But this one's different from most of our THON coverage, I swear.
Kylie Nellis, a Penn State cheerleader majoring in broadcast journalism, produced this short documentary about her dancing in THON. Definitely a different point of view than most of us experienced.
http://www.youtube.com/v/4IPVwh4V4nc&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0
The second half is after the jump.
Max Wendkos, president of the Interfraternity Council (IFC), contributed a column to today's Collegian making an argument against student-created drinking holidays.
However, in contrast to the normal argument against the holidays rooted in their obvious public safety implications, Wendkos asks the student body to realize that by disregarding the pleas of community members to control ourselves, we are telling them to "shove it."
We have found ourselves in the middle of a political game in which we have no leverage. We cannot simply "party" those whohave expressed concerns into submission. The longer it takes the student body to recognize this and to make the appropriate adjustments, the more we stand to lose.
Head on over to the Collegian and check out the full column. It's well worth the read.
Yup, you read the title right. You can get free Penn State Creamery Ice Cream on Friday March 19, 2010 between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm. Now, this sweet deal can be had by simply using social media outlets like Facebook and Foursquare. Here's the rundown:
Don't have a mobile device that is compatible with Foursquare? Don't worry, The College of Agriculture Sciences has got you covered- it'll have a computer set up so you can check in.
Get to the Creamery close to 11 to make sure you're one of the first twenty-five. Free ice cream will only be awarded to those first twenty-five.
This is a pretty cool use of social media. Props to the College of Ag Sciences for offering an incentive for people to follow their social media assets on Facebook and Twitter. Free Creamery ice cream is a whole lot better than the classic "hey you guys, can you please follow us?" line that other Colleges and Universities generally offer.
It turns out The Penn Stater is not just that place Penn State staff goes for nooners a fantastic hotel.
The Penn Stater magazine recently won accolades in the annual Mercury Awards, a national competition which recognizes various disciplines in the world of professional communications. The Penn Stater magazine is a bi-monthly magazine for members of the Penn State Alumni Association.
The magazine won the following awards:
We here at Onward State would like to congratulate The Penn Stater on all their successes and hope that they continue to win accolades in the future... and thanks for putting Onward State in the prestigious company of Jersey Shore's Pauly D in your latest issue's Hip List!
Maya Angelou, the fourth speaker in this year's Distinguished Speaker Series, will be addressing the Penn State community on Tuesday March 23 at 8:00 pm in Eisenhower Auditorium.
Angelou is an author who has won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize, a Grammy-Award-winning poet, an Emmy-nominated actress and screenwriter, and a political activist. She has served on two presidential committees and she served as the northern coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference per request of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Free tickets for the event will be available starting Monday March 15th for students and Friday March 19 for the public. Details are after the jump.
The Collegian ran an article this morning about a proposed 10% tax on poured drinks being discussed by small town leaders across the state. State College Mayor Elizabeth Goreham was quoted as saying,
"It would not discourage people from drinking. If it did, it's not a bad thing."
Thanks for playing, Liz, but you're wrong.
Increasing the price of booze in bars is going to, according to economic theory, do precisely what Goreham believes it won't; that is, "discourage people from drinking" in bars. See the nifty chart I found on the Internet to visualize why this is.
So what would be the actual impact of a poured drink tax? Sure, some bar and lounge enthusiasts might simply drink less on each visit, but another reaction to seeing your bar tab go up 10% would be to refrain from going to the bar at all and take the party elsewhere, to a house or apartment in downtown State College. And that's something that would probably be "a bad thing."