Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., Dr. Michael B. Oren, spoke to a packed house of spectators on Thursday night in 111 Wartik. His message: Israel is America’s ultimate ally.
Maggie Lucas, a Penn State Lady Lions guard, was awarded AP All-America honorable mention commendations for her impress sophomore season. Lucas averaged 19.5 points on 42.9 percent shooting this year along with 4.7 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game.
It has all come full circle for Aleks Ochocki, the Clark, N.J. native who won the NCAA championship in saber his freshman year. This past weekend, after already being named an All-American for the fourth consecutive season, Ochocki defeated Valentin Staller of Harvard 15-11 in the gold medal match, finishing his final year at Penn State with a second NCAA championship victory.
The seventeen members of The Pennharmonics, who have dubbed themselves Penn State's premiere co-ed a cappella group, lived up to that description this weekend, winning the Varsity Vocals International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella regional semifinals. They will go on to represent the mid-Atlantic in the international finals on April 28, held in New York City's "The Town Hall", a performance space located in midtown Manhattan.
So, my initial plan was to hop on one of these new CATA buses, because as per our last post, they cost a whopping $5 million so I figured these must be some pretty bougie rides. However, when I waited at the White Loop (aka Whoop) stop yesterday for about 30 minutes, three regular lowbrow buses rolled by, so I said f*ck this, I'm just gonna talk about what I would expect a $450,000 bus would include.
Grillers, a student favorite for cheap fried food and grilled cheese sandwiches, was closed abruptly yesterday by the State College Department of Ordinance Enforcement & Public Health. Check out more after the jump.