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12th Annual State College Microbrewers Expo

This past Saturday, I had the unique opportunity to spend 4 hours drinking beer.

Sounds like every single Saturday at Penn State right?  Well, the average college student never expands his horizons in terms of beer much past Miller, Coors, Bud, Natty (I think some fraternities still believe Natty is the only beer in the world).  I, [...]

IST THON

We have completed the first week as an organization for IST THON and the progress is really refreshing. I hope we don’t lose steam when classes end.

But first, I’ll provide some background.

After THON this year I was reflecting on how at a IST Student Government meeting Sophomore year, we talked about how we had lost our [...]

Happy Valley: Spring 2010 Edition

Well I am entrenched in Syllabus Week (WooHoo!) and figured it was time for an update.

I have 15 credits this semester, a pretty normal workload for the normal student.  While I am doing way more work than in Fall 2009, it is still a slower semester for me.  I am taking:

Security and Risk Analysis 468: Visual [...]

Capital One Bowl

Now that I am a few days removed from my trip to Orlando, I figured I would share some thoughts.

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My Trip to Orlando for the Capital One Bowl

Well today is the day.  I am leaving Tyrone for a few days to head down to Orlando to see Penn State take on LSU in the Capital One Bowl.  We got in line for tickets earlier this month at 5am in frigid temperatures, we planned hotels and driving arrangements, now it is time for the [...]

BREAKING NEWS: Crows Flock to Penn State to See Fireworks Show

In a shocking turn of events, crows are now converging on the Pennsylvania State University’s University Park campus to watch fireworks that were originally devised to make them leave.

In 2009, The Office of the Physical Plant (OPP) at Penn State decided that they had had enough.  Crows on the campus were a nuisance and they must fight back.  Teaming up with the State College Borough, the new task force set out on an epic journey to relocate the crow population.  They took professional classes on the uses of screamers and bangers (this may be a satire if you will, but this part is 100% true people), they hung crow’s in effigy in popular nesting places, etc.

But now the crows fight back.

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Snow May Be Falling, But Work is What's Piling Up

Isn’t it strange that when inspiration strikes it’s never when you want it to?

I have a ballroom dance testing, two papers to write, and two finals to study for but what have I done for the last three hours? Listen to music, duh. Three albums stream through my headphones as I stare out the window and watch this beautiful snow fall as if I had never seen the little frozen rain droplets before.

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Inauguration Sensation

I thought that typing up the first post for this brand new blog was only appropriate to occur after 2 in the morning. [...]

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