The AP reported yesterday that Pennsylvania’s 14 state-run universities raised 20% more donations in the 2007-08 fiscal year compared to the 2006-07 fiscal year. Roughly one-third of the contributions came from university alumni, while individuals donated 18 percent and organizations and corporations contributed 17 percent each. That’s only about 70%… where’d the rest come from? […]
“You can prepare kids for Penn State or the state pen.” Gene White, superintendent of the Indianapolis School System, commenting that Obama should not believe those who say the government is just blindly throwing money at education. Found in an article run by the Lexington Herald-Leader.
They’ve done it! Stephen Schuster and his amigos have successfully sequenced the full wooly mammoth genome, which comes in at over four billion DNA bases. Webb Miller said, We have shown that it’s possible for small groups of scientists to sequence entire genomes. The group responsible for the sequencing was still mum on whether or […]
We just saw that the Uni-Mart at 200 E College Ave has been emptied and shut down. Don’t know why yet. UPDATED: If you have any information about the death of this local Uni-Mart, drop us a line.
The folks behind JoePa’s Virtual Birthday tipped us off to this video promoting Wednesday’s Men’s Basketball game against MSU (6:30 pm at the Bryce Jordan Center). Check it out below.
The Collegian ran an article this morning about the situation in Gaza, and reactions to the crisis by Hillel and Students for Justice in Palestine. No Letters to the Editor have been run yet regarding the crisis, but if this fall is any indication, I think we can expect some either tomorrow or later this […]