There’s an arms race on Facebook right now for domination of next year’s freshman class. There are two groups vying to be the group for newly admitted students– Penn State University Park – Class of 2013 and Penn State: Class of 2013! We’ve decided to compare the two groups. We’ll refer to the first group […]
The New York Times ran an article today about November’s retail numbers. Weighed down by plummeting auto sales, retail sales declined for a fifth consecutive month in November as Americans continued to trim their spending amid layoff announcements, jittery stock markets and other signs of persistent economic gloom. I don’t know much about economics, but […]
The Higher Ed Watch blog ranked the BCS teams in order of academic strength. Penn State took the third position. Boston College owned the competition for the second consecutive year, taking the top spot in the Academic BCS rankings. But two Big Ten schools, Northwestern and Penn State, gave the Eagles a closer run for […]
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UnderTheButton, a blog focused on Penn, picked up this helpful entry on that university’s FAQ. Is Penn a state university? Where is Penn located? No. The University of Pennsylvania is a private institution with no connection to Pennsylvania State University. I’m glad Penn addressed that issue directly, I’d been worrying about it as of late, […]
As Penn Staters PC users at Penn State have free access to Ruckus, a “completely legal and advertising supported music service geared exclusively to the college community.” Tracks downloaded from Ruckus use Microsoft’s DRM technology, so they aren’t compatible with iPods. In short, the Ruckus program doesn’t fill the music needs of many students. [ed. […]