The University Park Allocation Committee: the somewhat lesser known holder and distributor of your student activity fee or as it is more commonly called, UPAC. We discussed the ins-and-outs of the organization in a previous post, telling you how to get your hands on some of the money for your student organization. But does the organization that is "Your Student Activity Fee at Work" actually work for you?
It was the end of an era this past Wednesday night as UPUA president-elect TJ Bard was sworn into office, becoming the figurehead of the student government's Sixth Assembly. Former president Christian Ragland's "reign" over University Park's students had come to an end, and with that, so did his hold on the @studentbodyprez Twitter account (which is now in a state of technical flux).
The injury bug has struck the Penn State football team once again. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Ron Musselman reported on Thursday that senior wide receiver Derek Moye will be held out of the rest of spring practices after suffering a concussion earlier this week.
After getting his hard drive wiped clean by Penn State ITS consultants this past week, Penn State quarterback Rob Bolden needs to set his bookmarks back up again. As many of his Twitter followers know, Bolden cannot get enough Wings Over Happy Valley, so he went into Google to find the site and favorite it once again. Linking to the Wings Over website for the first time ever, Bolden was surprised and delighted to see that his favorite late-night treat was found in more cities than State College. Due to this startling development in the life of the Michigan native, Bolden has decided to re-open his recruitment, much to the delight of one Matt McGloin. Read what Bolden had to say about the development after the jump.
Two football players and two basketball players were charged with disorderly conduct stemming with a State Patty's Day fight State College police announced on Wednesday. Football players Curtis Drake and Derrick Thomas and basketball players Taran Buie and Tre Bowman were all charged in association with the altercation which took place in Cedarbrook Apartments on the evening of February 28th.
If you have clicked on Onward State or picked up a Collegian sometime over the past 15 days, you've seen headlines dealing with one or more of the four UPUA presidential tickets. Since the start of the campaign season, the media focus on the upcoming election has been on the executive branch of the student government. But do the presidential tickets deserve all this hoopla? Do they wield enough power in the UPUA to warrant such excessive coverage? The power of the UPUA is still in the hands of the 39 members that make up its Assembly, yet there has not been one story profiling the any of the 57 undergraduates vying for either the six at-large, 12 off-campus, seven on-campus or one of the 14 academic college positions in the government's legislative branch.