While our THON is over, if you recall from a post OS had a few weeks ago, other schools have dance marathons. In fact, the second longest running one, next to ours, is held at Northwestern University. Held from March 6th to the 8th, aka next weekend (Shortened months are a bitch, right?), they have […]
Joe Battista will be leaving his current position as Executive Director of the Nittany Lion Club to become the Director of Major Gifts for the Smeal College of Business. The Nittany Lion Club is the fundraising organization for the Penn State Athletics Department. His tenure as Executive Director introduced him to a wide variety of […]
Michael. Photographed in the HUB. College is to be taken with an open mind. This look might not be for everyone – we understand – yet there is definitely a clear image here. From the neck down, he’s perfectly suited to be a model for Banana Republic, something that many would agree is excellent. Everything […]
Haagen-Dazs has pledged $125,000 to Penn State to support honey bee research. The money’s going to some pretty interesting projects, to say the least, but that’s the beauty of being a research university. Two Haagen-Dazs Graduate Fellowships in Pollinator Health will be created that include $25,000 stipends. The fellows will “be working on topics such […]
At the danger of encouraging an echo chamber, we wanted to post an addendum to our look at the state of college newspapers. In the post, we said: If the Collegian finds itself short of funds, then it could always ask the University for a greater subsidy, but the chances of a successful result are […]
There was a fire early this morning at the former Phi Delta Theta building, according to a Penn State Live story posted hours ago. All of the residents of the former Phi Delta Theta house were evacuated safely and there were no injuries. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined. The Alpha […]