One of the perks of the Schreyer Honors College is being able to schedule classes before the general student population can. Honors students get really into it, but last night, we saw the dark side of this enthusiasm. Scheduling was supposed to begin at midnight last night. Atherton and Simmons were a buzz of nervous […]
Stefan Choquette reporting live from Paternoville. It is now 1:25am Thursday morning and all the tents are finally setup and the newest residents of Paternoville are beginning to settle in for the first night before the Syracuse game Saturday. Although tents couldn’t be erected until midnight, a line began to form at the student gate […]
So recently, we talked about how faculty can stay on syllabus while having swine flu. Today, we’ll discuss the University’s assumptions and plans about the dreaded Flu. First off, let’s start with a Penn State Pandemic Mission Statement, of sorts. At Penn State, the planning for pandemic influenza occurs within the context of Universitywide emergency […]
We’ve all got plenty of Lion Pride for our university, but what about the town we live in? Good old 16801 got some well-deserved credit this week when the American Institute for Economic Research named State College, PA the 2nd best college town in America (other lists rated larger cities surrounding colleges). The rankings were […]
Lost amongst the chatter over an upset scare for Ohio State (who just narrowly beat Navy 31-27) was quarterback Terrelle Pryor’s support for Eagles quarterback and convicted dog fighter Michael Vick. Pryor wore eyeblack adorned with the quarterback’s name. Then he went and said this, as reported in a Deadspin article: “Not everybody’s the perfect […]
During the first week of classes, every syllabus had a note about what to do if you got swine flu: STAY HOME! Well, with Swine Flu isolation starting to occur, this begs the question, “What about the teachers?!?!” While you can have a class without some students, it would be pretty difficult to have a […]