Classical, jazz, and Broadway fans take note. The Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State has announced its 2010-11 events calendar and it includes some of the biggest names in the business. Broadway fans should be particularly excited, as five Tony-Award-winning musicals will be singing and dancing their way across the stage in Eisenhower Auditorium. Monty Python's Spamalot, A Chorus Line, Fiddler on the Roof, the Color Purple, and Spring Awakening will be coming throughout the year.
After the jump: what classical and jazz fans can look forward in 2010-11.
Last Friday, up in room 331 in the HUB, Chad Urmston of State Radio and Dispatch fame was mentally preparing himself for his upcoming performance at the Last Stop Music Festival. As I ventured up to the room with fellow State Radio fan Kelly Brough, neither of us knew what to expect. We knocked on the door and entered, at first thinking that we were in the wrong room. But a shadowy figure on the opposite end of a long table wielding a guitar informed us that we were in fact in the right place. After the jump is a transcript of the interview with Chad, with topics ranging from his days with Dispatch to his song "Camilo".
Former University Park Undergraduate Association President Gavin Keirans has certainly left a legacy within the UPUA since its fledgling inception years ago after the dissolution of the Undergraduate Student Government in the spring of 2007. Since he took the executive reigns, Keirans has seen the UPUA transform from an institution plagued by in-fighting to a legitimate student government, complete with an executive and judicial body, a significant standing budget, a constitution, and an increased level of participation in student government activities.
To get more insight on this, I talked to Keirans himself. Read on for more details.
Rumors have been flying around for the past few months about the Big Ten looking to expand the size of the conference by one, three, or five teams. The biggest prize up for grabs (as it pertains to additional members) is Notre Dame, which is an independent football team, despite being a member of the Big East in most sports. So, why expand? First off, JoePa wants it, and who's gonna tell him no? Certainly not me.
But some other reasons why the Big Ten is considering adding members can be found after the jump.