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Steve S.

Steve Sharer is a Security and Risk Analysis major and an overall good guy. He brings Onward State readers enticing posts such as "Question of the Day" and "Campus Explorer" and will continue to do so until he becomes the President of the United States of America in 2024.

Fall Foliage in Happy Valley Promises To Be Fantastic

Marc Abrams, professor of forest ecology and physiology at Penn State, has some great news. With the predicted mild drought and relatively low temperatures, trees in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are set to look spectacular as their colors change in the next few weeks. Professor Abrams has studied the changing of the seasons and how […]

Digital Textbooks: Ready For Primetime?

State-funded universities in Florida have begun to offer free digital textbook to their students. At current time, over 120 textbooks are available for free download through a partnership between Orange Grove Texts Plus and University Press of Florida. The Board in charge of public universities in the sunny state of Florida started this program in […]

Why We Whitehouse (Or How I Learned To Love Penn State Football)

I’ll admit it. I didn’t grow up watching Penn State football. I’m not even from Pennsylvania. And I definitely can’t recall endless facts about the Penn State Football Program. But what I can tell you is that ever since my first Penn State Football game Freshman year, I’ve known that what happens over at Beaver […]

The Three-Quarter Turn: There’s A Hawk In Your Eye

The Three-Quarter Turn is an exciting, popular feature here at Onward State. Named after the signature Blue Band Pregame 270 degree right hand turn technique, this segment will report on what the Blue Band is bringing to Beaver Stadium and Penn State every week. From performance schedules to half-time show themes to special news coverage, […]

Hacking for Fun, Profit and Terrorism

On September 23, the Security & Risk Analysis Club (SRA Club) played host to an eye-opening presentation entitled “Hacking for fun, profit and terrorism”. The event was held in the IST Building’s “Cybertorium”, a large and very futuristic lecture hall that has computer screens that can rise out of the desk. The Cybertorium was nearly […]

Beta On Fire?

Two firetrucks as well as a University Ambulance are parked on Burrowes between Beta House and the Deike Building as of about 12:15 PM. I could have sworn I saw some smoke coming out of the empty Fraternity House. The front door was also wide open, as were several windows. The fireman in the picture […]

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