Students who use subsidized Stafford loans to pay for college might not be completely screwed after all.
While University Park's commencement speaker list left quite a bit to be desired, our branch campus Lehigh Valley made out quite well, nailing down actor Jeffrey Tambor to address its 67 member graduating class.
State College is the 8th-most bro-friendly city in America according to Estately, a real-estate firm dabbling in bro-metrics.
If there's two things Penn Staters love, it's philanthropy and online voting competitions focused on school pride. Mix the two together and the Penn State community becomes a potent force that can't be beaten.
That's what the Penn State Interfraternity Council hopes, at least.
Creeped out by Craigslist? Put off by eBay's hidden fees and surcharges? Irked by bookstore buyback prices? A new website for buying and selling items for Penn State students may be some salvation. Registration for LionBids.com opened Monday, said founder and Penn State sophomore Alex Slick.
Freshmen who were shut out of the ticket sale last week will get a second chance tomorrow. Penn State Athletics is paying its penance by releasing an additional 1,500 seats for students to make up for the Ticketmaster glitch that had many freshmen upset. The Ticketmaster website crashed for the first 25 minutes of the freshmen sale Thursday leaving many freshmen and Penn State ticket office employees helpless and locked out of the sale.