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| The following photo stories have appeared on Penn State Newswires or on the Penn State Live Web site from Jan. 1 to June 30, 2003. For the index from July 1 to Dec. 31, 2003, click here. For the index from 2001-2002, click here. For the current index, click here. To subscribe to the Penn State Newswire, click here. June 26, 2003 No grand illusion — Styx rocks Jordan center Tommy Shaw greets the crowd at the start of the Styx concert at The Bryce Jordan Center. Styx, joined by REO Speedwagon and Journey, played the Jordan Center Tuesday night, June 24. For pictures, click here. June 26, 2003 Campers explore science fun It's CSI week at Action Potential Science Camp, one of many camps offered at Penn State. For pictures, click here. June 25, 2003 Jet service coming to University Park Beginning July 22, Comair, a Delta Connection carrier, will operate three daily nonstop round-trips to its second-largest hub, the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, using the Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) regional jet. It will be the first regularly scheduled jet service for the University Park Airport. For pictures, click here. June 24, 2003 LionHeart recipient heads home On Tuesday, May 14, surgeon Walter E. Pae Jr. implanted an Arrow LionHeart left ventricular assist device (LVAD) in 35-year-old Gayle Snider of York. Today, Snider is officially going home, marking the first time a U.S. recipient of the totally implantable heart-assist device conceived of and developed at Penn State College of Medicine in conjunction with Arrow International, Reading, has been released from the hospital. For the full story, click here. For pictures, click here. June 23, 2003 Upward Bound turns 35 In 1968, Penn State won its first federal Upward Bound grant to stimulate college ambitions in local high school students who otherwise might never consider college. Thirty-five years later, the program is still going strong and has just won another grant, totaling close to $2 million, to operate for the next four years. For the full story, click here. For pictures, click here. June 19, 2003 Penn State Faculty/Staff News of Record: People Photos of faculty and staff featured in the News of Record section of the June 19, 2003, Penn State Faculty/Staff Newswire can be found by clicking here. June 16, 2003 "I Love You, You're Perfect ... Now Change" Liz Baltes, Mary Jane Raleigh, Matthew Hydzik and Don Farrell star in "I Love You, You're Perfect ... Now Change," which will be presented by Pennsylvania Centre Stage at the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center from June 25 through July 12. Call (800) ARTS-TIX or 863-0255 for tickets. For pictures, click here. June 13, 2003 Students learn about mascots, minerals, insects and fine art Each year, elementary students from neighboring school districts board buses bound for Penn State's University Park campus. These students are able to tour the University's museums and other attractions free of charge. Recently, two second-grade classes from Centre Hall Elementary School spent the day on campus seeing the Nittany Lion Shrine, the Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum, the Frost Entomological Museum, the Palmer Museum of Art, The Bryce Jordan Center and the Creamery. For pictures from the tour, click here. June 12, 2003 Penn State Erie names business school for donors Sam and Irene Black In 1998, Penn State Erie received an anonymous gift of $20 million, the third-largest gift in Penn State history. Because the donors desired no public recognition, the gift agreement respected their wish to remain anonymous. At a news conference Thursday, June 12, after more than five years of anonymity, Penn State Erie publicly recognized the estate gift given by insurance entrepreneur Sam Black and his wife, Irene, and announced the naming of the Sam and Irene Black School of Business. For the full story, click here. For photos, click here. June 12, 2003 It's raining ... again Dick Ackley is not "Singin' in the Rain" on the Old Main steps ... he's just checking to see if it's still raining before opening his umbrella. (It is.) For photos, click here. June 12, 2003 Angling for common ground, students enroll in unusual class Taking advantage of Penn State’s renowned fishing and angling programs, students from the inner city are exploring an outdoor environment foreign to them and learning new skills. For the full story, click here. For photos, click here. June 10, 2003 Culture on campus: University Park exhibits Dana Kryzwick, Robeson Gallery attendant, unpacks part of the “Images 2003” exhibit. The juried display is part of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, and will be on display through July 17 in the Robeson Gallery of the HUB-Robeson Center. A variety of exhibits can be found on the Penn State University Park campus. For pictures of some of the exhibits, click here. For a listing of additional exhibits, click here. June 9, 2003 Noontime Entertainment: Woskob Family Gallery Rocks The Woskob Family Gallery in the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center is featuring a full lineup of free, noontime entertainment this summer. Musician Tommy Wareham got things started last week, along with magician Ken Sonkin and The Andrew Jackson Soul Jazz Showcase. For upcoming events, click here. For pictures of some of the entertainment, click here. June 6, 2003 Cher packs Jordan Center The Bryce Jordan Center billboard lit up the night Sunday, June 8, with its neon proclamation that Cher's sold-out show was rocking University Park. The next show scheduled for the Jordan Center features Journey, Styx, and REO Speedwagon together on June 24. For tickets or more information about this or other
events at The Bryce Jordan Center, click
here. June 6, 2003 Special Olympics under way Preliminary Special Olympics competition in athletics,
basketball, golf, softball and aquatics began Thursday at Penn
State University Park and some locations in State College. Bowling,
equestrian, gymnastics and tennis competition begins today (June
6). Closing ceremonies and a victory dance will bring the Summer
Games to a close Saturday evening. June 5, 2003 Penn State Faculty/Staff News of Record: People Photos of faculty and staff featured in the News of Record section of the June 5, 2003, Penn State Faculty/Staff Newswire can be found by clicking here. June 3, 2003 Downtown Theatre Center is "Broadway Bound" The Penn State Downtown Theatre Center previewed the Pennsylvania Centre Stage production of "Broadway Bound" Monday night, June 2. Monday afternoon, final adjustments were being made to the set for the play. The theatre, located at 146 S. Allen Street, consists of a ticket center, the Woskob Family Gallery and the Citizens Bank Theatre, a two-story, live theater space with 150 seats. For photos, click here. June 2, 2003 Summertime is construction time at Penn State The summer months are busy construction and fix-up months for Penn State. A number of projects are in full swing on the Penn State University Park campus. For photos, click here. May 29, 2003 From Trash to Treasure: Sale benefits United Way Some $41,000 was raised for the Centre County United Way from the May 24 sale of 65 tons of residence hall items that were donated for charity by students departing from Penn State's University Park campus this spring. It took a half-mile of tables to hold all the items for the 2003 "Trash to Treasure" sale at Beaver Stadium, which attracted shoppers from far and wide and also brought in about six tons of food donations for a local food bank. Nearly 20 tons of items that were not sold will be donated to the Salvation Army. For the full story, click here. For photos, click here. May 29, 2003 Penn State Faculty/Staff News of Record: People Photos of faculty and staff featured in the News of Record section of the May 29, 2003, Penn State Faculty/Staff Newswire, can be found by clicking here. May 27, 2003 From tree to furniture: A recycling story A diseased tree near the Hintz Family Alumni Center -- thought to be the oldest elm tree on Penn State's University Park campus -- had to be removed recently. The elm is believed to have been more than 125 years old, and was one that former Penn State President Milton Eisenhower and his brother, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, used as a backdrop both for official portraits and informal photographs. Instead of disposing of the wood, however, Penn State embarked upon the ultimate recycling project. The following pictures trace the tree's journey over the past year. For photos, click here. May 22, 2003 Penn State Faculty/Staff News of Record: People Photos of faculty and staff featured in the News of Record section of the May 22, 2003, Penn State Faculty/Staff Newswire, can be found by clicking here. May 22, 2003 Officer Titus leads a dog's life Penn State Police Officer Titus may be the most dogged pursuer of crime in his unit on the University Park campus. Being a genuine canine probably helps. Officer Titus is a bomb-sniffing dog. He patrols the campus with his handler, Officer Mark Allen. The chocolate Labrador retriever has been part of the unit since December 2001. Stop by University Police headquarters at the Eisenhower Parking Deck and visitors are likely see a bright-eyed, glossy-coated dog roaming the halls, being petted and patted by the passing police officers. “He pretty much runs the place,” Allen said. For the story, click here. For photos, click here. May 20, 2003 Universities partner against substance abuse Approximately 65 colleges and universities from around Pennsylvania were at Penn State May 19 for a daylong conference that examined the successes, failures and challenges of dealing with alcohol, tobacco and other drug issues on campuses. For the story, click here. For photos, click here. May 19, 2003 Penn State Downtown Theatre Center Dedicated The Penn State Downtown Theatre Center was dedicated and the ticket center opened today (May 19). For photos, click here. May 19, 2003 Erie's Promise/Penn State's Promise Student Forum Student council members from 10 Erie County high schools gathered at Penn State Erie on Wednesday, May 14, for an Erie's Promise/Penn State's Promise Student Forum. Penn State is the largest university to become a University of Promise, a commitment with America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth, to dedicate its unique skills, talents, abilities and resources to improving the lives of Pennsylvania's youth. For photos, click here. May 16, 2003 Penn State Mont Alto marks 100 years Penn State Mont Alto celebrated its centennial on May 13 with the dedication of a formal marker recognizing the founding of the Pennsylvania State Forest Academy, now Penn State Mont Alto. For the full story, click here. For photos, click here. May 16, 2003 Board approves outreach innovation and business buildings, parking deck Penn State’s Board of Trustees today (May 16) approved final plans for a new outreach innovation building, Smeal College of Business Administration building, and east parking deck and chilled water facility at the University Park campus. The outreach innovation building will be the new home for Penn State Public Broadcasting and the World Campus in Innovation Park. The business building and east parking deck will be among the new structures in the east subcampus. The Trustees also were informed of the demolition of two structures on the Penn State DuBois campus and the construction of a new HazMat Building on Big Hollow Road on the University Park campus. For the full story, click here. For more board actions, click here. For photos, click here. May 15, 2003 Students' trash a treasure for bargain hunters and the United Way A river of rugs and a mountain of blue jeans will change the entry level of Penn State University Park’s Beaver Stadium into a surreal shopping center on Saturday, May 24, for the second annual Trash to Treasure Sale. For the full story, click here. For photos, click here. May 14, 2003 Penn State Downtown Theatre Center sign installed The sign for the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center was installed Wednesday, May 14. The theatre center, which will bring live theatre into the heart of downtown State College, will be dedicated Monday, May 19. For the full story, click here. For photos, click here. May 13-15, 2003 Penn State Road Scholars begin annual tour Two busloads of faculty set off Monday morning for the eighth annual Penn State Road Scholars Tour, led by President Graham B. Spanier. The goal of the three-day tour is to help faculty connect with each other across disciplines and across campuses, as well as to learn about how Penn State works with business and industry throughout the state. For the full story, click here. For photos, click here. May 12, 2003 Send cookies: Mike the Mailman honored for 35 years of service “Mike the Mailman,” aka Michael C. Herr, the University Park Post Office window technician, was honored Monday, May 15, for 35 years of service to the U.S. Postal Service. For the full story, click here. For photos, click here. May 7, 2003 Practical use for virtual reality Penn State engineers have developed software for use with an immersive projection display (IPD) that allows construction managers to enter and interact with the contents of a full-scale, nuclear power plant room that exists only in cyberspace in order to determine the best step-by-step installation sequence for piping assemblies, valves and other equipment. For the full story, click here. For photos, click here. May 6, 2003 3 professors elected to National Academy of Sciences Three Penn State faculty members were elected to the National Academy of Sciences during its recent 140th annual meeting. New members are George E. Andrews, Evan Pugh professor of mathematics, Eberly College of Science; A. Catharine Ross, Dorothy Foehr Huck chair in nutrition, College of Health and Human Development; and Alan Walker, Evan Pugh professor of anthropology and biology, jointly in the College of the Liberal Arts and the Eberly College of Science. For the full story, click here. For photos, click here. May 2, 2003 Spanier outlines impact of budget cuts Penn State President Graham B. Spanier met with members of the House Appropriations Committee today (May 2) to outline the University's budget needs amid the backdrop of four cuts in state funding in less than two years. The committee held a special session at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, outside of Philadelphia. For photos, click here. May 2, 2003 Pasquerilla Spiritual Center dedication The dedication ceremony for the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center on Penn State's University Park campus took place today (May 2). The center is believed to be the largest reglious center on any public university campus in the nation. For photos, click here. May 2, 2003 Projects display knowledge gained Over the past few weeks, students in various disciplines have demonstrated what they've learned this semester by completing a variety of projects. Penn State Live photographer caught up with some of them. For photos, click here. May 1, 2003 Grassroots Network Town Meeting Penn State is looking to students, alumni and friends to reach state legislators through a grassroots effort to spread the word about the University. At one such meeting April 30, President Graham B. Spanier explained that Penn State's state appropriation per student is lower than Pitt, Temple, all 14 universities in the State System of Higher Education, and lower than any other public institution in the Big Ten. For photos, click here. April 29, 2003 Homeland Security Research Conference The Keystone Homeland Security University Research Alliance on Monday celebrated the collective strengths of four major research universities to assist Pennsylvania and the nation to enhance its homeland security. For the full story, click here. For photos, click here. April 28, 2003 Blue-White weekend The culmination of Penn State's spring football drills, the annual Blue-White Game, was held this past weekend in Beaver Stadium on Penn State's University Park campus. Roughly 26,000 fans braved the early morning rains, and attended the game. The rain stopped by gametime. For photos, click here. April 25-26, 2003 Grand Destiny: $1.3 billion campaign goal surpassed Penn State has surpassed its goal of raising $1.3 billion in private support through its seven-year Grand Destiny capital campaign. A two-day celebration was held on the University Park campus. For the full story, click here. The opening event on Friday was a game show, "Funding the University of Tomorrow," using a format patterned after WPSX-TV's "Pennsylvania Game." To play the game, click here. For the text of President Spanier's keynote address Friday evening, click here. For photos from the various events, click here. April 25, 2003 Legislators tour MBNA Building Jack Rayman, director of career services, gave a tour of the MBNA Career Services Building to state legislators Thursday. For photos, click here. April 25, 2003 U.S. Rep. John Murtha visits Penn State U.S. Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., spoke at the Applied Research Laboratory on the Penn State University Park campus April 23. For photos, click here. April 24, 2003 Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day The Penn State Commission for Women's Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day program was held April 24 at Penn State University Park. For photos, click here. April 23, 2003 Students work to create Alumni Garden A collaboration between the Office of Physical Plant and students in Horticulture 464 (Landscape Construction) will turn this lawn outside the Hintz Family Alumni Center into an Alumni Garden. For photos, click here. April 23, 2003 Penn State Erie recognized as an arboretum Long recognized by area environmentalists as a haven for some of the area's most interesting trees, Penn State Erie has gained membership in The American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta. For photos, click here. April 22, 2003 Class gift installed The 2001 senior class chose historic light restoration as its class gift. Six lights with “shepherd’s crook” fixtures were installed behind Old Main on the University Park campus. For photos, click here. April 21, 2003 Mary Lou Retton visits Penn State Mary Lou Retton, the 1984 Olympics gymnastics all-around gold medal medalist, spoke at the Women's Leadership Conference, held April 17 and 18, at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel at Penn State University Park. For photos, click here. April 18, 2003 Xerox commits $100,000 for Innovation Centre Penn State and Xerox Corp. announced the development of the “Xerox Innovation Centre” in the Penn State's new School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) building, currently under construction on the University Park campus. For photos, click here. April 18, 2003 'Cinderella' returns to her alma mater Kirsten Michele Rossi, a graduate of Penn State's music theater program, endures evil stepsisters and wears glass slippers in a yearlong national tour as the title character in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. The production came to Eisenhower Auditorium on the Penn State University Park campus April 16. For photos, click here. April 16, 2003 Sen. Arlen Specter holds town meeting Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Philadelphia, held a town meeting Tuesday in President's Hall at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel on the University Park campus. For photos, click here. April 16, 2003 Old Main Open House The annual Old Main Open House on the University Park campus, sponsored by the Alumni Association and the Lion Ambassadors, was held Wednesday, April 16. For photos, click here. April 14, 2003 Space Day at Penn State University Park Space Shuttle Blake — a 4⁄10 scale replica of the space shuttle — arrived on the University Park campus for Space Day on Saturday April 12. For photos, click here. April 8, 2003 On stage: Bus Stop, at the Playhouse Matt Hydzik as Bo Decker and Megan Kristine Thomas as Cherie in the play "Bus Stop." Previews for the School of Theatre production of "Bus Stop" will be held at 8 p.m. April 15 and 17, with the show running at 8 p.m. April 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26. A matinee is set for 2 p.m. April 26. All shows are at The Playhouse on the Penn State University Park campus. For photos, click here. April 7, 2003 Spring? at Penn State University Park Daffodils near the Nittany Lion Shrine are covered in snow as a spring storm covered Penn State University Park with snow on April 7. For photos, click here. April 4, 2003 Orchid Show this weekend The 38th annual Orchard Show will be held this weekend at the Ag Arena on the Penn State University Park campus. Show hours are 1 to 8 p.m. Saturday, April 5; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 6. Admission is free. For photos, click here. April 3, 2003 Penn State introduces Ed DeChellis Ed DeChellis, who rebuilt East Tennessee State from the bottom of the standings to champions of the Southern Conference, is returning to Penn State as head coach of the men's basketball program. Tim Curley, Penn State's director of athletics, announced DeChellis' appointment. DeChellis was formally introduced Thursday, April 3 at a news conference in the Founder's Room of the Bryce Jordan Center. For photos, click here. April 2, 2003 Newswire Extra: Blue's Clues at Eisenhower Auditorium Preschool television star Blue, a clue-hungry dog, came to Eisenhower Auditorium on Penn State's University Park campus to celebrate her birthday in the Blue's Clues stage show, which premiered April 1 and closes with a final performance at 7 tonight (April 2). For photos, click here. April 1, 2003 Quote of the Day: Cartoonist Tony Auth at the Forum "The more people believe passionately in an
issue, the less they want to see anything critical about it in
a paper. People want to see only the justification of the conclusion
they've already reached. I think my highest concern as a journalist
is not to become a propagandist, and so I get an almost mischevious
delight in going against the grain." For photos, click here. March 31, 2003 Learning the ropes in a horticulture climbing class Students can be seen climbing trees on Penn State's University Park campus every Tuesday, but they're not just having fun. The group is getting some hands-on experience in tree climbing in Horticulture 497A, taught by James Savage, a research assistant with the Penn State Institutes of the Environment. The class prepares the students to climb trees to prune and maintain them. Students started out climbing fairly small trees along Curtin Road on campus, but by the end of the semester, they’ll be climbing much larger trees. For photos, click here. March 27, 2003 Rally in support of troops A "Rally for Our Troops," was held today (March 27) on the steps of Old Main. The event, sponsored by several student organizations including the College Republicans, Penn State Young Americans for Freedom and Penn State Hillel, honored the men and women called to active duty. For photos, click here. March 26, 2003 Cats rule Eisenhower Auditorium The musical "Cats" played to a sold-out house at Eisenhower Auditorium on the University Park campus Tuesday night. The cast, which ranged in age from 19 to 25, spent much of the day rehearsing. After a sound check from 5 to 6 p.m., they scattered to their dressing rooms to transform into their feilne alter-egoes. For photos, click here. March 25, 2003 Penn State Downtown Theatre gift A sizeable group of media gathered at the Penn State Downtown Theatre for the announcement of the Citizens Bank Foundation gift of $500,000. For the full story, click here. For photos, click here. March 25, 2003 Cats on the prowl at Eisenhower Auditorium The musical "Cats" arrived on the Penn State University Park campus today. Crews were busy setting up for the show starting at about 7 a.m. The sold-out show runs tonight (March 25) and Wednesday. For photos, click here. March 21, 2003 Students gather to watch as war intensifies As the massive air assault against Iraq got under way today (March 21), Penn State students found ways to catch up on the news. For photos, click here. March 20, 2003 Match Day in the College of Medicine After several years of medical school, the future now comes down to the opening of a single letter for medical students in Penn State's College of Medicine at Hershey and at other institutions across the country. Today (March 20) at noon, College of Medicine students gathered to participate in the annual Match Day ceremonies, a national tradition in which soon-to-be-graduated medical students simultaneously open letters to learn what hospital or other health-care provider has accepted them into a residency program. For photos, click here. March 19, 2003 Maple harvest time at Shaver's Creek It's maple harvest time at Shaver's Creek Environmental Center. The annual Maple Harvest Festival is planned for March 22-23, but the work has begun at the center to tap maple trees, gather sap and cook it down into syrup. For details, click here. For photos, click here. March 11, 2003 Penn State student in Antarctica answers readers' questions If this winter’s persistence has you frustrated, be glad you’re not experiencing summer in Antarctica. While it might be easy to imagine penguins thriving in the Antarctic, it probably is much more difficult to fathom life in Antarctica for a fellow Nittany Lion. But Paul Thur loves life near the South Pole. While working for the U.S. Antarctic Program to help build a runway on the Ross Ice Shelf, he also is earning his certificate in geographic information systems through Penn State's World Campus. What is it like being at the bottom of the world? Newswire subscribers asked and Thur answered. For the full story, click here. March 3, 2003 Online chat with prospective students Although it only holds about 10 people comfortably, an otherwise unassuming room tucked away on the third floor of Shields Building on the University Park campus has on recent nights filled up with hundreds of prospective students looking for first-hand information about living and studying at Penn State. The physical impossibility is made possible in cyberspace through sophisticated chat room software that allows the prospective students-high school students who have been offered admission to Penn State for 2003-04-to log in from wherever they may be during certain windows of opportunity arranged by the Undergraduate Admissions office. For the full story and photos, click here. February 26, 2003 Spanier testifies in Washington Penn State President Graham B. Spanier gave testimony today (Feb. 26) in Washington, D.C., for the U.S. House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property. The subject of today's hearing was "Peer-to-Peer (P2P) File Sharing on University Campuses." For photos and the full text of Spanier's remarks, click here. February 24, 2003 Busy weekend at Penn State University Park There was no lack of entertainment at Penn State University Park this past weekend. Country singer Alan Jackson kicked off the weekend at The Bryce Jordan Center Friday night, and Liza Minnelli closed out the weekend there. Going on the entire weekend was THON, the largest student-run philanthropic event in the world. For photos, click here. February 17, 2003 Snow cancels classes statewide The large snowstorm that hit the eastern part of
the country Sunday night into Monday left anywhere from 6 inches
to 3 feet of the white stuff across the state of Pennsylvania,
closing schools and businesses and canceling classes at many Penn
State campuses. For photos, click here. February 10, 2003 Bon Jovi, Goo Goo Dolls rock Jordan Center Rock band Bon Jovi performed Feb. 8 at The Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus. The Goo Goo Dolls were the opening act. For photos, click here. February 6, 2003 American troops say cheese with "Joe Paterno" The Penn State Mont Alto Continuing Education Center proudly displayed its life-size cutout of Joe Paterno in its office in the Chambersburg Mall. But when Robert Wood of the AMVETS Post 274 in Carlisle suggested the office ship that same Joe Pa off to United States troops -- and avid Nittany Lion fans -- stationed in Bosnia, the office was happy to comply. For photos, click here. January 22, 2003 Fair offers variety of service opportunities Students looking for opportunities to volunteer this semester paid a visit to the Spring 2003 Volunteer Fair held Jan. 21 in Alumni Hall at the HUB-Robeson Center on the University Park campus. For photos, click here. January 16, 2003 'We Won't Stop Here' Banquet honors King's legacy President's Hall at The Penn Stater Conference Center was packed for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Banquet held last night (Jan. 15). The theme for the banquet, "We Won't Stop Here," challenged those present to keep King's dream alive by moving it forward. For photos, click here. January 15, 2003 IST Building on track for November completion The new Information Sciences and Technology Building, already a landmark on the Penn State University Park campus, is expected to be completed as scheduled this November, according to the executive overseeing the project. Anne B. Pernell of the Turner Construction Co. said workers are forging ahead through the winter months, with their next major goal finishing the outer skin of the three-story, 800-foot-long structure this spring. For photos, click here. King at Penn State On Jan. 21, 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to an estimated crowd of 8,000 people in Recreation Building on the Penn State University Park campus about the civil rights movement, America's legacy of slavery and segregation, and the principles he believed would change the world. For the text of his speech, click here. January 7, 2003 New year, same old weather The new year began much the same way the old year ended throughout Pennsylvania— with snow falling. After enjoying several mild winters in a row, Pennsylvanians are facing what appears at this point to be a winter filled with much more snow. For photos, click here. Back to Hot Topics index |