What do Tom Brady, Pete Rose, Texas high school pitcher Jon Peters and former race car driver Pat O'Connor all have in common? They have all been on the cover of Sports Illustrated and faced disastrous consequences for it soon after. These range from streaks being ended (Peters and Rose) to season-ending injuries (Brady) to death on the track (O'Connor).
Well who is on the cover this week??
Afghan-American author, Khaled Hosseini, will be speaking as a part of the SPA Distinguished Speaker Series on September 30th. The lecture will be at 8:00 p.m. in the Eisenhower Auditorium.
Tickets for this event are first available on September 16th at the regular ticket hours. Admission is free and Penn State Students are given a priority. Two tickets will be available for each Student ID card. The general admission tickets go on sale on Thursday, September 23rd.
The Penn State field hockey team gave fifth-ranked Connecticut all they could handle on Friday, but came up short with a 2-1 loss.
In his report at the University Park Undergraduate Association meeting on September 8th, UPUA President Christian Ragland shared his plans to attend a public hearing on Monday, September 13th by the State Senate Majority Policy Committee. During the hearing, the committee will discuss their proposal to raise the Pennsylvania underage drinking fine from $300 to $1,000.
Are you in desperate need for laundry/beer/easy mac/shopping/iPad money? Well your buds here at Onward State have compiled a list of some part-time, on- and off-campus jobs to get you a little more moolah in your pocket.
The scene at the East Halls quad on Wednesday, September 8th, looked more like a party than an event for UPUA.
Students swarmed around picnic tables covered in blue and white tablecloths. Dance music blasted through speakers. The smell of hot, cheesy pizza wafted through the air.
Of course, this was the idea. UPUA was not blind to the fact that free food and music would attract students, and that was their goal. Through the event, deemed Fresh Fest, UPUA hoped to reach out to freshmen as a way to get their name out to the incoming class.