"How come we cannot invest in mom and pop businesses just as we invest in Wall Street?" A good question, really. Usually, the answer is, "because our return on our investment would be minimal." But is that always the case?
According to Steve Bisbee, President of locally-owned start-up Cogster, small investments will create quick working capital for the entrepreneur, which will be paid back in kind to the investor through goods and services offered by the company. Where does Cogster fashion itself into all this? Simply put, Cogster provides the platform to take the money legally.
Sound interesting? Read more after the jump.
The days of picking up your dry cleaning and getting on a bus to New York are no more--if you rely on the new State College MegaBus service, that is. Instead, you can now pick up some Sam's Choice soda or McDonald's before your ride out. That's right, folks. The MegaBus stop will move to the Wal-Mart parking lot. Read the full story for more details.
ASA Entertainment, the hottest show in extreme sports, will be high-flying in the Bryce Jordan Center when the most popular BMX riders in the country take over the arena. The BJC will be transformed into a 195-foot-long course full of 25-foot wooden ramps and monster quarter-pipes. The top BMX pros, many of whom have experience at the X-Games, will be competing in a "big air" head-to-head competition on October 23 at 7:30 p.m.
More details after the jump.
With the fall semester rapidly approaching, it'll soon be time to pick up your books. While never a pleasant endeavor, there is some good news that should make buying textbooks a less painful process.
Find out about deals from Amazon, bills in the PA House of Representatives, and textbook rentals after the jump.
It's starting to look like the dream of a single Spring music festival may be coming to fruition. Recently, leaders of the University Park Undergraduate Association, Association of Residence Hall Students, the Student Programming Association, and The LION 90.7fm have been talking about the feasibility of combining Last Stop, Movin' On, and Celebrate State.
Find out what this could mean (and what challenges are ahead) after the jump.
Late last week alumni season tickets were mailed out, all of the tickets had pictures of the Nittany Lion football helmet on them, except one. The ticket for the September 25th game against Temple had a picture with read "Everyone wear white." Many who saw this (including this author) then assumed that meant that the PSU-Temple game had been deemed the "White House" game for the 2010 season. This launched a storm of responses claiming that the game against the Owls (a team who hasn't beaten Penn State in over 50 years) didn't do the event justice. Many fans questioned why the Michigan game on October 30th wasn't the White House Game. It now appears that all this speculation was for naught.
Read on to find out what to expect this season...