Last week, Evan wondered what would happen if Penn State did away with its notorious Webmail system and adopted a 3rd-party service, like the ever-popular Gmail. The comments section soon filled with questions and tips on how to make Webmail work better and how to even replace it with Gmail. It hadn’t occurred to me […]
“Hunt rodents, not mastodons,” said technology shark Andy Ihnatko at an event last night. Ihnatko discussed the importance of creating web and journalism content part-time and for multiple publications. Essentially, should you take a restrictive staff job with a single newspaper or magazine? Not when print news is on its deathbed. (RIP). Freelance is the […]
The Security and Risk Analysis club held its second Counter-Terrorism Panel earlier tonight, with over 90 attendees. Hosted in the Cybertorium (113 IST Building), three outstanding speakers fielded questions by moderator Russ Beck as well as from the audience. You can find more about the speakers from the event announcement posted yesterday. The SRA Club […]
In this odd time of year, where it’s not quite football season but things are being set in motion (Blue White is in 9 days, after all), it’s always nice to get a significant piece of football news that isn’t a practice injury. Old rivals Penn State and Rutgers will renew their football series in […]
Lincoln Financial Field, home to the Philadelphia Eagles, had a few unwanted visitors last night. No, the New York Giants did not make an unscheduled appearance. Five undergrads from Villanova University broke in and stole a seat: Section 108, Row 30, Seat 1, to be exact. While working their mischief about 3 a.m., they were […]
Old Main had its biannual Open House yesterday, an event run by the redoubtable Lion Ambassadors. I stopped by to check it out and take some pictures. What is the Open House? In short, the Ambassadors took us around Old Main pointing out the different offices and introducing us to “historical figures” played by other […]