Penn State students Lexi Belcufine and Andy Colwell were honored this week by the Society of Professional Journalists for the 2010 Mark of Excellence Awards. Belcufine was declared the National Winner for her work in Feature Writing, and Colwell was named a National Finalist in Feature Photography.
Belcufine, having won, be recognized with the other national winners in September at the Excellence in Journalism Conference in New Orleans. She is currently the Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Collegian.
With the impromptu nature of the last night's rally, the State College Police were forced to act quickly. Last night's celebration was a unique situation, being completely spontaneous. Unlike more predictable Penn State riots that follow significant football victories, it came out of nowhere. But how should a police force handle a situation like this? After the jump, we talked with State College Police Chief Tom King.
For any of those who have frequented frat row this past year, you may have become familiar with the mash-up beats of DJ White Noise, aka Mike McCourt.
This political science sophomore, and staff head of Jam 91, The Lion 90.7fm's hip hop show, has managed to garner Penn State cult fame status, and has even traveled on request to lay down the funk for parties at schools such as Bucknell University and Villanova University. In early April, he released his sixth album, WHITEOUT, sponsored by DirtyMexicanLemonade.com. In light of this recent release, I met up with White Noise to uncover the foundation and inspirations behind this "cut and paste" composer, and constructed a brief review of the album.
The Penn State Aerobic and Fitness Classes released their Spring 2011 Finals Week Fitness Class Schedule for students with membership who would like to keep in shape after they study for their final exams starting Monday, May 2.
An easy guide to swiping away your excess meal points.
Last night I experienced the rally from start to finish from a number of different perspectives. Here’s what I saw, set to one of the night’s anthems.