Last week, I traded the snowy valley of State College, Pennsylvania for the similarly snowy mountains of Park City, Utah. Why? As a member of a delegation of 10 students from the Penn State Student Film Organization, I was lucky enough to attend the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.
The funeral arrangements for Joe Paterno have been announced, including viewings at the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center and a public service at the Bryce Jordan Center.
Among the many student movements started through social media on Tuesday afternoon, one group of students called for people to gather at Joe Paterno's house to show support.
This past week, we asked to see your best Halloween costumes, and received a ton of (great) responses. After a long and heated deliberation at OnwardState headquarters, we are finally ready to reveal the winner. Click through to find out.
In the Heights opened on Broadway in 2008 and won four Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and it’s easy to see why. Focusing on the day-to-day lives and conflicts of people in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, the musical shows the hardships on the way to chasing your dreams, making a living, and finding your true home. The national touring production stopped at Eisenhower Auditorium last night and provided audiences with an emotional and musical experience.
Picture a column of people three stories tall, people stacked three-deep on one another’s shoulders. Three others launch a small woman diagonally over the tower, and the one atop it catches her perfectly. The column stays steady. If you’ve never been to a Cirque du Soleil show before, it’s quite the experience (but not your typical circus experience). Instead of three rings, trained animals, and piped-in music, Cirque shows are a more intimate and artistic environment. The audience is treated to a visual spectacular, complete with amazing stunts, characters, and a live band. It’s more like a combination of circus arts, theater, music, and dance, all performing at their highest level. This is the third time I’ve seen one of Cirque du Soleil’s traveling productions, and I was prepared to be just as amazed. But Quidam still found a way surprise me.