Friday brought the regrettable revelation that DRM-based music service Ruckus, Penn State’s replacement for the once-free Napster, had shut down. If Ruckus’ inferiority didn’t have you downloading music illegally already, it’s sudden death might. So, in the interest of a lawsuit-free Penn State, a few of us at Onward State decided to explore the legal […]
Penn State will be hosting a lecture series with the Honorable Richard Butler AC, former Australian Ambassador to the United Nations and expert in nuclear arms control and disarmament. Butler served as the U.N.’s chief arms inspector for Iraq from 1997 to 1999. All lectures will be held in the Greg Sutliff Auditorium of the […]
A group of Smeal students spent the weekend visiting with the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett. He is the Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, a conglomerate holding company that has averaged about a 20% return in the last three decades. Think of it as a kind of pilgrimage for capitalists. The group started by […]
In front of a near-sellout crowd at the Jordan Center, the men’s team faltered yesterday, losing to Wisconsin for the second time this season, 54-44. This loss comes after the recent drubbing at the hands of Michigan on Thursday. It appears that the Lions are in a funk. At the game, three-point shooting, a staple […]
There are more than 38,000 permanent residents in State College, Pennsylvania. There are more than twice as many students that live part-time in University Park for undergraduate and graduate studies throughout the course of the year. In addition to all of this, who could forget the constant traffic that streams through this Centre County hot […]
The time has come for you to do your civic duty by voting for Onward State in the US News and World Report-Best Alternative Media Contest! You should vote early and vote often! The contest, against the likes of Columbia’s Bwog, Wisconsin’s Critical Badger, and Berkeley’s The Daily Clog, is open until February 17th. Imagine […]