
Federal student loan interest rates are set to double on Monday as the Senate continues to shut down various proposals that would prevent the rates from instantly doubling from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent.

You already know Sneezy the Penn State Squirrel all too well, but there's another squirrel in town — one that wishes students a happy, safe birthday when they turn 21.
The surveys are in and the result is clear -- Penn State students are consuming alcohol at nearly the same rate as they have over the last six years, despite widespread university efforts to to combat the drinking "problem." Penn State Student Affairs Research and Assessment recently released its annual report on alcohol which randomly surveyed 1,174 Penn State students about their drinking habits in college. The results are similar to that of the survey's origin in 2008.

For freshmen, navigating campus and figuring out what to do for fun can be extremely challenging, particularly during a season when there are far fewer people to ask questions. So, Onward State's upperclassmen compiled a list of summer do's and don'ts, taken from past observations. (We were all freshmen once.)

Marijuana MAKES You Violent asserts not only that cannabis causes cancer, muscular dystrophy, influenza, diabetes, diarrhea, brain death, spinal collapse (among many other horrifying ailments), but also kills millions annually. Oh, and it makes you raving mad and violent, too.