Depending on how you look at it, Penn State is either one of the most stressful schools in the country, or provides students with more value for less stress. This debate stems from The Daily Beast's list of America's most stressful colleges, where Dear Old State was ranked the 47th most stressful school.
Twice in the past few weeks a Penn State-related question has found its way on Jeopardy. Most recently was this past Monday night, when the $600 answer under "Forbes' Most-Educated Small Towns" read "No, 15: this Pennsylvania town that's also known for some football, Nittany Lions style". The answer (obviously) was "What is State College?"
In what comes as a shock to pretty much nobody, Beaver Stadium will be a sea of white when Penn State hosts the Alabama Crimson Tide on September 10th. It was hinted a few weeks ago by Penn State football Communications & Branding Director Guido D'Elia, but a video released yesterday by Penn State football confirmed that Alabama will the first White House at Beaver Stadium since 2009.
We've all heard the phrase "you learn something new everyday," but I am convinced that Twitter users learn something new every time they hit refresh. So why, then, does the concept of Twitter remain largely ignored when it comes to academia?
I was messing around on Facebook last Friday (what else is new?) and I stumbled across a post by Penn State Football asking for suggestions on songs to play at Beaver Stadium this coming fall. As a marketing major intending on working in the sports industry, this kind of thing is right up my alley, yet I was dismayed when I read the 200+ comments giving their input. Most of them absolutely sucked.
Students studying Labor and Employment Relations (LER) represented the three main groups involved in the current NFL labor struggle during the "Billionaires vs. Millionaires?" debate last night at the Nittany Lion Inn. The event was sponsored by the LER Alumni Program Group.