There’s been a lot of talk lately around campus about Penn State expenditures. This got some of us thinking about how much money the University invests in its second greatest asset (other than us, the students, of course): its faculty. Thanks to the Pennsylvania Joint Government Commission, this query can be answered. The report sensually […]
Ben Skalina at the Collegian just broke that Graham Spanier, in a Faculty Senate meeting this afternoon, significantly changed his tack in approaching the economic crisis. Penn State President Graham Spanier introduced the possibility of laying off “select positions” at Tuesday’s University Faculty Senate meeting. While he emphasized that budget savings would mostly come from […]
What: Drop in to see what SES is all about and learn about opportunities and programs provided by the Office of Student Activities. SES representatives will be available to talk about our workshop, presentation, and consultation services which we offer to organizations who are looking to develop themselves and to students wishing to engage in […]
What: Graham Spanier has invited two doctors to be on his show To The Best of My Knowledge to talk about childhood obesity. When: 7:00 pm Tonight Where: You can watch it on WPSU-TV (channel 3 on campus), listen to it on WPSU-FM (station 91.5), or stream it from this website. Cost: An hour of […]
When Miss America is being shown on TLC, you can tell that it’s jumped the shark. But, still, it’s cool that a Penn State grad represented Virginia in the competition. Miss Virginia, Tara Wheeler, competed in Las Vegas for Miss America. She is a 24-year old graduate of Penn State’s journalism program. While at Penn […]
Seeing as concerts are my favorite dry events at Penn State (this is even optional for most, too), it’s always great to hear of another one coming to town. This event takes us all the way back to 2003 (if you can remember that far back?) with Mae, a “first-gen emo” band that the satirists […]