The Higher Ed Watch blog ranked the BCS teams in order of academic strength. Penn State took the third position. Boston College owned the competition for the second consecutive year, taking the top spot in the Academic BCS rankings. But two Big Ten schools, Northwestern and Penn State, gave the Eagles a closer run for […]
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As Penn Staters PC users at Penn State have free access to Ruckus, a “completely legal and advertising supported music service geared exclusively to the college community.” Tracks downloaded from Ruckus use Microsoft’s DRM technology, so they aren’t compatible with iPods. In short, the Ruckus program doesn’t fill the music needs of many students. [ed. […]
A.Q. Shipley has to be on cloud nine right now. Or cloud #57. The Nittany Lions football center and offensive co-captain will be named the winner of the Rimington Trophy, the award for best center, tonight during the ESPN/Home Depot College Football Awards Show. He’s the first ever Penn State football player to win the […]
Left of Centre, a.k.a. Veblen, noticed something pretty interesting on Graham Spanier’s Chronicle of Higher Education’s Brainstorm blog. For the full story, check out Left of Centre. The Chronicle’s policy regarding comments changed significantly. Here’s the before and after comparison:
The Indiana Daily Student News ran this announcement, IU announced Wednesday it will be offering students free Adobe software. The software became available after the University entered into an agreement with Adobe. Some software that is included in the agreement are InDesign, Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Acrobat and Bridge. Wouldn’t it be cool if Penn […]