Alicia Thomas

At "Fun For Finals!" you'll get to enjoy stress-free activities like arts and crafts, bubble-blowing, hula-hooping, and--wait for it-- PETTING AND PLAYING WITH SOME ADORABLE FREAKING PUPPIES!

These spirit-lifting rumors have been circulating for so long now that you had gotten your hopes up, and you're even more depressed about finals week now that you know it will be a seemingly infinite puppy-less abyss.... Shhhh, there, there. If it's any consolation, these puppies are just as sad that you aren't playing with them as you are.

As any eco-conscious Penn State student (or anyone who has used an on campus bathroom recently and had the opportunity to read this week's Stall Stories) knows, this Monday April 22 is Earth Day. Show your support for environmental protection by attending the events that will be going on around campus all day long.

Men Against Violence is a group of really cool dudes who, in partnership with the Center for Women Students, just want to stop gender violence. This Thursday, they'll step into a pair of pumps for Penn State's third annual "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes," the international men's march to stop rape and sexual assault.

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and there are all kinds of things happening on campus to raise sexual assault awareness. Throw on some teal, get to these events, and show your support!

Around 4:30 this morning, Nick Pantalone lost his battle to Stage IV abdominal cancer. His parents wrote on his CaringBridge page that Nick "is in pain no more. He passed peacefully in his sleep with his family by his side."

Penn State junior Stephanie Wain, creator of the successful documentary 'Unreported,' sat down with Sandra Fluke to discuss the importance of raising awareness about sexual assault.

Regardless how much you did or didn't study, there are few things that make your stomach drop faster than getting on ANGEL to find a score lower than 60% staring back at you. That number glares at you from your laptop screen, mocking you as you spiral into the five stages of post-failed-midterm grief. Here's what to expect after you're academically sucker-punched by a devastatingly low grade on a midterm you were supposed to to ace.

At Penn State’s campus alone, since the beginning of the 2012-2013 school year, almost 30 sexual assaults have been reported to local and off-campus police departments. Since the National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence found that only 16% of women report their assaults to law enforcement, this would mean that somewhere around a sickening 187 students have been victims of sexual assault since August of last year.

This indie-folk band is comprised of Keith Goodwin, Tim Arnold, and Dan Schwartz, and the trio took the stage by storm with their signature multi-part harmonies and organic melodies that just begged the audience to sing along. And the audience was not hesitant to oblige.

TEDxPSU was brought to Penn State three years ago to bring together individuals in our community who have ideas worth sharing. The conference aims to offer researchers and innovators at Penn State the opportunity to broadcast the impact of their unique projects, activities, and perspectives.

There are two career fairs coming up in the next week -- make sure you know which to go to, what employers will be attending, what to bring, and how to prepare for this opportunity!

Watch the documentary, Unreported, by Penn State film student, Stephanie Wain, which serves as a call to action regarding sexual assault on PSU's campus after the jump.

Thanks to the absurd number of downtown vendors capitalizing on this student-initiated drinking holiday, there are oodles of State Patty's Day themed t-shrits to choose from-- some more offensive than others.

Check out some of the most inspirational (and accurate) things that we overheard at THON 2013 before you're drawn into those overwhelming feelings of post-THON-depression.

Next time you walk down Fraternity Row, make a stop at 303 and marvel at this famous frat house. That's right. Penn State's Sigma Pi was ranked the eighth best frat house in the entire country.

Rather than preaching about what magic steps females should take to avoid becoming victims of sexual assault, Mike Dormitrz addresses men on their responsibility to get consent before making a move.

As of February 1, ANGEL will change its maintenance schedule from daily to twice a week, between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m. on Saturdays and Wednesdays.

Whether December makes your mouth water for Christmas cookies, latkes, or candy canes, there's a drink somewhere on this list that will satisfy even the winteriest of cravings.

We grabbed a table at D.P. Dough, the only drunk eatery that came up positive on both the "warmth" and "greasiness" scales, and awaited everyone's shivering arrival. Welp, arrive they did. And they did not disappoint.

This weekend was the final canning weekend for THON 2013. Thousands of Penn State students traveled with their orgs and committees all across the Mid-Atlantic, sacrificing their weekends to stand outside with cans, signs, and some crazy outfits to raise all the money they could for the Four Diamonds Fund. Here are the sweetest, cutest, most heartwarming quotes that I and a bunch of the THONners* overheard while raising money this weekend FTK.

Inebriated hilarity ensues pretty endlessly downtown. It's easy to plop down at any drunk eatery from McDonald's to Grillers and hear the kind of obnoxious quotes that these Overheard articles are full of. But sometimes it's better to think outside of the box. From time to time, you have to venture outside of your comfort zone and see what you can find there.

This beloved holiday brings out the absolute wildest of party animals, throws them in scandalous and/or hilarious costumes, and provides them with an excuse to go crazy in a way that is utterly unacceptable any other time of the year. What came out of people's mouths this weekend exceeded expectations. You'll either love this, or you'll be horrified by it, so...trick or treat!

State College feels like it's our own safe little bubble. There's a reason that we're comfortable gallivanting around downtown at 2 a.m. while moderately inebriated. Even females, scantily clad as they're often seen to be, seem content stumbling home alone for several blocks. But maybe they shouldn't be. Since the beginning of the semester, less than two months ago, eleven sexual assaults have been reported to the State College Police Department.

You've got a bowl full of candy, a fridge full of alcohol, and a few pumpkins you carved at the Arboretum displayed proudly on your countertop. You've watched Hocus Pocus at least seven times in the past two weeks. Everything's going according to plan. Except in the whirlwind of autumn festivity, you completely forgot to pick up a costume. We anticipated your lazy forgetfulness and gathered a few costume ideas for such an instance.

It was a long, boring weekend in lonely Happy Valley as the majority of Penn Staters went out with their respective orgs and committees for the second canning weekend. So I was beyond thrilled to end this dry weekend by pulling on the typical flannel-and-boots combination and hopping aboard a wagon full of hay with some secretly inebriated college folk.

Last week I told you all about the places you could order a café-mocha-latte-frappa-whatever-the-hell-you-drink on campus. Which is cool for all of the Penn Staters living on campus and everything, but I didn't even jump into all of the places that you can go to caffeinate yourselves off campus. So here we go. Downtown coffee shops, listed just for you apartment dwellers, or for the more adventurous dorm residents.

We're already halfway through a very brisk autumn here in Happy Valley. The trees on campus have taken some gorgeous golden, orange, and red hues, and the ground is covered in tempting piles of leaves, just begging to be jumped into. 'Tis the season for hayrides, Halloween parties, and Thanksgiving feasts. Drink accordingly.

As Penn Staters stumble home in the cold from their Thirsty Thursday festivities, they are drawn to the infamous cheese balls at Grillers like moths to a flame. Armed with some delightfully greasy grilled cheese sandwiches, we sat to observe the impending parade of debauchery. Here are the best (or worst, depending how you'd like to look at it) things that we overheard at Grillers.

Late night studying have you yawning and tired eyed? Don't think you can help but fall asleep in your next class? Have no fear, Onward State is here to help keep you caffeinated! Here's a list of places where you can go to get a cup of coffee on Penn State's campus.