“Get Him to the Greek” is the latest release (set for June 4th) by Nicholas Stoller (the same guy that directed Forgetting Sarah Marshall) and Judd Apatow (the same guy that produced Knocked Up and Superbad).


They are having a COMPETITION amongst all the Big 10 schools, and the winning school receives a FREE screening of the film and a chance to meet the cast!

Craigslist is a big and sometimes scary place. Craigslist Penn State is no exception. In an effort to better serve you, our reader, we have started an new effort to highlight listings we feel should be shared with the greater Penn State audience.


We hope we can find what you’re looking for.

Topless in class – m4w – 23 (Classroom)

I’m sure you’ll remember what I’m talking about because for the life of my I can’t remember what class this happened in. I was sitting the the back like usual, probably on my laptop or something. You were up front and not wearing a shirt, boobs out and everything. I’m sorry I don’t know your name, but your hair was in braided and pulled back and it looked like your skin had ritualistic ash or ocher painted all over it. So you looked like you were going through a tribal rite or something, I can’t remember the specific tribe and color motif exactly. Anyway, I’m sure you remember doing that and I just wanted you to know how gorgeous I though you were and maybe we could go get some coffee sometime.

You’d think that you would remember which class had topless tribal women in it.

Penn State is on spring break for the next week.


Over that period, the site will be updated sporadically. We will resume our coverage in earnest on Monday March 15.

On Wednesday, the State College Planning Commission reviewed a new version of a temporary use provision (which will be voted on at the nest meeting), as the Commission is considering allowing fraternities that have disbanded to live in their houses for up to two years while the chapter regains its foundation. The Daily Collegian reported:

According to the proposal, disbanded fraternities could temporarily classify themselves as a rooming house for two years, after which the landowner will decide what happens to the property. For on-campus fraternities, the university could seize the property.

The proposed policy also states that the “building ownership entity” or a “local alumni association member” that is in charge of the property itself must reside within 25 miles of State College in case any problems take place. The policy also stated that the disbanded fraternity has to apply for a permit allowing the chapter house to be temporarily used as a rooming house within 120 days of the fraternity’s disbandment.

On Wednesday, Radio Free Penn State interviewed Professor José Texidor. If you haven’t heard, Texidor has quite a controversy surrounding him, which was the subject of his interview.


The whole thing started in July 2007 when Texidor received a letter from John McCarthy, head of the department of sociology and crime, law and justice questioning the difficulty of two of Texidor’s classes (CJ 100 and CJ 451).


Read on for more about the controversy.

Well ladies, it’s that time again to show off your sexiness. M.O.O.D. Magazine is looking for a dead sexy model like you for the front cover of its next issue.


So give it a whirl! Just e-mail Senior Fashion Market Editor Mairys Joaquin – mgj5004@psu.edu – with your photo (I heard the provocative ones make the top of the pile) and your resume (as goes with the intelligent ones) no later than 5 p.m. on March 19.


Mairys Joaquin was also the President of the Panhellenic Council (PHC) at Penn State, so that’s pretty neat.

Bang! You’re dead! We knew it as cops and robbers as kids, but since we’re all adults now, let’s upgrade to something a bit more interesting. The Penn State Urban Gaming Club will be starting up its Humans vs. Zombies game, which it does every semester, on March 22 (If you don’t remember, these were the ones running around early in the fall with Nerf guns and other assorted weapons).


Spring is supposedly coming, although I have yet to see any evidence of that. But Humans vs. Zombies promises to be a fun way to blow off steam once the risk of frostbite lessens somewhat.


Curious as to how HvZ works? Read on for all the details.

Whenever I watch any of the Indiana Jones movies, I can’t help but think how cool it would be to live as this Harrison Ford character (excluding the last movie). I’d get to go on quests, have adventures, make discoveries. Apparently Jim L-G had the same idea and decided to set of on a journey of epic proportions. He made up his mind to find the oldest printed ampersand. At Penn State.


Read on to find out more about this intellectual quest…

With spring break and election season approaching quickly, the businesses conducted at last night’s University Park Undergraduate Assembly meeting will be the basis for at least the next month of the assembly’s governance.


The most major result of last night’s meeting was the announcement of the new name for UPUA’s spring concert. Wallypalooza no more, it will now be known as LAST CALL.


The assembly also debated options for repurposing the space currently occupied by the Corner Pocket and funding for the Spring Academic Council.

Less than a week after the debauchery of State Patty’s Day ended with some of the highest crime rates in years, students are looking to create another drinking-centric holiday. Luis Ramos (Sophomore – Civil Engineering) and Gustavo Caldeira (Junior – Finance) cited on the Facebook group that they created the fact that Cinco de Mayo falls during finals week as another reason to create a fake holiday and get drunk. They’re asking students to “get your sombreros, mustaches, ponchos and margaritas ready, should be a good day no matter where you drink.” As of writing, the group has over 1000 members (and was growing rapidly).


Read on for my take on this idea, as well as a sweet Five Second Film.

In what seems like a very long time ago, we posted this regarding a proposed addendum to the Corner Pocket. I decided to follow this up with Mark Cannon (who very graciously took time out of this very busy week to reply to my questions) to clear up the questions regarding the future of the Corner Pocket.


According to Mark, the new proposed plan (titled Smart Gaming Commons) could very possibly replace the Corner Pocket. The plan does not have any UPUA support thus far, although they are looking into it. The original idea was conceived by the HUB Advisory Board (another organization of which Mark is a member), and they were looking into new ideas for utilizing the space taken up by the Corner Pocket.


The project could cost to up to $50,000, which would come from the facility fee, NOT the student activities fee. The facility fee will come from another board, the Facilities Fee Board (they could at least try to get creative with names!), which would need to approve of this spending. As of now, they have not made a decision. IF this space were to be created, then the HUB would plan to charge students $1-$3 per hour to use it (this cost will also not be added to the student activities fee). According to Mark, all efforts are being made to keep major renovations to a bare minimum in order to keep costs down.


Curious as to what could be in the Smart Gaming Room? Read more after the jump to find out.

Take the tarps off your grills and start stocking up on hot dogs and beverages of your choosing, because Penn State has announced the dates for the 2010 Blue-White Weekend. This year’s spring football bonanza will take place April 23-24 with the game having no significance on any type of record starting at 2:00 pm on Saturday the 24th.


While watching Kevin Newsome’s development and seeing our new linebacking corps will be the highlight of the weekend, make sure to take full advantage of all the goings-on. Other sports teams should be playing as well that weekend, and with Happy Valley at near capacity, the atmosphere for these other events should rival post-season games for these teams.


Also, who doesn’t love a carnival?

This past Sunday was a great day for the Greek Community. A handful of Greek organizations participated in Delta Upsilon’s “Greek Sweep” to clean up the leftover mess from State Patty’s Day. Participants chipped in for the cost of cleaning supplies and all received T-shirts to represent the event. Just several days before, the IFC announced their initiative to sponsor “Greek Sweep” events to be held after major-event weekends.


Read on for a statement from Justin Robinson, President of Delta Upsilon, about how his chapter came up with the idea.

Update: Penn State Live is reporting that Monday’s fire has been ruled an accident, caused by faults in the electrical system. The fire marshal’s full report will be available sometime in April.

Between 11.30 and midnight on Monday, a fire erupted in Dobbins Dining Hall at Penn State Behrend. The building was uninhabited at the time, so there is no reason to believe that there are any injuries. According to the Penn State Behrend Director of Marketing Communications Bill Gonda, students from both Lawrence and Porcupine (cool name!) Halls were evacuated and moved to different locations. Approximately 275 students were evacuated from these halls.


The students were evacuated because of the danger from the smoke, and the students from Lawrence were instructed to move to Niagara Hall. Students were let back into Lawrence and Porcupine by around 1:20 am. The fire was officially extinguished at 1:30 am.


Learn more about the fire after the jump.

On Friday, March 26, SAC-ITS will have a meeting to include students on information technology related decisions at Penn State. It will be held from 4:00-6:00 pm in 141 Computer Building (labeled as “Computer” on this map).


The meeting is the result of a partnership between UPUA President Keirans and Academic Affairs Committee Chair Sam Loewner to bring students into the discussion on how Penn State handles IT. All sorts of IT related issues will and can be covered at the meeting, such as ANGEL, Penn State Wireless, and the Penn State blogging platform, among others.


Anyone interested in more information about this effort should contact Jenn Struble (sacits@psu.edu).