10 Questions is a recurring Onward State feature in which we ask people about their Penn State experience. Today we’re talking to Tara Wheeler, who has a resume that sounds like the description of a Bond girl. She’s a beauty queen (Miss Virginia 2008), an Air Force ROTC cadet, an aspiring TV anchor, and an […]
The Collegian recently published a really fantastic profile of boxer Katongo Mulenga, who is also a Penn State student. The writer, Dean Meyers, shadows Katonogo as he trains at the Altoona Boxing Club (without a coach) and competes in a fight at Uniontown. The story is very well written, with atmospheric lines like: Atlantic City […]
Sex sells. That’s probably why the Collegian’s article about a new male escort service got above the fold A1 coverage. The Gentleman of State College (here’s their MySpace… booty calls, anyone?) is offering male escorts for “anything from dinner dates to massages to bachelor parties to bachelorette parties.” The company makes clients sign statements saying […]
Weekends at college are an amorphous thing. For some, they begin on Thursdays of the Thirsty variety. For others, the week has been made obsolete by the neverending weekend. In any event, a favorite weekend activity is the mid-afternoon nap. There’s no shame in napping. Remember Churchill napped. Quoth the redoubtable drunkard: Nature had not […]
Seth. On Beaver Ave. This screams punk, and I love it. The paint spattered jacket is fitting (he’s an art major) and the “pleated pants with tennis shoes” look is a great complement, but that hair! It’s incredibly unique and makes this lo-fi look one of a kind. “The Lone Employee”. In The Rag & […]