What's HackPSU? Think of the hacking scene -- minus the tequila shots, sorry -- from the from the Social Network; add 160 (and counting) entrepreneurs from Penn State, UPenn, Michigan, Carnegie Mellon, Illinois, and Pitt; and, for good measure, throw in Reddit co-founder Steve Huffman along with other Silicon Valley big shots as judges for the event.
With the Penn State Board of Trustees election coming up next month, it's anyone's guess as to which three candidates of the 39 running will win.. The most powerful group aimed at reforming the Board of Trustees -- Penn Staters for Responsible Stewardship -- is likely to have significant influence on the outcome of the election. The group claims more than 18,000 members worldwide, and considering that just over 37,000 ballots were cast last year during an election that will most likely have the highest voter turnout ever, the group's endorsement should hold some weight.
TEDxPSU is heading into its fourth year of existence, but the organization has already established itself as an annual "must attend" event for active members of the Penn State community. Yesterday's third annual TEDxPSU: "Yesterday's Frontiers, Tomorrow's Horizons" reinforced that statement more than ever before.
It's no secret that many people question both the quality and motives of The Board of Trustees. In light of recent meetings and the upcoming elections, one writer decided to assemble his own Board of Trustees Dream Team.
The Penn State Board of Trustees met at the Hershey Medical Center yesterday to discuss (and debate) a laundry list of matters and topics, including, you guessed it, the Freeh report.
Before today's Penn State Board of Trustees meeting got underway in Hersey this afternoon, former United States Attorney General Dick Thornburgh, who helped commission the Paterno report released last month, released a statement denouncing personal insults and urging the Board of Trustees to publicly review both the Freeh and Paterno report.