Last Monday, Penn State Live reported that Jerry and Lotty Polis of Polis Enterprises donated $1 million to the Schreyer Honors College. That’s almost 200,000 footlongs at Subway! Although Jerry Polis graduated from Penn State in 1954, well before the Honors College was established, he sees great potential in Schreyer scholars, hence the generous gift. […]
If that’s the most bothersome, that says a lot about Penn State. Veblen would probably have to differ though. Also, does anyone know why some URLs need the WWW and some can’t have it?
You may remember my post on the initial testing of the Wireless 2.0 system that is poised to replace the VPN system we currently use. The new Wireless 2.0 system is out of the testing stage and is ready to be used by faculty, students and staff. Currently limited to 8 locations on campus, the […]
Things are starting to fall into place for the Nittany Lions 2009-2010 football season – at the end of Spring practices, players elected Linebacker Sean Lee and Quarterback Daryll Clark co-captains. “I’m honored to be elected a captain,” commented Clark, who was selected first team All-Big Ten in 2008. “I feel like everyone looks to […]
John Harvey, the news adviser for The Daily Collegian, was fired yesterday. According to a public Facebook group created by editor-in-chief Emeritus Terry Casey, The Collegian has been looking to make cuts, but this was not a financial decision. It was a personal attack on the man who ran the country’s best training program for […]
Budgets are tight, and jobs are scarce. After carefully conducting insightful surveys, pollsters have deduced: college students are stressed. The Associated Press and MtvU polled 2,240 students from 40 different campuses. The surveys took place at the end of April and beginning of May. According the results, 32% of students worry about financial issues, up […]