A group of Penn State undergrads were able to take home first place at a design competition last week after designing a badass helicopter, called "Griffin". The AHS International Student Design Competition is a yearly event that tasks students with designing a vertical lift aircraft that meets certain requirements. This year, students were given the challenge of designing an helicopter that could fly during natural disasters. The design needed to be able to carry large payloads as well as reach the destination in the timely manner.
Comedian Nick Offerman, well-mustached star of NBC's "Parks and Recreation" (and professional woodworker), will kick off a semester of SPA events performing in Eisenhower Auditorium.
The upcoming Life in Color (the event formerly known as Dayglow) show scheduled for September 26th at Tussey Mountain has been cancelled, according to a Facebook update to the event posted by Art of Electronica, the event's promotion company.
Penn State men's basketball's in conference schedule was announced earlier today, featuring seven games that are scheduled to air on the ESPN family of networks.
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Calling all artists: THON and the Dance Marathon Alumni Interest Group need your help designing the first ever THON mosaic to be displayed on Penn State's campus.