It was everything you could ask for in a UPUA meeting and more -- no-holds-barred debate on leadership organization and parliamentary procedure regarding a budget commission, unanimous votes (surprise, surprise) on legislation, and powerpoint presentations on both a revamped housing database website and a partnership with the Princeton Review for test prep courses. Truly tantalizing stuff.
In a first of it's kind event in State College, tonight, Levels Nightclub has decided to host a "Students for Barack Obama" night. While the event is not an official Obama for America campaign event, but rather the "Students for Barack Obama," the purpose of such events is simple; Reengage the student-age voters who were successfully mobilized during Barack Obama's 2008 presidential run.
Everyone's favorite student government organization, the University Park Undergraduate Association -- or UPUA -- will hold their first general assembly meeting of the semester tonight. Expect an unusually large turnout of six students at this evening's meeting as there is some hefty legislation on the agenda that will be debated and voted on.
Though Penn State’s party rankings might have dropped this year, students can still be proud of a consistently high LGBT-friendly campus rating.
Awarded by Campus Pride, the LGBT-friendly Campus Climate Index takes eight factors – including campus safety and health support – into account. Yet again, Penn State received a ranking of five stars, which is the highest rank possible from the CCI.
It wasn’t until the end of my first semester that I began to understand Happy Valley slang -- and I’ll admit that I continue to learn new terms from time to time. However, since I’d never wish that pitiful feeling of sheer cluelessness upon any innocent freshmen, I decided to compile a list of these terms. Call it Penn State’s version of Urban Dictionary.
Once upon a time, students residing in residence halls across campus were forced to live according to a 10 GB per week bandwidth limit. However, students no longer need to worry about having their connection halted, because these limits are now a thing of the past.