According to a recent Huffington Post article, Penn State is ranked #2 on The Princeton Review's College Rankings of "Financial Aid Not So Great." This ranking puts PSU just behind New York University (#1) and in front of the University of Maryland (#3). Penn State is also one of three Pennsylvania universities that make the top ten on this list, including Duquesne University (#6) and Villanova University (#8).
With the help of ScanEye -- a website that monitors public torrent usage based on IP addresses -- Torrent Freak obtained a list of the most active universities using torrent networks. Penn State University ranks 25th in the country on the list with 381 "hits" since last November.
Most of you probably haven't heard the name of J.M. Coetzee. Regardless, it's still a big deal, since Coetzee, an acclaimed South African-born author, will be on hand at Penn State on Thursday evening to be honored with a medal by the Institute of Arts and Humanities, as well as to give a reading from some of his works. The ceremony begins at 7 p.m. in the State Theatre.
The Senate met yesterday in the Kern Building to discuss and vote on two motions that would send statements of disapproval to the NCAA on behalf of the Penn State faculty. Both motions seemed to garner very little verbal support, and neither passed following a vote.
On November 6, 2012, voters across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will cast their votes for the office of Attorney General. Democrat Kathleen Kane is one of the candidates up for election. Besides leading an investigation into the handling of the Jerry Sandusky case; find out more about Kane's platform in Onward State's elusive one-on-one interview.
The main focus of Amaechi's speech was that we can all "live big," as he does on a daily basis. When he came out of the closet, becoming the first openly gay NBA player, he realized that the little things in life matter most. The thousands of different situations that occur on a daily basis make such a huge difference in the lives of others. If you are aware of how big you are to these little situations, you can instantly make people feel better.