Penn State student Nublan Zaki Norhadi was found dead Monday afternoon at Abrams Falls in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Blount County Sheriff’s Office rescue diving team found the body of Nublan Zaki Norhadi around 1:30 p.m. Monday about 30 feet beneath the surface under the falls, according to park spokesman Bob Miller. […]
In the last week, two Penn State people have been mentioned on Boing-Boing, one of the most popular blogs on the Internet. The first was Dean Christian Brady of the Schreyer Honors College. He was included in an excerpt of a Twitter-sourced interview danah boyd did about how teens use the internet. @shcdean: What future […]
The women’s soccer team, which won its 11th consecutive Big Ten title this year, traveled to Brazil last Monday to test its skills: “We are coming off a very successful spring season and are hoping to continue that success on this trip,” said [Coach] Walsh. “One of the biggest benefits of playing in this part […]
For nearly a month now, the Penn State wrestling community has been gawking at one of the most improbable hirings in recent sports history. Penn State was able to lure the Michael Jordan (yes, he even has his own shoe line) of college wrestling from his alma mater to a program that has not won […]
Football While its not quite news straight off the gridiron, the “greatest student section in the country” will have to purchase its season tickets a little differently this year. A website called “Student Central” has been created as an extension of gopsusports.com, the official site of Penn State athletics. Mandatory pre-registration for returning undergraduate and […]
WPSU has debuted a new segment that examines Centre County (along with Penn State) during the Great Depression. You can take a tour of a 1930’s era downtown and campus, hear about farm life during the depression and experience the impact of the downturn on teachers, among others. The focus of these programs is the […]