What do you do when it's too cold to not wear a jacket but not okay to wear your NorthFace? Don't worry, we've given you some options.
Last weekend, several Penn Staters traveled to the University of Michigan to compete in MHacks, the largest student-run hackathon in the world. Two of them returned with $3,500 prize courtesy of the Hearst Corporation, which you may recognize as a major magazine publisher and a 20-percent stakeholder in ESPN.
Though no legislation was actually on the agenda this week at UPUA, a small miracle happened, and legislation was in fact passed. Hallelujah.
As required by law, Penn State released its annual security report yesterday which discloses crime statistics over the past three years through 2012. The results show a drastic increase in forcible sexual offenses from 2011 to 2012, with reported incidents to the Penn State police nearly doubling over that time period.
Penn State Homecoming Executive Director Bobby Walter spoke at tonight's UPUA meeting to address an ongoing nuisance Homecoming is facing thanks to a vocal minority of the alumni base. According to Walter, a small group of alumni is upset about the decision to have former Penn State basketball star and human rights activist John Amaechi serve as Grand Marshal for the parade.
You've got rent, electricity, heat, cable, internet, parking, and groceries to worry about. And then there are the not-so-essential things that you don't want to live without. Gym memberships, beer for this weekend, bar tours, pumpkin spice lattes at Starbucks, orange chicken at Panda in the HUB, and all of the gear for your zillions of organizations (can you say "quarter-zip"?) are so tempting, and it's sad when you're too strapped for cash to indulge. So here are a few things you can do to help you start your own little "slush fund" that you can use for the aforementioned non-essentials and more.