Consider this a fact to remember next fall when weekend conversations revolve around football. Devon Smith, an incoming freshman recruit from Maryland, was profiled in this morning’s Washington Post. He’s just 5’7″ and 152 pounds, which is small for a college player. Though in football it’s a disadvantage, that body type is a singular advantage […]
The first classes at Penn State were held on February 16, 1859. Graham Spanier (or, rather, his people) produced a nice video commemorating the occasion. Here are some of the most interesting things we learned. Old Main used to have everything, including labs, classrooms, and even dormitories. Can you imagine being able to have a […]
Penn State is Centre County’s biggest employer, beating out the second-biggest employer (the State College Area School District) by 21,704 people. Has there been a year in the past century that Penn State wasn’t the biggest employer? Probably not. Some other interesting rankings were the County Government at #6, Wal-Mart at #7, and AccuWeather at […]
We just heard that the Pattee Library is being cleared of students early tonight, possibly in relation to some fire-related incident. We don’t have many details right now, but we’ll let you know when we do.
The Dow Jones Newspaper Editing Intern Program selected Penn State students to fill five of its sixty spots, according to the College of Communication’s blog. The students are guaranteed weekly salaries of at least $350 for ten weeks at some of the nation’s most prolific papers. In the middle of the Death of Print and […]