You may have seen the newly-created Statetoberfest holiday was canceled almost as soon as it was created. The Penn State take on the German Oktoberfest was created by sophomore "Mark Andrew" (his Facebook name) when he realized there wasn’t a holiday to excuse excessive drinking and school pride (besides home football games, homecoming, Halloween, or weekends). The Facebook event quickly caught on and soon more than 5,000 were attending.
Welcome to week seven's recap of all things Big Ten football, proudly sponsored by all cheese products coming from the state of Wisconsin.
Tonight, at 7:30 p.m., the State College Borough Council will hold a meeting to vote on introducing a non-voting student representative seat on the Council.
"This seat will allow students to see visibly that they are stakeholders in a community that is occupied by mostly students," says Christian Ragland, President of the University Park Undergraduate Association.
After all the talk of varsity hockey making its way to Penn State last month, something snuck up on us: The Icers, our club hockey team, has finally started playing again!
You're being charged, along with your tuition, an Information Technology Fee of $236 per semester (up from $230 last year). Similar to the Facilities Fee and Student Activity Fee, it's not exactly tuition, but it comes out of your pocket if you are a Penn State student.
There's been a movement in the works, involving the Council of Commonwealth Student Governments and University Park Undergraduate Association, to develop an official mechanism for student feedback for this fee.
Friday was more than just the best night of the weekend, but also an autumn kick-off as the weather chilled and Fall began to take form. By the time some student's classes were ending, the White Loop was full of belligerent students, who had pre-gamed the heck out of the nights event at the Bryce Jordan Center.
Chants of "Passion Pit" and "B-J-C" erupted before the bus even hit University Drive, just in case the bus driver was unaware as to where everyone wanted to go.