I’ve written before on Safeguard Old State about students who, “doing the unexpected,” can become leaders in their communities even as undergraduates. Gavin Keirans even scored a front page story in The Daily Collegian earlier this year for his thoughts on the subject. Today, a friend of Safeguard Old State e-mailed me another story of [...]
At Penn State, one of the keys to our school has been an appreciation by the faculty of the vital role which physical residency played in developing and molding young people in the Nittany Valley.
If we can learn how to take the many small parts of the Pennsylvania State University and form a common identity in the 21st century, we’ll have done something truly remarkable.
It would be absurd for Mayor Bill Welch to invoice Penn Staters for the increased police costs of this weekend’s festivities, yet last month he did just that for a different festivity.
When the newly elected members of the State College Borough Council came into office earlier this year, they quickly moved to reach out publicly to the student population, and to, as The Daily Collegian phrased it, “tighten bonds” with Penn Staters here in Happy Valley.
Now, over two months after they stated their intentions, have these [...]
Jerry “J.J.” Livingston, last year’s President of the Council of Commonwealth Student Governments (CCSG) has put his name in the race for State Representative in the 71st district.
Safeguard Old State Executive Director Tom Shakely sat down with the PSN-TV to discuss student fee changes. THE VIDEO IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR ONLINE VIEWING.
Did the use of Student Activity Fee (SAF) dollars on transportation for this week’s Rally in the Rotunda violate the rules on how student funds are to be spent? Read on and let us know what you think.
The Annual Rally in the Rotunda, while a nice idea, is underpromoted by its students and undercut by an administration that refuses to be transparent in terms of its annual operating budget.
We all know that close to $500,000 is wasted every year on an ineffective program called Late Night Penn State. Instead of subsidizing the cost of pizza, hot dogs and board games, we subsidize the Centre Area Transportation Authority, or CATA, to offer buses until 4am on Thursday thru Saturday?