Last night marked an historic event for the Penn State student community and State College residents, as the University Park Undergraduate Association General Assembly elected At-Large Representative Ben Pugh the first non-voting student representative on the State College Borough Council by a vote of 26 to 13.
Although no formal ban has been issued yet, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board has asked distributors to stop selling Four Loko and similar products.
Penn State Associate Professor Dr. Sue Rankin was listed as one of Campus Pride's Top 25 favorite speakers for her commitment to social justice within higher education, as stated in her biography.
Behind the power of five goals from redshirt freshman Tani Costa, the Lady Lions cruised to a couple of blowout victories this past week, defeating both Indiana and Purdue by identical 6-1 scores.
Penn State is known as a football town, and student support for that sport is tremendous. However, several other Penn State sports have been receiving attention this year in the form of supporters' groups, including Russ' Rowdies for women's volleyball and Hertzog's Hooligans for men's soccer.
The Republican party saw huge gains across the country in yesterday's midterm elections, picking up between 60 and 65 House seats and 6-8 senate seats. The change in the House was enough to shift the balance of power there to the Republicans with the Democrats keeping control of the Senate.