As with any place filled with large amounts of drunks, the brilliance of the inebriated individual you hear carrying on a conversation can be astounding. Over the course of several house, apartment, frat and 21st birthday parties, and several drunk food hotspots, we compiled some of the best of the week. Welcome to Overheard: Penn State Syllabus Week edition.
Financially illiterate Penn State students, fear no longer. UPUA and University Libraries joined forces to create a Student Financial Education Center, set to open next Tuesday, Jan. 21, to advise students on loan management and other essential budgeting issues in college.
Remember that time students voted for a "We Are" statue instead of a Rec Hall beautification project or a donation to the Penn State Hershey Center for the Protection of Children? The class of 2013's legacy will soon be cemented, as the "We Are" statue design was released at the Board of Trustees Committee on Finance, Business and Capital Planning meeting today.
While you probably have some semblance of a Penn State bucket list in your head, very few people actually lay it all out or organize those treasured Penn State experiences into something meaningful. The new website and initiative called Lion's List hopes to change that. Led by Executive Director and Penn State senior Corbin Reno, the project launched on Monday
UPUA gathered in the HUB this Wednesday for its first meeting of the semester, and though new business was light, a couple important issues were discussed including CAPS funding and a potential increase of the Student Activity Fee. Both discussions were tangential to UPUA's authority, but nevertheless, opinions were asked for and heard.
Syllabus Week is upon us, which means it’s once again time to attend a week’s worth of pointless classes and cry over your overpriced textbooks. This guide lists the top 10 ways to start the semester off right.