My mother is what I like to refer to as a "helicopter parent." She hovers. She nags. She calls me sixteen times a day just to make sure that I'm still breathing, to check that I'm going to class, and to find out any new dirt on my younger brother's life. She is everything a stereotypical Jewish mother should be and it's all out of love. But she also has a Facebook.
Fans of Comedy Central are no strangers to the stand-up comedy and sketches of Nick Swardson. Will Ferrell's "Funny or Die Tour" at the BJC in 2008 brought Swardson here for the first time. He appeared once again in 2009 to open for Patton Oswalt performing in the HUB. Now that Swardson has branched into the acting world, he has had little time to tour colleges but still found a moment to discuss his career while doing interviews for his new movie, "Just Go With It," starring Adam Sandler.
The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, State College Area Roller's derby debut, lived up to its' name yesterday evening. Members of the FBI's Hoover's Honeys and the Mafia's Machine Gun Kellys participated in the scrimmage, slamming and hammering into each other. There haven't been this many tumultuous females in one place since the women's suffrage movement.
This past Saturday, Penn State's boxing club held its first home show of the season, with hopefully more to come. Boxers representing Penn State faced many opponents from many schools, including West Virginia University and the University of Maryland, as well as independent boxers from the Altoona boxing club. Most impressive were the women representing Penn State boxing. They came out of the corner swinging and did not let up for all three rounds, surely impressing everyone in attendance.
You've probably already had your Twitter feed and Facebook page blown up by the countless Valentine's Day posts, so I'll promise you that this isn't a cheesy love song playlist to serenade your lady. While some songs may loosely relate to the holiday, let's be honest, most songs have some underlying love theme.
Whether or not you have someone to celebrate with, here is this week's top tracks to play to get a little post-VDay action.
With a playoff berth on the line, the Penn State Icers took on Robert Morris (Pa.) last weekend. After taking the first game on Friday night, the Icers fell in game two on Saturday. Next up for Penn State is a trip to Rhode Island to play in the ESCHL Tournament, where they will play Delaware on Friday.