What music do you love to listen to during your class-to-class commute or daily run?
Onward State wants to know!
Welcome to the Question of the Day! In this new(ish) feature, we want to hear back from you, our readers.
Here is today’s question:
We recently published a Community post about the lack of performance space on campus for student performing groups.
What student organizations are you involved with, and how can Penn State better serve the needs of your group?
Is your student organization planning on reserving an on-campus performance space? NOT SO FAST! Performance spaces are becoming more, and more limited as the University imposes more, and more restrictions.
Read on as Dan discusses the room reservation process and the general lack of performance space on campus.
Penn State Men’s team Junior Scrumhalf Arnold Chavis was the subject of an excellent story on Good Morning America recently. We are very proud of Arnold, and his accomplishments. He is an inspiration to us all. To view the story, click here.
Watch a video about Chavis after the jump.
For the sake of full disclosure: I’m a junior, and I’ve never really been involved in THON.
But that doesn’t mean I haven’t been able to take pride by proxy for the accomplishments of my peers and classmates. Even though I haven’t raised a penny on my own, the “We” in We Are Penn State makes me implicit in the greatest student-run philanthropy in the country.
I tell you this not because I’m reveling in my disassociation with such a powerful cause for good, but because I feel it allows me the ability to examine it as a neutral observer. And I’ve long felt that despite all that good, all the millions of dollars raised to help kids with cancer–and is there a more deserving charity than the Four Diamonds Fund?–that THON has become more a source of personal presumption, than a truly collective celebration.
Read on to find out why Devon feels this way…
Welcome back to Onward State.
We’ve spent the last four months developing a new version of OnwardState.com that introduces a few new features that we hope will make it an even more valuable component of the Penn State community. These include topic pages, community content, and member profiles.
Read on the learn more about what the new Onward State has to offer.
Sometimes you just need to speak your mind. Today we bring you UPUA President Christian Ragland, who has written a letter to Scott Kresge, the landlord of Webster’s Bookstore Café. Ragland writes of the store’s importance to the students of Penn State.
Our question to you today is:
What are your plans for the 4th of July?
All this week we will be highlighting the Interfraternity Council’s rush events. This is part four of a five part series.
With Thursday comes Zone 4 of the Interfraternity Council’s Rush Week.
The chapters in Zone 4 are: Alpha Rho Chi, Alpha Zeta, Beta Theta Pi, Delta Theta Sigma, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Kappa Sigma, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Lambda Beta, Sigma Nu, Triangle
Read on for the events that are happening tonight…
Legislation to create “Freshfest,” was the cause of some debate, an event that representatives Ali Cook and Colleen Cannon hope will increase UPUA’s visibility to the new freshman class by luring freshmen to the quads in East with free food and music.
Read on to see the full details of last night’s meeting…
The time has finally come. Kickoff from the Beav comes in two short days. The sports writers here at Onward State have scoured over statistics and depth charts, and finally let JayPa out of our torture chamber, now that we know who our starting quarterback is. We have now come up with the most comprehensive football preview you’ll see. OK it’s one paragraph apiece, but we’re a blog, so deal with it.
The Penn State Faculty Senate held its first meeting of the year on Tuesday, August 31. Unfortunately, this statement doesn’t mean much to the large majority of Penn State students–mainly because most students are too busy with classes, friends, and clubs to pay too much attention.
“Feel free to sit down, this is going to be an acoustic show,” American Hasidic Jewish Reggae-Rap artist Matisyahu said, as he opened his set on the HUB lawn last night. If you think his description is a mouthful, just try singing along.
The beat-boxing from Matisyahu echoed off the HUB walls while students gathered for the Jewish Life Festival, celebrating Rosh Hashanah in a week.
As a member of the Penn State community, you might have heard the word “SPA” thrown around in connection to events on campus. For those of you who don’t know, this is not a relaxing place where you can go to get a massage; it’s short for the Student Programming Association.
I sat down with SPA’s Director of Operations Rachael McKelvey to discuss student involvement in the organization and the process of planning events.
You’re not famous until you’ve written your own book. That, however, is easier said than done. Many writers can’t get past the first page of their book. Fear not, help is on the way.
Rapper T.I. will grace the Bryce Jordan Center stage for a second time on September 24th, after his jail sentence. This was announced at the B.o.B and Travie McCoy concert on Tuesday evening. Late last night, however, he was arrested again. Will this affect his performance?
