
Starting next week, the Student Film Organization will begin accepting submissions for the Blue and White Film Festival, which takes place on Sunday, April 22nd. Learn more about the festival--which will be free to students--and about how to submit a film after the jump.

The Penn State Thespians were founded in 1897 by Dr. Fred Lewis Pattee and Dr. John H. Leete, making them the university's oldest student organization as they have reached their 115th year. But that's not the only landmark that they reached in 2012, as their premiere of "Aida" next Thursday will mark their their 200th show.

On Thursday, Aron Ralston visited Penn State, and shared with us how he came to realize that the most important things in his life were with his family, with his friends, with the people that he encountered and the relationships that he made. Read more about Ralston's speech after the jump.

Anyone who follows the history of UPUA certainly has a soft spot in their heart for Gavin Keirans, who served as UPUA President for two terms from 2008-2010. And today, former President TJ Bard and current President Courtney Lennartz tweeted pictures of a special package they received from Gavin.

Today in Bellefonte, Judge Cleland heard brief comments from both the defense of Jerry Sandusky and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

A few weeks ago, Cory Trimm, creator of the new website PennStateStudents.com, was hit with an idea. Interestingly enough, the inspiration came from Sweden, the first country that allows its citizens to control its official Twitter account. Cory wanted to take this a step further for Penn State, though. He wondered what would happen if there was a Penn State Twitter account that was not home to only one curator per week, but to tens of thousands of voices with an infinite variety of things to share.