State Sen. John Yudichak, a Democrat representing Luzerne, Carbon and Monroe counties, and Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Jake Corman, a Republican representing Centre county, will host a news conference addressing the need for governance reform of the Penn State Board of Trustees.
Sometimes pizza just isn't what you want as you stumble home from your Thirsty Thursday festivities. When a good old-fashioned slice won't hit the spot (or when it's too cold to even consider standing in a long line at Canyon), Taco Bell awaits inebriated college folk and offers them a warm indoor embrace. And burritos.
It was something of a necessary chore, but Penn State predictably got the job done against Purdue this Saturday in an uninspiring 45-21 victory at Beaver Stadium.
Halloween may be over, but that doesn’t mean Penn State has had its fill of the spooky and spiritual. Monica Ten-Kate may seem like your average 19-year-old sophomore, except for one extraordinary talent — she talks to the dead.
A trailer for a film about Betsy Aardsma, the student murdered in the stacks of Pattee Library, was released. The State Theatre will screen the film on January 19 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for senior citizens and students.
Transparency has always been a buzz word at Penn State, especially during the last two years. Legions of alumni and students have urged Penn State to become more open with its budget, decision making, and communications, although there is a natural resistance from the university to that push. Ryan Bagwell, a 2002 graduate and former Board of Trustees candidate, has taken that push one step forward into the courts. Bagwell takes habit of filing Right to Know Law requests -- 26 of them, according to his website -- to obtain documents relating to the business of the Board of Trustees and the university.