Imagine spending long nights in a fraternity basement surrounded by squares of colorful, flame-resistant tissue paper, gallons of Elmer's glue, and a few hundred yards of chicken wire. Add in the deafening sounds of a power saw and the constant whirring of electric drills, and you've pretty much described what Homecoming is like for most paired fraternities and sororities.
Despite the yucky weather, students came out to the Old Main lawn for Homecoming's Best of Penn State Carnival on Wednesday evening. As per the press release, “The carnival tie[d] together themes around the Penn State campus and downtown State College to highlight what Penn Staters take pride in the most.”
Do you have trouble facing yourself in the mirror? Ever question how you can fall asleep at night?
There is still time to redeem yourself! The College of Communications Student Council will be holding a forum Thursday, October 7 in Carnegie Cinema at 6:30 p.m. to discuss the Student Honor Code.
One week after posting a 1-0 victory over Michigan in their Big Ten opener, the tables were turned on the Lady Lions this past Sunday as they dropped a gut-wrencher to Ohio State by the same score, this defeat coming in overtime.
The Center for the Performing Arts will give you a reality check when it presents The Laramie Project tonight and follows it up with The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, An Epilogue on Thursday night. Considering midterms are in most of our immediate futures, we’ll be in the perfect mindset for this performance.
Instead of the Airbands competition from last year (which gave too much of a Greek-sing vibe), organizations came together for the first For The Glory Homecoming talent show instead. Eisenhower Auditorium was packed with both Greek and other student organizations cheering their fellow members on.