When Sung Kang crashed into Arby's in early November, he had no idea that he would be depriving Penn State students of the chain's famous roast beef sandwiches for more than two months.
As of this week, the repairs of the structure have finally been completed to the point that the building can be reopened. The construction work is being handled by Haas Building Solutions.
The strange story of Emerson Begolly continues to develop as information about him and his family comes to light.
Turns out that his mom is also a mechanical engineering professor at Penn State New Kensington, where Begolly had taken a few classes before he transitioned to being a World Campus student.
According to DroidLife.com, 4G LTE service will be brought to State College by Verizon sometime in the first half of 2011.
Now the iPhone 5 just needs to be 4G capable and we'll be one step closer to mobile computing nirvana.
Earlier this week the Science, Technology, and Society program was informed that the a strategic review council had recommended its closure. The decision is not final at this point, as it must first pass through Faculty Senate and the Board of Trustees, but with a stated intention of closing the program by June 2012, the university does not seem to think that it will be a problem.
Tenured faculty will be transferred to other units and Penn State will make an effort to treat other faculty fairly, but effectively speaking much of STS found out this week that they would probably be laid off in the near future.
Students who are currently enrolled in the STS minor will be able to graduate with it. I know this because I am one of them.
StateCollege.com reported this afternoon that the Penn State Board of Trustees will vote on the name 'Pegula Arena' for the ice arena being constructed adjacent to the Shields building at the corner of University Drive and Curtin Road.
The ice facility is of course the most significant facilities component of Terry Pegula's $88 million donation that will allow Penn State to launch a men's and women's Division 1 hockey program.
The next trustees meeting is Friday January 21. We'll post additional information as it becomes available.