If you don’t have anything to do in two hours or so (7 PM), you should go hit up Kenneth Starr‘s “I got President Clinton in trouble a lot” Tour. It’s not really called that, but seriously, He’s speaking at 7 PM in the auditorium of the Katz Building, that lonely building on the other […]
The fact that virtually no one knows Bo Burnham is performing tomorrow night is precisely the reason we started Onward State. There has to be a better way to advertise events on campus. Here’s the info. WHAT: Bo Burnham, of YouTube fame, will be performing his comedy routine. WHERE: HUB Alumni Hall WHEN: 9:30 COST: […]
The fact that virtually no one knows Bo Burnham is performing tomorrow night is precisely the reason we started Onward State. There has to be a better way to advertise events on campus. Here’s the info. WHAT: Bo Burnham, of YouTube fame, will be performing his comedy routine. WHERE: HUB Alumni Hall WHEN: 9:30 COST: […]
What are you doing? One million-plus Twitter users certainly want to know. I discovered the increasingly popular social network after I noticed a few coworkers at my summer internship using the service. Initially, I used the service to keep in touch with them after I came back to school. Then things got a lot more interesting. I began to discover people from all across the Penn State community. Fellow students, professors, alumni and even Penn State services all have Twitter accounts.
The best way to describe Twitter is that it is like Facebook status updates- but better. Messages are limited to 140 characters at a time, which gives just enough space for short and easily digestible information. You can use the service from your cellphone, through a web browser and through any number of mobile devices. To further explain the simple social network, I'll test your SAT skills with a nice analogy: Followers are to Twitter what Friends are to Facebook. Followers are people that have elected to see your updates in real time. The "Following" category of your account lists the Twitter users that you follow, and therefore receive their updates. Below you will find a list containing some of my favorite Twitter users around Penn State, as well as some other members of the Twitterverse.
Do you like food? Do you like THON? Do you live in Harrisburg? The answer to the first two questions is almost certainly ‘yes’– otherwise, ask yourself why you are reading a Penn State blog. But if you can answer ‘yes’ to the third question, then we know what you should be doing tomorrow night. […]