While I think we are all aware of terrorism, the SRA Club event held yesterday night was very eyeopening. Speaking to an almost entirely male audience in the IST Building Cybertorium (a quite impressive room btw, having never been) , Dr. John Horgan, Dr. Mia Bloom, and Donald Shemanski discussed moderated questions for more than […]
What’s the use of having a Nation if you aren’t going to mobilize every once in a while? According to Nittany Nation’s Facebook group, they are hosting a PSU road trip to the basketball team’s away game at Temple on Saturday, December 5th. The tickets will cost $12, and if forty people (a sneeze) purchase […]
I originally thought I was going to photograph a drag show…but I ended up at Follyfest instead. How did that happen? Follyfest is an annual Make-A-Wish Foundation fundraiser put on by service sorority Gamma Sigma Sigma. The event was held at 797 this year as an 18+ event and included three bands: Velveeta, Spider Kelley, […]
Backchannel learning. It’s a concept I never heard of until I found a pilot program at Purdue that explores the concept. Backchannel learning involves using services like Twitter, Facebook, Myspace and text messaging to link students’ comments and questions to classroom lectures and activities. Two classes at Purdue are currently participating in a program using […]
This week the Collegian ran a story about how borough and university members met to discuss the definition of a fraternity here at Penn State. Are you bored yet? So was I after reading the first paragraph or so. When I wake up in the morning I like to read news that causes me to spew fruit loops all over […]