You know what I always think of when I see terrorist attacks, hurricanes, etc. on TV? State College could be next. I mean, our geographic location makes us a prime target of hurricanes and tornadoes, and our cultural status makes us a target of terrorist attacks. I know that I want to be ready to […]
A recent article in the The Chronicle of Higher Education examined how computer labs fit into the current academic culture, and how universities are planning their futures. With a large number of students owning laptops (83% according to the article), schools are finding traditional computer labs increasingly unnecessary. If students already have computers that they can […]
Daniel Florencio, president of Zeta Psi, was recently elected as the Executive Vice President (EVP) of the Interfraternity Council (IFC) (I love acronyms, don’t you?). This comes following the election of Max Wendkos as president of the IFC. Florencio ran unopposed in this much-anticipated, winner-take-all election, and emerged the thrilled EVP-elect of one of the […]
What do you do during your free time? Play video games? Watch TV? Check Tiger Woods’ Twitter? As detailed in a recent Centre Daily Times article, Sandra Spanier, a Penn State English professor and wife of Graham Spanier, leads a 15-year effort to publish an extensive, complete volume of the correspondence of Ernest Hemingway. Along […]
I know, I know, you’re just a simple Penn State football fan, not a BCS expert. All you want to do is support your Nittany Lions, which means rooting against everyone ranked ahead of us, right? Not neccessarily (Oklahoma State losing probably hurt us), and that’s why I’ve decided to help you out with this […]
Penn State professor of geosciences, James Kasting, was recently one of thirty scientists invited to attend a three-day conference at the Vatican. The topic? The existence of extraterrestrial life and the emerging field of astrobiology. Wahhhhhh?!?! Is it just me, or does the Church seem like an unlikely host for this conference? Once he’s done […]