It was something of a necessary chore, but Penn State predictably got the job done against Purdue this Saturday in an uninspiring 45-21 victory at Beaver Stadium.
Halloween may be over, but that doesn’t mean Penn State has had its fill of the spooky and spiritual. Monica Ten-Kate may seem like your average 19-year-old sophomore, except for one extraordinary talent — she talks to the dead.
A trailer for a film about Betsy Aardsma, the student murdered in the stacks of Pattee Library, was released. The State Theatre will screen the film on January 19 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for senior citizens and students.
Transparency has always been a buzz word at Penn State, especially during the last two years. Legions of alumni and students have urged Penn State to become more open with its budget, decision making, and communications, although there is a natural resistance from the university to that push. Ryan Bagwell, a 2002 graduate and former Board of Trustees candidate, has taken that push one step forward into the courts. Bagwell takes habit of filing Right to Know Law requests -- 26 of them, according to his website -- to obtain documents relating to the business of the Board of Trustees and the university.
Purdue football is enough to give anyone the urge to drink, but what about your grandmother?
Nestled between Burrowes and Atherton Street, the west campus steam/power plant (WCSP) has had a relatively quiet existence. And that’s not to diminish the impact the plant has on the community – it provides Penn State with 5% of the campus’s total electricity (on average) and heats the dorms and buildings during the winter. But for all its contributions to campus, the WCSP seems to be the forgotten story of Penn State.