The City of Pittsburgh has proposed a “tuition tax” to be levied on the city’s college students. Unfortunately for Penn State, State College hopes to follow suit. According to the Centre Daily Times, the potential Pittsburgh tax would amount to 1% of a student’s tuition. That equates to $27 for community college students and $400 […]
While the title of this article may not surprise some of you at all, the tendencies of one of Shakespeare’s most questionable duos is irrelevant to this article. What is significant, is that Penn State’s very own Jess Rosencranz, a telecommunications senior, has been selected as one of 10 ball girls for the Philadelphia Phillies […]
Well, with finals week here, it is a relief to know that the Penn State appropriations saga is almost over. Yesterday, a major milestone was reached when the House successfully passed the table games bill on second consideration, and then Penn State’s appropriation minutes later by a vote of 184-6. Now, the table games bill […]
UPUA President Gavin Keirans had announced last month that the assembly was readying to implement a plan for overhauling the UPUA and student government. The termed 90-day plan is comprised of plans submitted from each committee within the UPUA that would seek to establish a stringent set of goals and objectives to be accomplished each […]
Penn State and the other three state-related universities (Temple, Pitt, and Lincoln) just want the money that was promised to them but the House, as of yet, is not willing to write the check. The four university presidents have said the House leadership is reneging on a deal made in mid-November that their funding would […]
Delta Lamdba Phi (a national social fraternity for gay, bisexual, and progressive men) started a colony here at Penn State last Spring. In the two semesters the colony has been here, they have held activities geared to bring members together and to gain interest for new members. The colony contributed to Team Rainbow’s THON fundraising […]