Students studying Labor and Employment Relations (LER) represented the three main groups involved in the current NFL labor struggle during the "Billionaires vs. Millionaires?" debate last night at the Nittany Lion Inn. The event was sponsored by the LER Alumni Program Group.
Let's be honest, how many of us came to Penn State because of sports? Well, okay, maybe it was just football, but we've learned to love the rest of the teams too. And yet, baseball largely remains a hidden gem in the Penn State sports landscape.
Friday night, those in a packed Eisenhower were given a sense of the diversity of the jazz realm featuring two legends Dave Brubeck and Ramsey Lewis. Brubeck, regarded as one of the all-time greatest jazz pianists and musical innovators since the 1940’s, provided a glimpse into a different era of jazz music. It was an experience that any jazz afficionado or musician of any preference would relish.
It was the end of an era this past Wednesday night as UPUA president-elect TJ Bard was sworn into office, becoming the figurehead of the student government's Sixth Assembly. Former president Christian Ragland's "reign" over University Park's students had come to an end, and with that, so did his hold on the @studentbodyprez Twitter account (which is now in a state of technical flux).
The Council of Commonwealth Student Governments held its third council weekend of the semester in the University Park HUB-Robeson Center.
It's that time of the week again where you put the Nickleback on pause. This week's Friday Alternatives map the progression of established names in the rock circuit from the noise we've come to know and love to a new mature style. For some, the changes are striking. Bands have completely reinvented themselves as artists, seeking a change from the monotony of topping charts. While others have reverted back to a more comfortable style that they saw slipping away during their growing process.
Astronaut and Spacey put the past and the future side by side for a Shutter Island type battle royal. Retro or mod? That is the question. Will you always love the jams that made a band famous or can you respect their maturity? Let's get it on. *Ding, Ding*