State Senator Jake Corman announced today that the NCAA has agreed to not disperse any of the $12 million already paid by Penn State as part of the NCAA sanctions. Corman is suing the NCAA to keep all of the fine money inside Pennsylvania, which is entirely separate from Governor Corbett's lawsuit to just throwout the sanctions.
Nominations for the three alumni seats up for grabs in this year's Board of Trustees election began yesterday. Trustees Paul Suhey and Stephnie Deviney are both up for reelection, while the third seat is still vacant from Steve Garban's resignation in July.
Penn State must finally be reading all of your jokes on Twitter, because for the second time in the academic year, classes have been canceled due to inclement weather.
The university has canceled classes and activities this morning until 10 a.m. Classes that begin at or after 10 a.m. are still on as scheduled.
The Penn State Alumni Association offers trips to various locations across the globe, and this coming March the organization is planning a trip to none other than the highly coveted vacation spot: Cuba.
Penn State students are continuing to take further initiative in creating a sustainable Penn State with the formation of the Inaugural Student Sustainability Leader Summit, which will be held on January 25th from 10:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Heritage Hall section of the HUB. The formation of the leader summit comes after years of largely unsuccessful attempts to organize and mobilize many of the student organizations with a strong focus on green and sustainabile progress at Penn State.
While not exactly breaking news, many Penn State students remain unaware of the ongoing effort that is the Newspaper Readership Program. You may not know that there are digital versions of newspapers available to you subscription-free. Most notably, The New York Times and The Chronicle of Higher Education have programs which allow you access to an unlimited number of articles once you sign up for a free account using your psu.edu email address.