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Women’s Cross Country Wins Big Ten Championship

The team’s first Big Ten title was punctuated by the first-place finish of senior Bridget Franek, who registered a time of 20 minutes, 3 seconds, besting the next best runner by seven seconds. In related news, I got winded simply by writing this post. [Source: GoPSUSports]

Pete Yorn is *gasp* Still Pretty Indie

Naturally, after I got situated in The State Theatre to photograph Pete Yorn Friday night, I wandered over to the merch table. The first thing that popped out of my mouth: “But where are all the v-necks?” Oh, yes. It was going to be one of those nights. Alberta Cross, a band from Brooklyn, New […]

Onward State’s Simple Election Day Primer

I should disclose the fact that I’m the co-campaign manager for the Elizabeth Goreham mayoral campaign. I’ve been around all the campaigns over the last few months, and am going to try to present an unbiased view of the candidates. Mayoral Election The untimely death of Mayor Welch has created a hole in the borough’s […]

Lion In Wait: Penn State Versus Northwestern

Lion In Wait is Onward State’s football column for Penn State conference games.  Published Friday at 5 P.M. before games featuring Big Ten opponents, LIW emphasizes the game from a fan perspective. Given the time of the year, I could write about how the Nittany Lions’ trip to Evanston, IL this Saturday is a ‘fright’ […]

PSU Students Make it to Finals in Obama’s Health Care Video Challenge

Recently, three humble PSU freshmen were assigned to put a video together for their honors English class. The topic: health care reform. And guess what? The trio – comprised of Steve Patrick of New Cumberland, Josie Farinelli of New Kensington, and Ryan Kramer of Maryland – made it to the finals of the Barack Obama […]

Americans R Gitting More Smart

In a recent New York Times article, it was reported that 2008 college enrollment rates hit a new record, at 40% of 18-24-year-olds. “I’m a college student,” you might say, “How will this affect me?” The Times article points out that most of this increase is due to an large increase in community-college enrollment. And […]

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