Over the past three days, an internet rally centered around Twitter and Facebook has been waged in order to help THON child Lexi Bartlett meet her idol, Taylor Swift. According to the event page,“Lexi is 6 years old and has stage 4 Neuroblastoma cancer. She has been fighting this horrible disease since she was 3 years old," and "she wants nothing more than to meet Taylor Swift." Well, after Saturday night, perhaps that aspiration should be expressed in the past tense.
In March 2011, the Board of Trustees voted to halt all progress on many new construction projects that were then in progress, short of breaking ground. This means that major projects still in the design and bidding phases were put on hold until further notice. However, based on the extent to which many of them had been designed and the fact that many of the contracts had already been granted, we can only assume that they will come to fruition one day. To help counter the Penn State building rumor mill ("They’re putting a building on the HUB Lawn, OMG, WTF?!"), this is the first in a series of posts looking at projects currently on hold, as well as those already in progress.
FTCAP is an exciting day for freshmen, filled with great information about Penn State from upperclassmen who have been in the freshies' shoes before. The FTCAP leaders are charged with being the freshmen's first mentors as they embark on their college journey. But with an entire day filled with Penn State knowledge, some things can stick out more than others.
After 4 years with German soccer club 1. FFC Frankfurt, Penn State grad Ali Krieger has returned to the States to join the U.S. women's team in their hunt for the Women's World Cup.
Last night I experienced the rally from start to finish from a number of different perspectives. Here’s what I saw, set to one of the night’s anthems.
For the past few weeks we've been taking you outside the confines of State College to explore a number of different day trip opportunities in the area. This week, however, we know that you're swamped with finals and leaving the library is probably out of the question, right? Not so fast. With a little bit of exploring, you can find the perfect new study spot on campus, away from the crowds during finals week, and we're here to help you. With the help of some of our readers, we've compiled a list of some of the lesser known study spots around campus.