68,000 students applied to join the Penn State legacy via Class of 2013. This number increased by 16,000 since 2005, a significant jump. On the first day of class, I assumed that the university admitted an obscene amount of freshmen. The Forum building was a standstill, and the dining halls boasted standing room only. However, […]
Anything can happen at a student dance in the HUB. Anything. Even a series of brawls. That’s just what happened Friday night. A series of fights broke out that led to the police being called. No one was arrested because most students left the HUB before the authorities arrived. In an unrelated incident, someone was […]
What: Full Ammo Improv is Penn State’s premiere improvisational comedy group. It is the first of many hour-long shows of unscripted comedy this semester. Sister troupe Your Ex-Boyfriends will open with a half-hour of improv. Where: Room 6, Arts Building basement When: Sunday August 30th from 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm. Cost: Free! Fullammoimprov.com has […]
Information Technology Services has released a slew of tech-related updates to Penn State systems. Here are the highlights: Angel has been updated from version 7.1 to 7.3. Many things have been improved and added including “course/group mail, discussion forums, chat, the course/group roster, reports, [and] the HTML editor theme selector.” See this page for a […]
“Mr. State College” Mayor Bill Welsh is in critical condition at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center recovering from complications from leg bypass surgery. Welch had checked into the hospital earlier this month for surgery to deal with a clogged artery in one of his legs. The surgery was successful, but Welch later developed […]
All of us here at Onward State are proud to present the new, sexy OnwardState.com. The new design has been live for the past several days and is the result of months of effort to update your favorite Penn State blog. Onward State’s Production Editor, Mitch Rukat and I have been working for the last […]