US Representative Glenn Thompson, or "GT" as I'm sure nobody but himself refers to him as, has been wildly outspoken against the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act since he voted 'nay' on that bitch.
"It really has failed," he said of the ARRA. But wait, GT is using the money despite its failure! Thompson has been using the so called 'failed' stimulus dough for a number of pet projects, including $1 million in funding for an airport access road in Lycoming County and $525,000 in a grant to the Cameron County Health Care Center. Rumors also speculate that he's using the money for a chin reduction, hair implants, and a conscience.
In his defense, he did say that if a bill passes to law, he will seize every opportunity to make sure the people he represents get their portion of the money awarded to them. The money he originally didn't want to see leave the legislative drawing board, that is.
Curious as to what stimulus money has been spent in Centre County, and where? Read on to find out.
Pennsylvania Rep. Kerry Benninghoff is coming Wednesday to drink some coffee at the Abba Java Coffeehouse here in town. He will be here between 9:30 and 11:00 am to hold mobile office hours and, I don't know, work on his novel in public.
If you want to come see Benny and the Jets, you have to make a phone call and schedule an appointment in advance. The phone number is (814) 355-1300.
Also, it sounds like if you just want some coffee at Abba Java, you'll probably need to call that number in advance as well. So if you frequent that particular coffee house, I'd get on my phone.
No word yet on the cookie.
Registration opens for candidates hoping to run for President, Vice-President, and other representative seats for the University Park Undergraduate Association opens today.
Yes, the last two years have flown by--or not, depending on the type of meds you take-- and Gavin Keirans' two-term presidency is coming to a close. Candidates can pick up their necessary materials in the elections office, room 332 in the HUB starting at 10 am on Monday.
It's important to note that your registration must be completed by the end of spring break because campaigning begins that following Monday, March 15th.
And then the fun begins.
Tonight's meeting topic that got the UPUA all hot and bothered was Policy 17, which allocated money for this year's Spring Festival.
As we all know, last year's spring festival, Wallypalooza, featured-as President Gavin Keirans so eloquently put it - "one-hit-wonder suspect artist" Asher Roth, whose career has since skyrocketed straight into a ceiling fan. So this year they want to do something better. In very first-stage budgetary discussions, the UPUA has recommended to allocate $19,931.86 towards the Spring Festival 2010 account.
But tensions arose when Director of Legal Affairs Matt Lachman spoke up on behalf of his organization on the $2,000 allocated from the Legal Affairs' budget. And so it went into debate. And, then of course, another debate. Read on for more details from the riveting meeting.
As a part of a panel of leaders made up of Pennsylvania's state institutions, including Temple and Pitt, Pres. Graham Spanier traveled to Harrisburg yesterday to answer questions regarding Penn State's funding needs.
Spanier and the panel met before the state House Appropriations Committee in what is considered the second step (the first being Gov. Rendell's recent budget announcement) in the annual appropriations process.
Pres. Spanier had plans to inform the legislature about the funding needs of the university, as well as the educational opportunities made available to students because of said funding, according to Annemarie Mountz, Assistant Director of Public Information at Penn State.
Read on for some of the 'educational opportunities'.
The THON dancers, since 1973, have helped raise approximately $61 million (plus this year's total) to benefit the Four Diamonds Fund at the Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital.
But, prior to Friday afternoon, I'll admit I did not know too much about THON. I knew that there were dancers that participated in THON and I knew that they had to remain awake for the whole weekend. But with the help of THON dancer Matt Swingle and the rest of the THON volunteers, I learned everything I needed to know.
When the dancers first step on to the floor of the Bryce Jordan Center, they are essentially partaking in an embodiment of the struggle that the Four Diamond Families go through each and every day. The dancers battle exhaustion every minute just to make it to the next hour, just as each cancer patient fights each day to see the next. For both, at times, to quit would appear to be the most appealing road to take. But they won't quit. It's all or nothing.
Read the full post for more.