The Penn State Advanced Vehicle Team is holding a vote for you to name their custom-built EcoCAR. There are a variety of choices; you can pick your favorite here. Potential names were submitted by kids from the State College area. Voting runs through midnight on Saturday, April 24. Personally, I think "The Situation" is the only choice, but maybe that's just me.
You may be asking yourself, "What is the Penn State EcoCAR?" A team of Penn Staters is participating in a contest with other college students, sponsored by the Department of Energy and GM. Their task is to design an engine and, using an existing Chevrolet model, modify it through innovation of their own to make it more fuel efficient and reduce its levels of greenhouse gas emissions.
For more on EcoCAR and how how to vote, read on after the jump.
Internships are increasingly becoming the most attractive feature of your résumé; they can be a great resource for getting a feel for a job once you graduate so you don't start off completely in the dark. It's like spending a few months in the minor leagues before moving on the majors. Unfortunately, although internships involve relevant work for the employer, the recent overwhelming trend has been toward unpaid internships.
Though there have been more than a few instances of illegally employing unpaid interns, Bob Orndorff, Associate Director of Recruiting and Employer Relations at Penn State's Career Services says that internships, even unpaid, can be a valuable experience, especially counting toward a student's job prospects in the future.
Read on for more about internships, and how to get around the financial disadvantages of having an unpaid one.
The public has a pretty short attention span for big news stories that don't have to do with Tiger Woods or health care. When the earthquake in Haiti struck almost three months ago, we were urged by Michelle Obama and others to donate and help out. For the most part, we did a lot to immediately respond, but there's still a lot left to be done. To that end, there will be a benefit concert tomorrow in the HUB to support further relief efforts in Haiti.
The show will take place in Alumni Hall, and last from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Five different bands will perform, and there will be a guest speaker. After the jump: the full lineup
When I first heard of the Penn State Clown Nose Club, I thought, "What the hell?" Someone came up with a BS excuse to mooch off our Student Activity Fee for whatever they want. But I found out that "spreading happiness through unconventional positive social risk taking" means a lot more than that.
"We are not about clowns," says the club's president Chad Littlefield. "Just their noses. Horror movies can keep the clowns." It started after a Cirque du Soleil show where free clown noses were handed out. Chad wore his back to his dorm, greeting everyone along the way. "100% of the people smiled 100% of the time," he says. If you've seen the movie Patch Adams, it's along those lines. So from then on he and some of his friends started wearing clown noses around campus, getting similar reactions.
Read more about this interesting new club after the jump.
After Hours, a talk show on PSNtv that airs each Tuesday night at 10:30, currently has openings for a Host and Co-Host position on the show. They will be holding open auditions for the posts next Thursday, April 8, from 8-10 p.m. in their studio at 103 Innovation Park. If you have further questions, email Ray Radomicki at [email protected].
For those of you who don't know, PSNtv is not only a real live TV station (Channel 33) with a full broadcast schedule, but an official club as well. They deal with all aspects of TV communications, from production to editing to writing. After Hours bills itself as a "side-splitting comedy" show dealing with real issues—good for a laugh after a particularly long day. To perhaps give you a better idea of what they do, here's a video of some of their antics after the jump.
In an astonishing move last night, the State College Borough Council voted 4-3 to declare that no structure bearing Greek letters could be home to more than five unrelated people, effectively eliminating off-campus fraternities at Penn State. The irony of their timing was palpable to the council members, but they did not mean for the policy to be viewed as a joke.
"It was unfeasible to punish all students, so we thought, 'What the hell? We'd just target the worst ones,'" said Peter Morris, a member of the council.
The policy goes into effect on May 15. In a statement, President Graham Spanier said he supported the council's decision and would do his part to mirror the progress on the sorority side by breaking up sorority floor housing in the general interest of the student body. Dr. Spanier hinted at allowing sorority women to stay with him while moves are finalized. He said it wouldn't be creepy because he sleeps with students every year, so "it's cool".
More details after the jump.