At the risk of ESPN suing me, welcome to SportsCenter meets C-SPAN: the top five plays from the University Park Undergraduate Association this semester. The first full semester under President Christian Ragland has gone well. There have been a few missteps, but that's to be expected of any organization a) made up of students, and b) only at its fifth crack at this. People like to rag on the UPUA a lot (awful pun not intended—sorry, Christian) but hopefully this will convince you that they actually are doing a lot of good for us.
University spokeswoman Annemarie Mountz confirmed this morning that Penn State is shifting away from Monday/Wednesday classes.
The official explanation? Returning to a Monday/Wednesday/Friday standard will produce a more even distribution of class hours over the week.
It’s finals week, so basically it is time to learn all the material you just happened to miss throughout the semester by: a) missing class, b) texting your way through class, c) sleeping through class or d) playing Farmville instead of taking notes in class…It’s okay, Onward State is here to help you learn how to study throughout the week.
Since you can’t seem to stop Facebook stalking or tweeting about how much you have to do…
About a year after CATA dropped its iPhone app on the smartphone-toting masses, it finally decided to let the worshipers of the little green robot in on the fun. On Friday, the official CATA app appeared in the Android market, letting users check to see where their buses are.
If your weekend was surprisingly tranquil, you woke up early enough to get breakfast at McDonald's or you remembered every transaction on your PNC card, there is a good chance you have a slew of final exams to take this week. With the stress of five days dedicated to Scantrons and essays, the doctrine "don't believe everything you read" is sometimes thrown out by nervous students sweeping the web to find easy tips on how to get an A.
After months of speculation, Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany appeared on the Big Ten Network Monday afternoon to unveil the conference's new logo and divisional names. You can see one of the versions of the logo to the left (kinda new-age, could be worse).