Penn State has spent $811,719 to date on the "Penn State Lives Here" marketing campaign, UPUA President Katelyn Mullen confirmed today. The Values and Culture survey, sent to all Penn State students and faculty, is anticipated to cost $418,000.
Anyone who reads this website regularly is probably aware of our mini-crusade against the new "Penn State Lives Here" marketing campaign propagated by Penn State through its brainchild PulsePoint. Between constantly pointing out its lack of originality and all the blunders than came with its lackluster rollout, there has been a certain level of irreverence and snark in our coverage. But last night, that spirit of bemusement and good-natured heckling went away. Now I'm just angry.
After a month-long investigation, two Penn State students have been charged with Ethnic Intimidation, Criminal Mischief, and Disorderly Conduct as a result of anti-semitic vandalism at the Beta Sigma Beta fraternity.
For the first time since 1992, Penn State's Panhellenic Council is open for an extension, which is the formal process used to charter a new national chapter into the Greek community.
Beginning next semester, Penn State Greeks will have a new leader. Dan Combs, a brother of Phi Kappa Psi, will succeed Chip Ray as Interfraternity Council president in the coming weeks. We caught up with Combs to see how the transition is going and what's in store for his term (and of course, dinosaurs).
Are Penn State Christmas light shows the new thing now? Here's another house decked out for Blue and White spirit.