A group of Smeal students spent the weekend visiting with the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett. He is the Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, a conglomerate holding company that has averaged about a 20% return in the last three decades. Think of it as a kind of pilgrimage for capitalists. The group started by […]
In front of a near-sellout crowd at the Jordan Center, the men’s team faltered yesterday, losing to Wisconsin for the second time this season, 54-44. This loss comes after the recent drubbing at the hands of Michigan on Thursday. It appears that the Lions are in a funk. At the game, three-point shooting, a staple […]
The time has come for you to do your civic duty by voting for Onward State in the US News and World Report-Best Alternative Media Contest! You should vote early and vote often! The contest, against the likes of Columbia’s Bwog, Wisconsin’s Critical Badger, and Berkeley’s The Daily Clog, is open until February 17th. Imagine […]
We obtained a copy of the email that UPUA President Gavin Keirans sent out to his list-serv imploring them to come to Monday’s rally to protest the cuts in Penn State’s appropriations for the upcoming budget year. While this may not seem like a major issue, it really could have a grave impact on the […]
Brett Bergen, a Penn State finance student, is starting a Penn State chapter of the Kairos Society. The Kairos Society “was founded because no other organization exists to bring together top caliber students from universities both with each other and with firms that foster this entrepreneurial spirit.” To that end, the organization sounds like a […]
“Had the price of looking been blindness, I would have looked.” Ralph Ellison, author of The Invisible Man You’ve never seen such a comprehensive collection of Black History as this one. Penn State University’s Paterno Library recently received a generous donation of over 10,000 books, letters, paintings, and sheet music from African-American bibliophile Charles L. […]