly opposing views on a proposal that would make hosts of rowdy parties responsible for illegal behavior of their guests. http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/penn_state/story/1602873.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/penn_state/story/1602873.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:04 EST Fifty-four fraternities and sororities performed songs from Broadway shows during Greek Sing 2009, which benefits the Gayle Beyers Scholarship Fund, at Eisenhower Auditorium on Sunday. http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/penn_state/story/1599654.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/penn_state/story/1599654.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:03 EDT The School of Theatre will present "We are Dead State," a Haunted House, in the Pavilion Theatre today and tomorrow. The walking tour re-creates various campus locations such as University Health Services, Berkey Creamery, Nittany Lion Shrine and Pattee Library stacks, all contained within the theater. Tours begin at 6:30 p.m., with the last tour at 11 p.m. Geared for teens and older, the walking tour (wheel accessible) lasts approximately 20 minutes. Cost is $3 at the door. http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/penn_state/story/1599076.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/penn_state/story/1599076.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:14 EDT STATE COLLEGE — Two students and two fraternities are charged with providing Penn State freshman Joseph Dado with beer, shots of vodka and whiskey and http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/penn_state/story/1599092.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/penn_state/story/1599092.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:13 EDT In Happy Valley, it can be easy to forget that not everyone is blessed with health and prosperity. According to the National Coalition for the Homeless, there are an estimated 3.5 million homeless people in the U.S. In addition, about 1.2 million Pennsylvanians, almost 10 percent of the state's population, live in households at risk for hunger. http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/penn_state/story/1596945.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/penn_state/story/1596945.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:04 EDT Construction on the Penn State Millennium Science Complex is advancing on the University Park campus. The building is expected to open in the summer of 2011. The 275,000 square foot building will bring together materials researchers and life scientists from the Materials Research Institute and the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, fostering collaborations in the developing convergence of materials and biomedical engineering. http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/penn_state/story/1593090.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/penn_state/story/1593090.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:22 EDT Visitors to Penn State's recently opened arboretum off Park Avenue will soon be able to enter the gardens on a boardwalk. http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/penn_state/story/1593079.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/penn_state/story/1593079.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:21 EDT Karl Rove and Howard Dean brought the national health care debate to Penn State on Tuesday night. http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/penn_state/story/1586648.html http://www.centredaily.com/news/education/penn_state/story/1586648.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:35 EDT STATE COLLEGE — Scott Marion never thought selling $35 worth of marijuana to a college buddy might land him in state prison for more than two years.