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Month: April 2010

Women’s 4×200 Track Team Runs Away With Title

Penn State's men's and women's track teams took part in the Penn Relays this past weekend. This year marked the 116th year of the event and it broke the attendance record with a crowd of over 54,000 cheering on runners of all ages. Runners ranged in experience from high schoolers running at the historic Franklin Field for the first time to the World's Fastest Man, Usain Bolt, who dominated the short distance events in the Olympic bracket.


Read on about Penn State's performance after the jump!

Celebrate State Poorly Attended

If you went to Celebrate State last Friday, the newest "music festival" at Penn State, you are a member of a small minority. According to Amy Zeller, one of the event's organizers, there were around 400 people who attended the event throughout the day, including "a lot of people who were here anyway enjoying the sun on the HUB lawn." The crowd grew to almost 500 around 7 p.m. for the Flobots' performance.


The Flobots were good, but definitely not worthy of being the headliner of an event such as this one. Zeller said she felt they were really relevant to students, though I felt Asher Roth's appearance last year had more relevance than the Flobots' did this year. They played most of their two albums, including their hit, "Handlebars". There were a couple dozen fans at the front who spent most of the show pumping their fists in the air, while the majority stood stoically or sat on the grass.


Read more after the jump.

Clark Inks Deal With Redskins

Nearly 24 hours after the draft ended, it looks like former Penn State quarterback will head south to Washington, D.C. to join the Redskins. The Washington Post announced yesterday that Washington has signed Clark, joining a stable of quarterbacks that includes the Pro Bowl quarterback Donovan McNabb.


There were rumors swirling Saturday night that Clark would end up in Pittsburgh, but sorry Steelers' fans-- you're going to have to stick with Big Ben.


More details after the jump.

Missing Grad Returns After Blue-White Sighting

After having been considered a missing person for the past week, Robbie McGrath UP'08 reunited with friends earlier this evening. We spoke to one of Robbie's friends tonight about the circumstances surrounding his return.


At around 2:30 p.m. this afternoon, Robbie showed up at a friend's door. The friend got Robbie to call his parents, who then drove up to State College to pick up their son.

Police Cruiser Crashes Into Pedestrian

Last night at around 1:40 a.m., a State College police cruiser collided with Kevin Ignatuk on Beaver Ave. Ignatuk, a 21-year old student from Thomton, was taken to Mount Nittany Medical Center and then flown to Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, PA.


According to the police and several witnesses, Ignatuk suffered serious injuries.


More details after the jump.

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