Most students hate purchasing and selling textbooks each semester. They’re grossly over-priced, and when you go to sell them back, a book that cost you $200 is now magically worth $40, yet sold for $200. It doesn’t make much sense, but most of us do it twice a year. In order to combat this, the University Park Undergraduate Association implemented the student Book Exchange program, where students sell and buy books from other Penn State students for no additional costs or surcharges.
The plan has been around for almost two years, but the UPUA has been working on some spiffy updates: a quick search option, a more advanced search option, and a profile page to keep track of your order history. The new version will be similar to Amazon in its functionality.
More details after the jump.
Thanks to everyone who came out to yesterday's tweet up. I hope you enjoyed the cupcakes from Sugar on Top!
Tonight's the night you've been waiting for. The Last Stop Music Festival, sponsored by the University Park Undergraduate Association, The LION 90.7 FM, and the University Park Allocation Committee will commence tonight at the HUB, which will conclude Endless Music Festival April.
More details on the event after the jump.
Finally! The University Park Undergraduate Association OKed a ride sharing option at their final general assembly last evening. According to last night's assembly, Penn State and the UPUA are going to collaborate with the B-cycle corporation to bring a free bike service to students!
Wait, WHAT!? A free bike service!? Yes! Find out more after the jump.
State College hit the big time last night. Yeah you probably didn't even realize, it did you? Well, just so you know, a major band that influenced a lot of music throughout the 90's decided, for some reason that I can't figure out, to stop in town on their tour.
Echo and the Bunnymen, the British alt rock band extremely well known in the 80's and early 90s, hopped over the pond and are on their US Tour. The tour started at Coachella and then made its way to the Filmore in San Fran, Metro in Chicago, Philly, then here before heading off to sold out shows in DC and NYC. Yeah, they're pretty amazing, and you missed it.
I'm not going to sit here and scold you like an old man, though. Read on after the jump to hear more about the concert.
WPSU-FM (an NPR radio station operating out of Penn State) will be hosting a forum ("Exploring Solutions to Drinking Culture") discussing the problem of underage and excessive drinking this Sunday, May 2nd at 7 P.M. I know what you're probably thinking, another forum talking about the problems of drinking and how we should fix them. If the community's going to do something, shouldn't they just do it? I thought the same thing, so I got in touch with Cynthia Berger, the Senior Producer of WPSU and the moderator of the forum.
Read more about the forum and what she replied after the jump.