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Author: Eli Glazier

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Eli Glazier

Eli is a junior majoring in International Politics. He enjoys paninis and books.

Penn State Media Day Takeaways

Ah, media day. The one time of the year where all the football players (excluding freshmen) and all the coaches gather at Beaver Stadium to be continuously pounded with the same questions over and over again, and respond with usually the same, seemingly rehearsed responses. However, many questions were answered for this coming season, while many remain very cloudy.

Read on for some insight on the coming season...

Lost Groundhog Hunter Paralyzes PSU-Mont Alto

As some of you may have heard, either through Twitter or the PSUTXT system, the Mont Alto campus was locked down at 1:40 pm this afternoon. The message sent over PSUTXT announcing that something was afoot read,

Campus Lockdown :: Police searching for gunman in area. Campus is locking all doors. Stay indoors until further notice.

An hour later, after police found the gunman, the lockdown ended and campus reopened. The plot thickens from there though. Read on to learn more...

Tickets For State Theatre Shows Go On Sale

Yesterday, the State Theater announced the ticket sale for Big Head Todd and the Monsters' upcoming show. Tickets will be available at 11 a.m.this morning, both online and at the State Theater box office.

Tickets for the September 29th rock/blues show will be $25. If you want to get an idea about what to expect, you can check out some tracks from their most recent album here.

UPUA Decides Not to Renew Office Lease

UPUA has announced that it will not renew the lease of its downtown office at 103 E. Beaver Ave., Suite 11. This does not come as a shock to many as, during the spring's presidential campaign, the old office was frequently mentioned as an example of student money wasted.

Read on to learn how UPUA came to its decision...

Greeks Post Higher GPAs Than PSU Average

Yesterday Dr. Roy Baker, Director of Greek Life, released the Greek Community Academic Report for spring 2010. The report breaks down the average GPAs for all Greek organizations and compares them to University averages, based on statistics given to the Office of Greek Life by the University Registrar.


Read on to see how the Councils did and what chapters came out on top...

THON Child Tucker Haas To Perform on Fox and Friends

According to Paulina Jones, a THON PR Captain, Tucker Haas, who's rendition of the Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow" had the BJC going crazy at THON, will be performing on Fox and Friends, the morning news show on Fox News Channel, this week.

Tucker is scheduled to be on the show Tuesday, June 22nd, at 8:50am. If you're up getting ready for the day and want to give someone near and dear to Penn State some support, check it out.

For those that don't remember Tucker or maybe just need a refresher, a YouTube video of his THON performance, found after the jump, has almost 400,000 views.

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