Hodor. Anyone who watches "Game of Thrones" recognizes that as the name of a popular character on the show, a large oaf of a man that carries a child across Westeros. Fans also recognize that as the sole word Hodor can say on the show. A Penn State neuroscience student explained the neurological condition that afflicts Hodor in an article for The Conversation.
The Penn State DataFest's inaugural competition was held this weekend, pitting student teams together in hopes of solving some statistical problems. The teams were presented with data from Edmunds.com, a car research site for automobile consumers.
THON is the preeminent spring student-run cancer fundraising event, but Penn State Relay for Life is doing its part in the fight against the disease. The 24-hour relay walk, which takes place on the university's outdoor track, raised an outstanding $103,743.34 this weekend, surpassing the million dollar mark overall.
Megan Lamb carries plenty of weight around campus every day. The Penn State student says she was raped in her dorm room during the summer of her sophomore year, left traumatized by a man she knew. That metaphorical weight was carried around campus in a physical form on Friday afternoon. A group of sexual violence activists hauled a mattress through the streets of Penn State, the culmination of Sexual Violence Awareness Week at the university.
"Unfortunately, the NCAA sanctions hurt a lot of individuals and punished them when they were in no way a participant in any of the crimes that Sandusky committed," Covey says. "We have to remember at the forefront that this case was about the victims."
For the third time in four years, UPUA's vice president took the logical step up to the assembly's top spot. Emily McDonald is officially the president of the UPUA's Tenth Assembly, totaling 5,964 votes (64.3 percent) to handily win the election.