Earlier this week, we posted what we thought the vacant Beta house should be used for. Some of our ideas seemed pretty darn good. Unfortunately, we were wrong on all counts. This was reported today by the Collegian: Schreyer Honors College Dean Christian Brady has signed on as a faculty adviser to the defunct Beta […]
President Graham Spanier addresses the University through new media: Just remember, whenever you’re feeling down about Old State: 154 years since our founding 100 words in the Penn State alma mater 1 mascot 1 mission 1 university -GSpan
So recently, we talked about how faculty can stay on syllabus while having swine flu. Today, we’ll discuss the University’s assumptions and plans about the dreaded Flu. First off, let’s start with a Penn State Pandemic Mission Statement, of sorts. At Penn State, the planning for pandemic influenza occurs within the context of Universitywide emergency […]
During the first week of classes, every syllabus had a note about what to do if you got swine flu: STAY HOME! Well, with Swine Flu isolation starting to occur, this begs the question, “What about the teachers?!?!” While you can have a class without some students, it would be pretty difficult to have a […]
Penn State has a pretty good women’s soccer team. When I say pretty good, I mean really, really awesome. On that team is one of the best women’s goalies in the country: Alyssa Naeher. She’s so good, in fact, that she was the starting goalie for the US Women’s U20 National Team that won the […]
Mayor Bill Welch has passed away at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center due to complications from surgery. Our prayers go out to his family and friends. Onward State will have more information as it becomes available.