Greek organizations cheered on their members last night in the 2015 Greek God and Goddess of Penn State Pageant. Individuals from Alpha Xi Delta, Theta Chi, Alpha Phi, Lambda Sigma Upsilon, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Alpha Delta Pi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Pi Beta Phi, and Delta Chi competed for the crown and a $500 prize in Freeman Auditorium.
Eight runs in the first two innings proved to be enough as Penn State baseball defeated Bucknell 11-2 on a brisk Wednesday evening at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. It was the second meeting between Bucknell (18-17) and Penn State (12-20) in just over a week. The Nittany Lions took the contest last Tuesday, 4-2, and earned a season sweep of their non-conference, in-state foe with a win Wednesday.
Penn State defender Brett Gravatt was paralyzed from the waist down in a snowboarding accident in December. Thanks to the support of his coaches and teammates, he's well on his way to returning to campus with a new goal -- to reach the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
Sandy Barbour attended the University Park Undergraduate Association's general assembly meeting on Wednesday night.
They say hindsight is 20/20. This especially rings true for Penn State seniors looking back at their freshmen year. Knowing what to do (or what not to do), who to befriend, and where to go would have made the lives of many first-years that much easier.
Before there was Movin' On, a far different festival happened at Penn State each spring: Gentle Thursday.