If I feel pride when Penn State makes the news, does that mean I feel fake pride when we make the fake news? Penn State was featured in an Onion brief published today. Penn State students were devastated Monday to learn that their commencement speaker will be “some dork scientist” who discovered DNA, authored the […]
No. It’s actually called “Wallypalooza”, riding the “palooza” wave spawned by “Lolla” and “Elmo“. It will be held on Thursday, April 30th, during the last week of classes, from 5-10 PM on the HUB lawn. From the Facebook Event page: The brainchild of elite Smeal College of Business Representative Michael Wallace, Wallypalooza is a festival […]
According to the Associated Press, there’s a slim chance you could be watching soccer in Beaver Stadium 9-13 years down the road. The U.S. bid committee hoping to stage soccer’s World Cup in 2018 or 2022 sent initial letters last week to public officials and stadium operators of 70 potential sites, including Penn State’s Beaver […]
And many say they don’t know how they live without them! WGAL 8 has a story about how students and professors at Penn State Harrisburg are using tablet PCs. Local news kind of annoys me… but, hey, I won’t look a gift fluff piece horse in the mouth.
It’s been pretty quiet on the football front since practice started. We haven’t heard much from the playmakers themselves (with the exception of Sean Lee – whose return warrants individual coverage), so it was great to see Adam Rittenberg of ESPN.com catch up with Quarterback Daryll Clark. The interview doesn’t contain any revelations – Clark […]
Penn State and HP have teamed up to digitize a vast amount of information which includes photos, scientific studies, videos, animations and research papers. A Digital Library Infrastructure team (part of ITS) has been working with HP on establishing a system that can handle a enormous amount of data in a way that is convenient […]