Archive for October, 2007
PSU Traditions & Facebook
The Daily Collegian wrote on Monday that “New Traditions Won’t Start on Facebook”. We at Safeguard Old State beg to differ. The article defends its assertion by using this past weekend’s fail attempt at an “e-tradition” (to coin a new phrase in the PSU lexicon) of using blue glow sticks to augment our white-out in [...]
The Problem With Alcohol
The problem with alcohol in State College is that it gets blamed for nearly everything bad that happens downtown. Whenever a fight breaks out, or an accident happens, or when someone gets arrested for drinking underage, “alcohol” is blamed. A serviceable example exists in today’s article in The Daily Collegian: Police: Alcohol Adds To Crimes. [...]
UPUA Needs Dedicated Resources
The University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA)’s latest attempt to establish itself as a legitimate student government failed due to lack of voter turnout, according to today’s article in The Daily Collegian. UPUA Game Proposal Fails (TDC) — A week of gauging student interest in opening the Bryce Jordan Center for the football game against Purdue [...]
Student Trustees & Transparency
The Penn State Board of Trustees holds, among its nearly 50 seat membership, one slot open for a “student trustee” to represent the interests of the Penn State student community directly. Traditionally, this seat had been handed to someone from within the student government, but now the seat is being vacated after a number of [...]
Does The Borough Hate Freedom?
Student rental season is upon us yet again, and I find myself searching for a new house with my roommates someplace in the State College borough. Recently, I camped out overnight with a few roommates outside of Continental Real Estate — this is the one place left in town that attracts camp-outs based on their [...]
LateNight PennState: Children’s Games
Are you kidding me? I’ve joked before to others that “LateNight PennState” — the University’s anti-drinking public relations program — is basically a playground for students who wouldn’t be going out to drink anyway, but this is a new low for Late Night: Are giant super-soft colored puzzle pieces really a reasonable alternative for Penn [...]
