
With a little less than a month until our favorite weekend of the year, this week will offer a variety of events for students to get involved and hyped for THON. Starting tonight with a THON Bowl, see what other events are scheduled for the rest of the week.

SOMA is looking for the bands and artists of the student body to provide the music for the 6th annual Arts Crawl which is scheduled for March 30th. Artists from disciples ranging from photography and sculpture will be represented, this open casting call is an opportunity for musicians at Penn State to have their jams heard. Learn more on how to apply (and try to catch the subtle Go Go Gadget diss) after the jump.

In my article announcing the newly established Canning Workshops, I expressed my views on their purpose. While I still have no doubt that these came largely from University pressure, I believed vital information could be taken in by attentive participants, and that a review of basic safety tips never does one wrong. After having attended the very first workshop Monday afternoon, I was not shocked to find my opinion realized.

If you’ve attended a basketball game since student's returned from winter break, you may have noticed something a little different coming from the pep band. The crowd favorite “Rock and Roll, Part Two” is gone, and gone for good according to the director of the Blue Band, Dr. Richard Bundy.

This series is influenced by (or lovingly ripped off from) NYU Local’s Drunk/Sober/High feature. After the jump, you’ll read the opinions of three writers who took it upon themselves to have a great night with differing ideals at The State Theatre's showing of The Big Lebowski this past Friday night.

The last stop on Rodney Erickson's three-city alumni town hall tour might well have been his best performance, as the Penn State President fielded questions from alumni on a variety of topics ranging from Joe Paterno's firing to how a professor can achieve emeritus status. The event, held Friday evening in Manhattan, featured a less robust attendance than either of Erickson's Pennsylvania appearances--in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia--but the 300 who made the trek to the Financial District and the Downtown Marriott on a bone-chillingly cold winter night came prepared to ask the right questions.