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.
The winning entry in the voting for the Penn State 2011 Senior Class Gift was a plaza dedicated to Lt. Michael P. Murphy and other Penn State veterans. More than 3000 Penn State seniors voted in the poll.
The plaza, which will be the 150th senior class gift, was revealed this morning at a celebration in the HUB, complete with cakes, t-shirts, and distinguished guests.
This week is full of hip hop, now including, for the first time at Penn State, Cuban rappers. The trio of rappers includes Soandri del Rio, Ariel Fernandez and Miki Flow.