Everyone knows about the PSU-MSU Blood Donor Challenge hosted every year by our Student Red Cross Club. Well, this year the SRCC has coordinated with students at Ohio State to create another blood-drive rivalry. We are currently trailing in units, but the drive continues through April 29th.
Penn State’s Essence of Joy will present their spring concert in Esber Recital Hall in Music Building 1 on Sunday from 2-4 p.m. The musical offering will commemorate the choir's 20th anniversary and the 60th birthday of director Dr. Anthony Leach.
Last night during American Idol, President Graham Spanier was spotted in the audience of American Idol, which was being filmed in Los Angeles, CA. Spanier was seated between show host Ryan Seacrest's father and sister. Spanier explained in an email to StateCollege.com's Adam Smeltz that the two had become acquainted because Seacrest's father is an alumnus of Penn State.
There are many haters when it comes to activism at Penn State. Many students see protests as a waste of time. That's better then the rest of students who don't even know that there are protests going on at all. But with Monday's walk-out and Tuesday's Capital Day, is activism becoming contagious? Are students finally becoming engaged in politics? It's not quite as bad ass as a European riot, but we're getting there.
As students become more involved, I can't help but wonder what could have caused the sudden change in interest. Did the rallies we once diss actually make a difference? Can the controversial protests actually be the root of this political epidemic?
It’s not an easy task to combine comedy and science. The last time I tried to make such a joke, my friend angrily stared at me for a few seconds, slapped me, and told me never again. Renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson seems to have figured out the right formula, and it probably has something to do with the fact that he knows what he is talking about, unlike math-inept me.
Stepping onto the Eisenhower Auditorium stage, Tyson slipped off his shoes and relieved the weight of his pockets, prepping himself for an intimate evening. The last of this year’s SPA’s Distinguished Speaker Series, the man who helped turned Pluto “from a planet, to a dirty ice ball,” kept the audience on its’ toes with his punchline-charged routine “Skepticism,” or as he deemed it, “Brain Droppings of an Astrophysicist.”