In honor of National Coming Out Week, Penn State’s LGBTA Student Resource Center arranged for "Orange is the New Black" star and admirable transgender activist Laverne Cox to give a free lecture to 800 lucky students.
Onward State went backstage with Cirque Du Soleil to see exactly what it takes to put on a performance.
Humans of New York author Brandon Stanton is always behind the camera. He has made a living off of taking pictures of strangers on the street as asking them questions. From there he places them on his Tumblr blog. But for a man who makes a living in behind the camera, his own life is a story in its own right. When SPA invited Stanton to give a speech as part of their Distinguished Speaker Series, the public was finally able to find out more about the man behind the globally recognized site.
By day, they are the Special Education Department, esteemed professors and academics, but by night David McNaughton, Charlie Hughes, David Lee, and Douglas Dexter transform. With the help of their instruments they become the Grateful SPLED, Penn State's favorite cover band.
At last night's Guarding of the Shrine the lion ambassadors convinced Sue Paterno to get down to Taylor Swift's "Shake it Off" after her speech.
The Porterfield Group, the same company that has brought us "The Joe We Know" and "365 Days: A Year in Happy Valley," is now coming out with one last film to celebrate Joe Paterno. But unlike the conventional JoePa tribute, "The People’s Joe" aims to distill the Paterno story we all know.