Having been with Onward State from its dorm room beginnings in November 2008, my spring semester abroad has me feeling a little out of sorts. Don't get me wrong though. While I'm looking forward to the experience, missing out on the day-to-day madness that is Onward State will be strange.
Sorting through emails, planning future coverage, and providing writer feedback took up a sizable portion of my time, as my roommates last semester can attest. While much of my new-found free time will be spent exploring Prague and the rest of Europe, Onward State, and the service it provides to the Penn State community, is very important to me.
You suggested, we listened. Welcome to the new Onward State, our fifth major redesign.
Some of the words we frequently heard about our previous redesign were cluttered, confusing, and community column. Not sure what's up with all of the C-words. In this redesign, we went back to the basics. A single stream brings together all of Onward State's content. You can choose to filter this stream to show everything, only community content, or only links.
Read on to find out what other exciting changes we made.
With six more showings of A Christmas Story and plenty of food left to eat, Christmas Day is finally here. From all of us at Onward State, we hope you and yours have a happy holidays. We'll catch you on the flipside.
It's that time of year again. Christmas music, cookies, and checking eLion compulsively for your fall semester grades.
As Penn State students take a break for the holidays, Onward State will too.
Onward State turns two today. If Onward State were a person, it would be capable of feeding itself. It could say small phrases. It could run. However, Onward State is not a person. If you did not know this, you are an idiot.
Onward State is a blog, one with over 3,000 posts and 5,000 comments. We're much more than that though.
A Moment With Your New Community Manager
Hello there. My name's Evan. I co-founded Onward State, along with Davis and Eli, back in November 2008. I've been a writer, an editor, and even an amateur sketch artist over the past two years.
But, as Kanye West once said, "I'm living in the future so the present is my past," so let's move on.
I've now taken over the reins as the Community Manager for Onward State, which will be a different position than it has been in the past. Essentially, I will be acting as a liaison between the Onward State staff and you, our glorious readers and commenters. Since this position is new, it will surely develop and evolve as the semester progresses.
For now, though, let's focus on one of the things that makes Onward State really neat--great online conversations. As some of our more regular readers may already know, our comments section can be both entertaining and engaging (ideally both at the same time). To start off the new semester, I have some guidelines to follow in order to keep our comments great and make them even better over time. Check them out after the jump.