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A Christmas Spectacular in State College

First off, before I begin, I have to thank the BJC Staff for allowing us to review this show and the amazing seats. After Graham Spanier exited stage left, ringing his sleigh bells, the world famous Rockettes took the stage in a reindeer motif to introduce Santa, who whisks us away on a holiday adventure. […]

How Poor Is Centre County?

The Census Bureau loves talking about money, or the lack thereof. While poverty is more than a simple economic problem, factors such as income are still important. On Wednesday, the Census Bureau released its 2008 data on poverty and income for all of the nation’s 3,000 counties. Check out this super infographic on the New […]

A Webcam Section In Beaver Stadium for Online Students?

No, that’s not happening, but it seems like it would soon become an option with Penn State’s World Campus online course system seeing record levels of enrollment. Never heard of it? Well it’s basically Penn State’s online campus for students who want to attend Penn State but for whatever crazy reason do NOT want to […]

The Crows Are Back

Office of the Physical Plant workers are preparing for battle for the third year in a row. The enemy? Crows – hailing from Canada and New England. OPP has tried a lot of pretty interesting tactics to scare the crows away from the grounds of Penn State and State College. Here’s a rundown of what’s […]

UPAC to Hold Open Meetings

For the first time since its inception, the University Park Allocation Committee (UPAC) will now hold open meetings – you can finally see how your over $3.2 million worth of Student Activity Fees are spent. UPAC assigns funds to programming, travel, equipment and media, service trips over breaks, and entertainment (i.e. BJC performances and events […]

Obama Wants Kids To Go To School

Last February, Pres. Obama made announcements in a joint session of Congress that he had plans to boost the level of students that attend post-secondary educational institutions in a plan he hopes will see an increase to 60% of US college attainment levels by the year 2020. Now leaders of colleges and universities all over […]

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