Yesterday, we posted that President Spanier is being considered by President-Elect Obama for Education Secretary, The most notable speculation came from Marc Ambinder, a blogger for The Atlantic. Credit for first pointing out that post goes to @ByDanielVictor, who sent out the link on Twitter. Today, the Collegian ran this above the fold story with […]
So for those of you that haven’t heard, we’re in a recession. This “extended decline in general business activity, typically two consecutive quarters of falling real gross national product” has caused the Penn State endowment to lose $300 million in value. Now you may be saying, “$300 million certainly is a lot of money.” You’d […]
No thanks to the pesky rioting, State College was named the second safest city in the country behind Logan, Utah by CQ Press recently. The full Metropolitan Crime Rankings can be found here. The Collegian reports: State College Mayor Bill Welch said this ranking reflects positively on the borough, something that is not always the […]
Craigslist has a charming section that allows people to post about people they’ve encountered that they’d like to see again. OS enjoys frequenting the page. Examples of endearing posts on the flipside…
The New York Times reports: “The rising cost of college — even before the recession — threatens to put higher education out of reach for most Americans, according to the biennial report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. Over all, the report found, published college tuition and fees increased 439 percent […]
While I tend to be skeptical of any college rating system, US News and World Report recently came out with a list of the Top 200 World Universities. Interested how Penn State measures up? Of course you are. 105! WE ARE 105! The top three universities were: Harvard, Yale, and the University of Cambridge (England). […]