What better way to shed your frustration with finals than to shed your clothes? It seems like a perfectly reasonable response, doesn’t it? Just in case you weren’t one of the thousands of students to crowd Mifflin near the Pollock Dorms we have you covered, unlike some brave students. Maybe with all this potential we […]
I went up to Long Island this weekend to run the half-marathon in the 2009 Long Island festival of races. When I got there, I had to check in at the runner’s expo. The first person I met, a man named Charlie, gave me a big smile when he handed me my information. “University Park?” […]
After traipsing across numerous states and continents, swine flu has finally hit Pennsylvania. Penn Live reports, Health officials confirmed Pennsylvania’s first case of swine flu Sunday in a 31-year-old male in Montgomery County. Pennsylvania Department of Health spokeswoman Stacy Kriedeman says that there are six probable cases, all in Philadelphia or suburban Montgomery and Bucks […]
While they didn’t actually end up letting people test drive the different types of toilet paper, Eco-Action did let students evaluate various paper options being considered by Penn State while it decides whether to renew its contract with Kimberly-Clark. Here’s a little video we made about the event. You can find a post that has […]
While we were working on a video about Eco-Action’s toliet paper testing, an impromptu boxing match broke out in the main foyer of the HUB. We’re not sure what organization was fighting– they remained anonymous– but it was definitely a cool thing to see. Please excuse the poor camera work. We had no idea it […]
One of the greatest aspects of competitive sports are the coaches. They can be immortalized as inspirational visionaries- your Joe Paternos – or larger-than-life, eccentric drill sergeants – your Bobby Knights. While we generally appreciate the former more, the examining the latter can be a little more fun. Such is the case the Collegian‘s examination […]