Feel like the impending snow will cramp your weekend plans? Take a short walk over the the Palmer Museum of Art to check out its American Naturalistic photography exhibit. The museum has photos from the turn of the 19th century by the father of Naturalistic photography, Peter Henry Emerson, as well by Pennsylvania natives such as Willard E. Wardon. The exhibit also displays the work of James Bartlett Rich, whose wealth lived up to his name. He spent it on biking equipment, cycling over 4,500 miles with his photography gear and capturing cliffs like the one to the right.
The aforementioned …

I’m sure Penn would take offense. It’s a common mistake though.  We’ve posted about the confusion before, right here. Anyway, I hope he applies to the right school.

All Tony Danza jokes aside, the Bryce Jordan Center has announced an upcoming visit from Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band:
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will be making a stop at Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center on Friday, May 8, in support of their new album, “Working on a Dream,” released today (Jan. 27) on Columbia Records.
Tickets are $102, $70.50 and $43, and go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 2, at the Bryce Jordan Center, Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State Tickets Downtown, Penn State Altoona campus ticket outlet, all Ticketmaster locations, by phone at (814) 865-5555 …

There’s been a lot of talk lately around campus about Penn State expenditures. This got some of us thinking about how much money the University invests in its second greatest asset (other than us, the students, of course): its faculty. Thanks to the Pennsylvania Joint Government Commission, this query can be answered. The report sensually titled, “Information Disclosure of the State-Related Universities“, breaks salaries down by both individual college (e.g. Liberal Arts) and by teaching level (e.g. full professor, associate prof, etc.). So, what is the best paying college?
The best paying? Why it’s the Smeal College of Business Administration! Teaching …

Ben Skalina at the Collegian just broke that Graham Spanier, in a Faculty Senate meeting this afternoon, significantly changed his tack in approaching the economic crisis.

Penn State President Graham Spanier introduced the possibility of laying off “select positions” at Tuesday’s University Faculty Senate meeting.
While he emphasized that budget savings would mostly come from leaving positions open through attrition, Tuesday marked the first time Spanier publicly disclosed the possibility of actively reducing faculty through layoffs.
Remember that on Friday, Spanier said this:
We do not anticipate resorting to any of the university-wide emergency actions being taken by scores of colleges and universities …

What: Drop in to see what SES is all about and learn about opportunities and programs provided by the Office of Student Activities.  SES representatives will be available to talk about our workshop, presentation, and consultation services which we offer to organizations who are looking to develop themselves and to students wishing to engage in community service.  Drop by early and enjoy refreshments!
When: 11-2 on Wednesday January 28
Where: 209 HUB
Cost: Free!

What: Graham Spanier has invited two doctors to be on his show To The Best of My Knowledge to talk about childhood obesity.
When: 7:00 pm Tonight
Where: You can watch it on WPSU-TV (channel 3 on campus), listen to it on WPSU-FM (station 91.5), or stream it from this website.
Cost: An hour of your time that you will never get back

When Miss America is being shown on TLC, you can tell that it’s jumped the shark. But, still, it’s cool that a Penn State grad represented Virginia in the competition.
Miss Virginia, Tara Wheeler, competed in Las Vegas for Miss America. She is a 24-year old graduate of Penn State’s journalism program.
While at Penn State, Tara was goalie for the Lady Icers AND a member of Air Force ROTC. And… as her title would suggest… she’s really attractive too!
We thought this line from an interview she did with FOX Sports was cool.
My Lady Icers teammates at Penn State were making fun …

Seeing as concerts are my favorite dry events at Penn State (this is even optional for most, too), it’s always great to hear of another one coming to town.  This event takes us all the way back to 2003 (if you can remember that far back?) with Mae, a “first-gen emo” band that the satirists at Hipster Runoff would deem “meaningful-core.”
For all of you who are foreign to Mae, might I recommend their sophomore release, The Everglow, as a good starting point.  The band’s official website is also full of great information, as well as PureVolume – that hip MySpace …

I hope no attempts for a hook-up were foiled.

What: The Security and Risk Analysis Club (SRA Club) is hosting an event to teach students about virtual machines, a new technology that is rapidly changing the security world.  Students will learn how to install virtual machines on their computers in order to download multiple operating systems and play with software in a contained environment.  No technical knowledge is needed.  The event is open to anyone interested in learning a cool new technology.  Attendees are encouraged to bring their laptops.
Where: 206 IST Building

When: 6:00 pm Thursday, January 29

Cost: Free!