Last night's University Park Undergraduate Associaion meeting started off as any other, with an open student forum. Two students stepped forward, bringing to attention an article in today's Collegian about the incredibly low turnout of Penn State students at Tuesday's Rally for Higher Education in Harrisburg.
The contingent from Penn State (University Park) maxed out at a whopping 13, only two of which were in the UPUA: President Christian Ragland and Director of Governmental Affairs Travis Salters. Ragland said that no Assembly members attended.
Family Hour is without a doubt the saddest part of the otherwise joyful THON, but it's one of the most essential. Last year, Onward State's own Stefan Choquette explained it to me best: "Such a tear jerker. If you're not a waterfall by the end of it, you're a robot."
Family Hour starts at about the forty-fifth hour, when Four Diamonds families are invited up on stage to share their emotional stories with the crowd. Some parents share stories of their children's journeys battling their cancer, eventually triumphing over the disease in the end. But some don't.
Members of the University Park Undergraduate Association will join 100 Penn State students as they travel to Harrisburg this Tuesday to hold a rally at the Capitol Building. They will be joined by students from the three other member schools of the Pennsylvania Association of State-Related Students (PASS): Temple, Lincoln, and Pitt.
Are you the president of the Penn State Underwater Basketweaving Club, looking to plan a trip to the Great Barrier Reef, but coming up a bit short on cash? No, but actually, if your club needs money to do what it does, go talk to the University Park Allocation Committee. But asking anyone for money can be a daunting thought, so I asked UPAC Chair Mark Donovan to help demystify the process.
Though billed as #UPUAcalypse on Twitter, tonight's University Park Undergraduate Association meeting only lasted until about 10:30 p.m. instead of the predicted midnight or 1 a.m. The main event was the Elections Code, about which the debate was very lengthy, detailed, and repetitive, for the most part. But though many amendments were on the table, very little about the code changed from last year's iteration.
Do you hate fun? Do you want to make sure it gets the hell out of State College on February 26? Do you want to contribute to the rising crime statistics of the infamous State Patty's Day? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you should apply to be a Community Outreach Informant (whoops, I meant Volunteer) with the State College Borough!