The New York Times ran an article this week about the popularity of club sports teams on college campuses. An estimated two million college students play competitive club sports compared with about 430,000 involved in athletics governed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Here’s the list of club […]
This evening at 5:00, SOS held the first of three colloquii meetings to discuss the relationship between students, faculty, alumni, and trustees. The meeting in 106 HUB featured two guest speakers; Anne Neal, President of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA); and Charles Mitchell, Program Director of the same organization. Neal was recently […]
How much do you value your privacy? Judging by the number of Sunday morning Facebook albums depicting Saturday night escapades, not much; so, I expect that if Penn State were to conduct a study like the one currently going on at MIT, many students would participate. The New York Times reported this weekend that a […]
The Collegian ran a profile today of Roy Baker, the Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life. This was the lede, When students take a seat in Roy Baker’s office, they might be surprised by what he has on his desk. Baker, director of fraternity and sorority life, is a proud owner of a Staples Easy […]
For those of you that couldn’t score John Legend tickets, Eve 6, that talented, not quite one-hit-wonder group from Southern California, will be performing in HUB Alumni Hall this Thursday at 9 PM. Tickets for the free show are available at the HUB ticket office. Eve 6 is best known for their songs, “Inside Out” […]
Apparently, college kids lack taste when it comes to magazines, clothing, and pretty much everything else, according to Gawker and Ad Age. The post on Gawker notes that: Is it possible that college students—rather than being our nation’s elite—are just unsophisticated dolts, like the rest of America? According to a new survey, college kids’ favorite […]