
A small electrical fire forced the evacuation of a near-capacity Pollock computer lab on Thursday night and was quickly extinguished by a fast-acting student.

In case you didn't already pick up on the weather trends for February in State College, it is going to be very cold this THON weekend. Last year was a nice exception with unusually warm temperatures, but this year will, unfortunately, not be as nice.

This evening, just as 708 dancers will take to their feet and kick off THON weekend, a dedicated and exhausted group of runners will be finishing the trek from the Penn State Hershey Medical Center to the Bryce Jordan Center.

Powerhouse EDM DJ Steve Aoki will take to the turntables inside the Bryce Jordan Center on April 10 at 7 p.m. The show is yet another huge name brought to the arena by Levels, and is certainly the first time that we can expect to see a BJC performer throw cakes into the crowd.

THON has updated the procedure for entering the BJC tomorrow after news about an impending "polar vortex" was announced for the eastern United States.

With the NFL Combine in full swing this week in Indianapolis, Texans head coach Bill O'Brien took the podium to offer his first public comments on the removal of the NCAA sanctions against Penn State -- the sanctions O'Brien had to fight tooth and nail as the leader of the Nittany Lions.