Recent Penn State graduate Kylie Nellis made this great video discussing the future of journalism as her senior thesis project for the Schreyer Honors College. The video features interviews with journalism professors Curt Chandler and Tony Barbieri, as well as our own Davis Shaver and other student journalists. They touch on topics ranging from the nature and ethics of journalism to changing definitions of who journalists are.
You can find the video embedded after the jump.
Just because it's summer session doesn't mean the State College music scene is dead. There are two concerts this week in the area that are worth checking out. Tonight you can see Movin On headliners Mayday Parade and The Dangerous Summer in Altoona, and Mike Doughty will be playing a free show Thursday night in State College.
Get more info on the shows, including how to get tickets, after the jump.
Many of you have probably watched TED's talks online. Now you have a chance to see them live. The College of IST Alumni Society is organizing a TEDx event at Penn State October 10 (10/10/10). TEDxPSU is currently accepting speaker applications.
Find out more about TEDxPSU and the application process after the jump.
Though it's still several months until football season, if you want to have a spot in the new and improved 2010 Student Section, it is time to pre-register for student football tickets.
All returning undergraduate and first year graduate students are required to register sometime between 8 a.m. tomorrow and 5 p.m., March 27. Those who register will be eligible (though by no means guaranteed) to buy one of the 21,000 tickets being made available later in June.
Read on for more details on how to pre-register.
Do you like free stuff? Do you like music festivals (since there's no way you've been to enough already this year)? If so, you may be interested in Onward State and The Lion 90.7 FM's Bonnaroo Ticket Giveaway.
We are giving away two tickets to this summer's Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, to be held June 10-13 in Manchester, TN. If you're on Facebook or Twitter and follow Onward State and The Lion FM, you can enter.
If you aren't too busy studying and find yourself free tonight or Thursday evening, there are two concerts that might be worth checking out.
Tonight at 9 p.m., The Makepeace Brothers will be performing a 21+ show with British Phil at Cafe 210 West. I hadn't heard of them before, but they definitely have an interesting sound. They're good summer music.
Then on Thursday, from 6:30 to 9:45 p.m., Matt Pond PA, Bobby Long, and The Kalob Griffin Band will be performing on the Allen Street Stage as part of State College's "First Thursday".