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Year: 2009

UPUA Offers Freshmen Internship Opportunity in Student Politics

If you’re a freshman, and you’re interested in politics, and you’re not the son or daughter of a United States senator (otherwise I think you’d probably have a leg up already), and you’re looking for a place to start learning the ways of the political world, and you’re sure your closet skeletons are securely locked […]

Greek Loop Canceled

Remember the proposed Greek Loop? The savior of drunken party wanderers everywhere? Canned! This “Highlands Loop” would have offered ten additional CATA stops on weekends between 12:30 and 3:30 at night. A campaign goal of UPUA president Gavin Keirans, the bus route would primarily cater to students attending frat parties. After discussions with the borough […]

Penn State is the Best of…State College

At first glance, I was genuinely expecting big news. For 2009, the State College Magazine poll voted Penn State the ‘Best Place to Work’ in the…[Oh gosh, this is gonna be good]…region?  Uhm, question: What the hell else is there to do in State College? In the midst of such vast, urbanized territory and boisterous competition, it’s a […]

And That’s How You Do Social Media Marketing

I pity T-Mobile for more than not being able to carry the Jesus Phone. The company’s hosting a ‘CLIQ Challenge‘ on Facebook right now in which anyone with a Facebook account can “vote” for a school. The school with the most votes gets a free Weezer concert and $1 for every vote it received. That […]

Fall Photo Contest Preview

While the Onward State Staff deliberates on the winner of the Fall photo contest, we thought we’d post the entries. Please let us know in the comments which pictures you like best and why. We have a ton of really strong entries for the competition. The captions underneath each photo are what the photographer wrote […]

Democrats Sweep Local Elections

The Centre Daily Times is reporting that the Democratic candidates for Mayor and District Attorney won easily over their Republican opponents. Elizabeth Goreham, current State College Borough Council President, defeated Joe Wakeley by a margin of almost 2-1. With 86 of 89 precincts reporting, Goreham had 2,195 votes to Wakeley’s 1,050. In the District Attorney […]

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