This week we have three more love stories featuring a couple that met in their freshman dorm common room, a couple that met during LEAP, and lastly, in an Industrial Engineering class.
Apprehension, fear, sheer panic: those were once the thoughts as students attempted to survive the colored tile sidewalk in front of the Palmer Museum of Art on the way to Forum in the rain. For some, the sense of fear was exhilarating; for others, and those who consistently fell prey, it was a living hell every time it rained.
The next film dealing with Penn State and the State College community will hit center stage next week at Sundance Film Festival, a highly selective annual event that draws thousands of submissions to premiere over the course of ten days. The Tillman Story filmmaker Amir Bar-Lev directed Happy Valley, a nonfiction feature that will focus on "the Penn State University community that was rocked in 2011 by charges of sexual abuse involving former Nittany Lions assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky."
The 16th ranked Penn State Lady Lions were back in action last night, defeating Ohio State, 66-42. The defense was the story of the game, allowing a season-low 42 points. Penn State's offense, which is usually reliant on a big game from Maggie Lucas, was far more balanced, as 10 of the 11 Lady Lion players to get into the game scored.
Financially illiterate Penn State students, fear no longer. UPUA and University Libraries joined forces to create a Student Financial Education Center, set to open next Tuesday, Jan. 21, to advise students on loan management and other essential budgeting issues in college.
With a new semester come a new set of syllabi, and therefore new syllabi that are breaking the rules. As much as it may not seem like it, professors have rules about their syllabi and class set-up that they need to follow thanks to the University Faculty Senate. See what policies your professors can't break.