In canning weekends past, THON organizations have been prohibited from canning within Pittsburgh city limits. However, this Saturday, January 22, canister solicitations will be permitted in the city.
Pittsburgh law only allows charitable organizations to solicit funds on one day of a calendar year. Saturday marks the only opportunity for canning trips to fundraise within the city for the 2011 year. Check out the full scoop after the jump.
In need of another club or two to fill the void between classes, work, and your social life?
The Spring Involvement Fair will be held today in Alumni Hall from 11 am to 4 pm. Previous fairs have featured over a hundred different clubs and organizations, ranging from common college fixtures such as Greek Life and music groups to more unique clubs like The Clown Nose Club and The Three Broomsticks, Penn State's Quidditch-playing Harry Potter society.
Despite questions concerning its safety, the Four Loko craze continues on. The alcoholic energy drink drink has swept both college campuses and the internet and has been the source for a plethora of content for humor sites, such as this previous Distraction.
This weekend, Penn Staters will travel across Pennsylvania and its neighboring states bundled up in many layers and armed with cans and signs bearing the Penn State and THON logos proclaiming the mission of THON: "Help Kids Fight Cancer."
Two Penn State researchers in the Department of Chemistry--Michael T. Green, an associate professor; and Jonathan Rittle, a former Penn State undergraduate student at the time of the research--have been featured on the cover of the latest issue of Science Magazine for their work with Cytochrome P450.
Despite recent obstacles, construction on the new Millennium Science Complex remains on schedule for completion sometime during the summer of 2011.