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Chalk One Up For USAS

As the Collegian reported this afternoon, Penn State will officially terminate its contract with Russell Athletic in the wake of alleged unfair labor practices: Damon Sims, vice president for Student Affairs, wrote in an e-mail to members of United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) Friday morning that the university will terminate its licensing contract with the […]

Send us your THON pictures

We’re going to be doing a ton of Thon coverage this weekend, and we want to get your help with it. Send us any pictures you want to share to [email protected].

Thursday’s USAS sit-in, a video by the Collegian

Highlights in the video: Graham Spanier does not have an open door policy, he has ‘Office Hours.’ Don’t really know what that means. The administration had people at the rally with the Honduran workers, and got annoyed when the workers were late. (We’re still trying to figure out how they paid for their national college […]

Overheard on Twitter

What do you guys think? Do you have the sniffles? Feeling ill? Do you “has the Flu”? Update: Google.org has this cool page that shows the incidence of the flu across the country based on how often flu-related searches are typed into the Google search box. You can look at the country as a whole […]

Don’t let the door hit ya…

Anybody still looking for a place to live next semester? The Daily Collegian and the Centre Daily Times are both reporting in late online editions today that Beta Theta Pi, the on-campus fraternity which was “suspended until further notice” last week, has been officially disbanded and will be forced to evacuate their 220 N. Burrowes […]

Getting ready for THON, reading the documents

This is a collection of interesting facts we’ve come across about THON. According to this passage from the THON Rulebook, THON groups aren’t allowed to ask any businesses in the area for money. I wonder how much this actually happens… 2.1.4    Solicitation of Local (Centre County) Companies: No group may solicit Centre County or State […]

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