In an announcement this morning, the Homecoming 2010 Executive committee has selected Olympic speed skater Allison Baver as Grand Marshall. Baver, a Class of 2003 graduate of Penn State Berks, won the bronze medal in the 3000-meter short track relay event at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. The Grand Marshal is the highest honor given to an alumnus as part of the Homecoming celebrations.
Read on to find out why the executive committee selected Allison...
s many of you may know, Graham Spanier is in touch with the student body. They don't pay him the big bucks for nothing. He gets involved, and he knows what's going on. Perhaps the best tool available to him is his yearly tradition of spending move-in weekend in a freshman residence hall. By doing this, he's able to get to know some students, check up on the condition of student life, and make a good impression.
Through the Penn State Facebook page, he shared some of his thoughts from the experience. Read on to hear Dr. Spanier's thoughts (with some reading between the lines by yours truly)...
Kildare's Irish Pub, which took over Hooters in late May, is set to host its grand opening party this Thursday night. According to the Facebook event page, local band Velveeta will be playing live at the restaurant.
Find out more about this new bar after the jump.
This article will tell you definitively who the starting quarterback for the Nittany Lion football team will be. That's not true. I lied. How do you feel right now? Confused? Angry? Exhausted from riding this emotional rollercoaster? It's not fun when someone promises to give you one thing, and then takes it away, is it? That's what the Copper Beech residents at West Aaron Drive are feeling after having been stripped of their CATA bus passes.
Read after the jump to learn why Copper Beech tenants at West Aaron lost their CATA passes...
Are you tired of the boring PSU Webmail interface? Do you wish that the service had more functionality? Believe me, you are not alone! While Webmail is better than nothing at all, there are certainly much better solutions to managing your email.
Find out how after the jump.
The HUB will call Eisenhower’s Goo Goo Dolls’ performance and raise it a free Hanson show at 10 p.m. this Saturday, August 28. According to the Student Programming Association’s twitter account, tickets will be available from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. Tickets can be obtained on the first floor of the HUB for a reasonable sum of $0.00 with a student ID thanks to the SPA.
Read on to satiate your '90s nostalgia.