Well, kids, now that it's just long enough for last year's Pennsylvania budget debacle to be out of current memory, it's now time again for us all to hold our collective breath for this year's potential fiasco. Penn State's appropriation hangs in the balance.
Will legislators pass the budget in time? Read on to find out...
All of that jackhammering, beeping, knocking down, building up, and ripping to shreds must be for something.
The culprit is all of the construction going on this past year and continuing to plague campus this summer.
Read on to learn what's up.
The Spaniers will be living in Schreyer House until at least 2015.
The new contract, agreed upon between the Board of Trustees and Dr. Spanier, amounts to a three-year extension for the man who, according to Penn State Live, has been called "one of the most influential college presidents of our time."
Come 2015, only President George Atherton will have held the position longer.
Read on past the jump to learn more.
This weekend, the Penn State rugby team will be taking to the pitch in Columbus, Ohio. But they will be playing a totally different game than ever before.
The Lions will be competing in the Collegiate 7's Championship Invitational this weekend along with 15 other top rugby teams in the nation. This is also the first American rugby event to be televised nationally in the States. In doing this, the sport may gain a whole new audience. Many people (myself included) got interested in rugby at the end of last year and this should only add to the curiosity about the game.
Read on to learn more about the broadcast, and the new rules being used for this invitational.
According to Thorstein Veblen, the pseudonymous creator of the "anti-authoritarian" watchdog blog, Left of Centre, Penn State has some egg to clear off of its face. Citing Bill Shackner's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article, Mr. Veblen believes that Penn State has cheated its way out of full compliance with Pennsylvania's Right-To-Know Law, legislation which requires institutions of higher learning to release fiscal information.
Update 10:00pm: We have included a response from a Penn State representative.
Read on to learn more about the alleged controversy.
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.