The folks behind JoePa’s Virtual Birthday tipped us off to this video promoting Wednesday’s Men’s Basketball game against MSU (6:30 pm at the Bryce Jordan Center). Check it out below.

The Collegian ran an article this morning about the situation in Gaza, and reactions to the crisis by Hillel and Students for Justice in Palestine. No Letters to the Editor have been run yet regarding the crisis, but if this fall is any indication, I think we can expect some either tomorrow or later this week.
The most insightful comment in the article came from Alex Bolotovsky, the former president of Penn State Hillel.
“Do your own research about the conflict. Take everything with a grain of salt. Take whatever I say with a grain of salt and whatever everyone else says …

Two webcams in one day!
The Penn State College of Agricultural Science has a webcam of its Sciences Exhibit at the Pennsylvania Farm Show.
The website says that at the exhibit you can:

Learn about all 21 majors that the college has to offer.
Participate in hands on activities in food safety, land use planning, and water quality.
Talk to a master gardener or get advice on how to beat the high cost of heating your home this winter.
Take in live presentations on new opportunities in bioenergy research.

It doesn’t sound that enticing, but the milkshakes– the milkshakes make the Farm Show so worthwhile. And the …

Well, my first day back was great, but I only had one class (with Glenn Palmer nonetheless, quite a character). I almost have all my textbooks. The snow on the ground is beautiful. As the semester goes on, Onward State will start rolling again. This semester there will be some cool new features that I hope you enjoy. Until then, while we get back in the swing of things, posts will be a little irregular (haha), but trust that we’ll be in peak posting form in a short time.
In the meantime, @Daehee on Twitter brought a great website to my …