The NITtany Lions were victorious last night in the NIT Championship game, beating Baylor 69-63. The title was the first for the Nittany Lions in 10 N.I.T. appearances. The senior Jamelle Cornley, an emotional leader, scored 18 points and picked up a technical foul with his partially dislocated left shoulder heavily wrapped. Penn State sent […]
Turnout in yesterday’s UPUA election reached an all time high of 6,801 votes, handily beating the previous record of 5,936, which was set in 2007. The Collegian reports: [Valerie] Russell (senior-political science) added the high turnout could be attributed to the work of the elections commission’s getting the vote out in the weeks before the […]
I guess Nittany Nation has “descended-upon” the Big Apple in full force ahead of tonight’s NIT Championship Game. And, apparently, someone did not appreciate that. Go State! [HT: @Micala]
The Collegian (which– April Fools!– I don’t actually want to buy) has been going through an internal discussion regarding its policy on writers and their personal blogs (and, ostensibly, other online presences). We noticed the ramifications of the internal discussion when one Collegian editor launched, shut down, and then relaunched a blog in the course […]
Have you ever dreamed of having a doctoral degree, despite having no formal PhD education? Well, now you can – provided that you have “national or international significance” and aren’t on the Penn State payroll – with the help of Penn State’s Honorary Degree Nomination Extravaganza! Yes, with the help of a few thousand friends […]
The University Park undergraduate student body reelected Gavin Keirans for a second term as UPUA President in yesterday’s election. Keirans earned 53.9% of the vote. Nearly 7,000 students voted in this year’s election, the largest turn out ever for a UPUA election (granted, there have been only four). Samantha Miller, Keirans’ main competition (discounting “Borsuck” […]