Ask any group of Penn State students what the biggest issue is facing the university today and you're likely to hear tuition first almost every time. Such was the central topic of discussion last night at the Schreyer Honors College's Shaping the Future Summit, which featured a keynote address from President Eric Barron.
Following in the footsteps of the University of Chicago, Penn State decided it will not continue to host a Confucius Institute for Chinese studies after Dec. 2014. The controversial program will close due to differing goals between Penn State's College of Liberal Arts and the Hanban, an affiliate of the Chinese Ministry of Education and division that oversees the institute.
In honor of final exam schedules being recently released, Onward State is looking for the most unforgiving, stressful, and absolute worst exam schedule any student has ever endured. If you think your schedule is one of the toughest in history then we want to see it!
Penn State’s Men’s Hockey team, entering its second year as a varsity sport, added three recruits for the 2014-15 season. Looking to build on an 8-26-2 Big Ten debut, head coach Guy Gadowsky added freshmen Scott Conway, James Robinson, and Erik Autio.
The College Republicans are bringing Lawrence Reed, Jonah Goldberg, and Judge Andrew Napolitano to campus next week for their annual truth week.
Lamb is that person you've seen walking around campus with a full-sized mattress. She organized this mattress carry at Penn State after reading about Columbia student Emma Sulkowicz, one of 23 students who filed a federal Title IX complaint last semester after the university mishandled cases of rape and sexual assault.