'Twas only 15 years ago this week that the Penn State World Campus powered up its server and started offering Penn State degrees to students online. 41 students in five academic programs embarked on the maiden World Campus voyage in January 1998. Now in its 15th year, the World Campus boasts nearly 12,000 students studying more than 90 programs and degrees.
Interfraternity Council President Chip Ray is under scrutiny for insensitive Tweets sent from his Twitter account in October when he was the Vice President of the IFC.
If you happen to see some smoke coming from the Arboretum in the coming days and weeks -- don't panic! Penn State is taking care of some brush with a series of controlled burns in the area. The university released a statement earlier this week:
Eight people, all students at Penn State, have been charged with furnishing alcohol to minors in the Paige Raque incident, according to a police press release.
I have always had this perception that Gattaca is right around the corner. By the time my generation has children, it should be as easy as going to see a doctor and saying, "Well, you know, Doc, I have had bum knees my whole life. Can you give my boy the right genes so that his knees stay good?"
This video has been circulating around Penn State networks over the last few days, showing Penn State political science professor Errol Henderson in a snowy showdown with the Willard Preacher last week.