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The freshmen/sophomore team came into Friday's Homecoming Powder Puff Football game with only 12 players, a week of organized practice, new coaches and huge hearts. The older team dominated the game from the start, but not once did any player or coach from the underclasses complain, get upset or stop trying, said intramural assistant Jeremy R.

The key to winning championships is peaking at the right time, and Pennsylvania College of Technology golf coach Matt Haile said there's no better time to do so than now. "We started off pretty strong with a win at our home course, but Mont Alto was ahead of us by several strokes (after that) and we were consistent with taking second.

The healthful benefits of outdoor recreation will be shared by Dennis F. Ringling, a forestry professor at Pennsylvania College of Technology, during the Fall 2010 Madigan Library Forum. The free, public forum, "Let Nature Nurture Your Health," will be held from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, in the second-floor reading loft. Light refreshments will be served.

Winners of this year's "Homecoming Stage X-"Building the Future" door-decorating contest have been announced from among thenine offices and departments that participated across campus. The School of Industrial and Engineering Technologies won first prize and a large cookie donated by Dining Services.

The College Store's scholarship assistance to Penn College students is spotlighted in theSeptember/October issue of The College Store Magazine, the official publication of The National Association of College Stores. "Most stores do this out of good will," the article quotes store director Matthew P. Branca. "It's a good way to show students that we have a commitment to them and their educations.

Thursday's inaugural Homecoming Flag Football Game, a matchup between a freshman/sophomore team and its junior/senior counterpart, predictably offered ample excitement for players and spectators alike. Jeremy R.

The Pennsylvania College of Technology Board of Directors on Thursday authorized the refinancing of two bond series (from 2000 and 2002) in order to generate projected savings for the college totaling between $5.85 million and $6.95 million.

An open discussion about the recent increase in suicides among gay students will be held at Pennsylvania College of Technology in conjunction with National Coming Out Day on Monday, Oct. 11. With a message of "Stop the Violence, End the Silence!

An inch might as well be a mile and second place might as well be last. That is the competitive spirit that Pennsylvania College of Technology archer Danny Wido, of Shickshinny, brings to the game.

Freshman Chris Brennan, of New Hope, was named the United States Collegiate Athletic Association's "Co-Player of the Week" for the period ending Oct. 3. Brennan who graduated from New Hope/Solebury High School compiled an impressive week, with five goals and one assist, to help lead the Wildcats to a 3-0 record. He scored the game-winners against Salem International and Penn State Mont Alto.