One of the best things about Penn State is its reputation for passionate and philanthropic students. This year’s inaugural Lionspire event exemplifies these qualities by raffling signed prints of Matthew Rice’s “Undefeated” painting, which commemorated the 1994 Rose Bowl team, to benefit the Blu Art Foundation. Blu Art seeks to give young, disadvantaged, aspiring artists […]
If you live off campus, then you know that Wal-Mart recently gave out a buttload of $5 gift cards to residents of State College. But what you may not know is that UPUA would like to put these gift cards to good use this holiday season. Matt Smith, Chief of Staff in UPUA, has devised […]
Each week we all put on the blue and white apparel, perhaps sport some matching face paint, and grab our pompoms as we run out the doors to the next game. Well, my friends, there’s a new accessory in town (it’s actually not new, they’ve been around since ’72, and you’ve likely worn one before), and […]
Over the weekend, Jeffry Picower, 67, was found at the bottom of his mansion pool in West Palm Beach Florida by his wife, Barbara. She and her house keeper were able to pull the man accused of making more than $7 billion off of the infamous Madoff ponzi schemes from the water and get him […]
Earlier this month, the Pennsylvania Sentencing Commission released a report on school zone mandatory sentences. These laws state that if you are caught selling drugs within 1000 feet of a school, prosecutors can seek a two-year mandatory minimum sentence. Not too surprisingly, its recommendation was to repeal law for two main reasons: first, 1000 feet […]