Senior and Council of Commonwealth Student Governments (CCSG) President Peter Khoury will replace graduate student Rodney Hughes as Student Trustee at Friday's Board of Trustees meeting. Between his CCSG and Board of Trustees responsibilities, Khoury will become very busy and will be arguably shouldering more responsibility within the university than any other student. Onward State had a chance to speak with Khoury about his new responsibilities and his plans coming into the Student Trustee position.
In a time when positive energy is desperately looking to be expelled by the Penn State community, a new organization, Proud to Be a Penn Stater, has teamed with RAINN to raise funds for sexual abuse victims.
Amid the Jerry Sandusky scandal that has rocked the Penn State community, there will still be a football game on Saturday. No. 12 Penn State (8-1, 5-0 Big Ten) takes on Nebraska (7-2, 3-2 Big Ten) at Beaver Stadium at noon. Tom Bradley's first game as head coach comes against a tough Cornhusker squad that was upset by Northwestern last week.
After a month of maintaining a presence in the HUB, #OccupyPennState has decided to take down the protest signs and relocate from a physical occupation to an amorphous existence through diplomatic dialogue and unfaltering connections. Read the full letter detailing the movement's change of venue after the jump.