Clint Gyory, our Nittany Lion, is a Penn State celebrity. Now ESPN has turned the national spotlight upon him. In ESPN’s feature article about our prized mascot, they tailed him on Homecoming Weekend and even explored his basement, where Gyory keeps his 5 lion suits. They discussed the rules of being a mascot, the condition […]
The Census Bureau loves talking about money, or the lack thereof. While poverty is more than a simple economic problem, factors such as income are still important. On Wednesday, the Census Bureau released its 2008 data on poverty and income for all of the nation’s 3,000 counties. Check out this super infographic on the New […]
The most epic Thirsty Thursday has arrived, dear friends. Tomorrow is National Go To Class Drunk Day. According to Facebook, roughly 154,000 students partook in last year’s festivities. However, only 2,500 students have joined the Facebook group for tomorrow’s events. What an outrage! But I digress. NGTCDD occurs on the third Thursday of every November, […]
Wish you were somewhere else? Well here’s a great opportunity to make it happen. This Monday marks the beginning of International Education Week. The U.S. Departments of State and Education first commissioned this special week ten years ago, and over 100 other nations now celebrate with us. The goal of the event is to extend […]
At Penn State Abington, you can get two teachers for the price of one. Mel Seeholtz, liberal critic of organized religion, and Bryan Polk, campus chaplain, have co-taught RL ST 140Y: “Religion in American Life and Thought” for the past two years. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, these liberal/conservative counterparts have equally shared […]
Science writer David Quammen spoke on campus yesterday to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s groundbreaking book, On the Origin of Species. He metaphorically painted a portrait of Darwin (not the one to the right) by describing the portion of Darwin’s life devoted to Origin, a total of 21 years! During that timeframe, Darwin […]