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Penn Stater Mag Hits the Soccer Field

Penn State has a pretty good women’s soccer team. When I say pretty good, I mean really, really awesome. On that team is one of the best women’s goalies in the country: Alyssa Naeher. She’s so good, in fact, that she was the starting goalie for the US Women’s U20 National Team that won the […]

SHC Recycles Scholarships

In the Schreyer Honors College, most students receive $3,500 annually in merit scholarships.  However, the failing economy has caused the SHC to rethink the circulation of these scholarships, as reported in a Centre Daily Times article. Now, the SHC asks parents if they’d consider donating their children’s scholarships back to the college.  Schreyer then gives […]

Some Kid’s Mom and a Case of Mistaken Identity

What’s this? A new Internet meme that originated at Penn State! This must be my lucky day. This afternoon, Jeff Rosenberg at College Humor posted a funny Facebook conversation his brother sent him about his friend’s conversation with a confused mom. It gets better. Much better.

IFC Trains Greeks on Planning the Perfect Party

This past Sunday, the Interfraternity Council (IFC) hosted its second of two events as part of its Social Policy training. This event was titled, “The Perfect Party Training Session.” According to the IFC Press Release, authored by Zachary Meli (senior – economics), IFC Vice President for Communications: IFC Executives worked with the brothers of Sigma […]

Question of the Day: Tickets, Anyone?

Since I’m pretty well known around Penn State for all my inquisitive questions, I don’t really need tickets to get into games. Of course, not everyone can just waltz into the Beav and head directly to the President’s Box. For years students have flooded past the turnstiles at the gates of the Beav with paper […]

Increased Drunkenness, Rowdiness Directly Related to Drink Prices

The cheaper the beer, the drunker students will get. That’s what recent research at the University of Florida has proven with college bars. At the bar scene, offering specials on beer is directly tied to increased rowdiness among college students. But as long as they’re making money, bars have no intentions on cutting back the […]

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