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 […]
Penn State has a pretty good women’s soccer team. When I say pretty good, I mean really, really awesome. On that team is one of the best women’s goalies in the country: Alyssa Naeher. She’s so good, in fact, that she was the starting goalie for the US Women’s U20 National Team that won the […]
In the Schreyer Honors College, most students receive $3,500 annually in merit scholarships. However, the failing economy has caused the SHC to rethink the circulation of these scholarships, as reported in a Centre Daily Times article. Now, the SHC asks parents if they’d consider donating their children’s scholarships back to the college. Schreyer then gives […]
This past Sunday, the Interfraternity Council (IFC) hosted its second of two events as part of its Social Policy training. This event was titled, “The Perfect Party Training Session.” According to the IFC Press Release, authored by Zachary Meli (senior – economics), IFC Vice President for Communications: IFC Executives worked with the brothers of Sigma […]
The cheaper the beer, the drunker students will get. That’s what recent research at the University of Florida has proven with college bars. At the bar scene, offering specials on beer is directly tied to increased rowdiness among college students. But as long as they’re making money, bars have no intentions on cutting back the […]
Red-Shirt Freshman Mike Zordich was pulled over by police on Bigler Road around 3:25 Sunday morning for driving without his headlights on, as reported in Black Shoe Diaries. It also happens that the Red-Shirt, third-string Linebacker was intoxicated, blowing a 0.19 on the breathalyzer. After thinking about this whole situation, I’ve been able to sum […]