Archive for May, 2008
The Means & Ends: The New Health Services Building
The Centre Daily Times reported earlier this week on the completed University Health Services building, which will replace Ritenour in less than ten days. I think Penn Staters can universally agree that the Ritenour building was not large enough for the needs of modern health service on our campus. Certainly, something needed to be done, [...]
Why Is The Student Activity Fee Subsidizing Gym Costs?
Upon logging into Penn State’s Fitness Department’s website earlier today to buy my summer fitness membership (which allows me access to three different on-campus gyms) I was greeted by a message that both surprised and frustrated me. Unbeknownst to me, our student activity fee dollars are now being funneled into support the operation of the [...]
Marty Nemko, U.S. News Editor, Talks Higher Education
The LION 90.7fm, Penn State Student Radio, welcomed U.S. News & World Report Contributing Editor Marty Nemko on the air earlier this week to discuss higher education and the worth of a bachelor’s degree. Nemko appeared on The LION 90.7fm‘s public affairs talk program Radio Free Penn State (weeknights, 5-6pm). Andy Nagypal, host of Radio [...]
CDT Reader Reaction To The ‘Student Facilities Fee’
We’re cross-posting the Centre Daily Times reader reaction to the Sat., May 17 article PSU Trustees Approve Facilities Fee. Since the Centre Daily Times unfortunately does not keep a living archive of its articles, we wanted to document the community reaction to this fee here for posterity on Safeguard Old State. What a shocker. This [...]
NPR: Are College Degrees A Waste Of Money?
Talk of the Nation on National Public Radio recently featured a rather provocative interview with Marty Nemko, Contributing Editor to U.S. News & World Report. Nemko penned an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education this month titled “America’s Most Overrated Product: The Bachelor’s Degree.” Are College Degrees a Waste of Money? (NPR) May 12, [...]
Graham Spanier, Editorials & Financial Accountability
The Centre Daily Times recently ran an editorial lauding the Penn State Alumni Association for its recent creation of a $2.1 million dollar fund that will allow for 35 new annual scholarships to be awarded to financially strapped students at the University. Alumni Group Leads By Example (CDT) April 28 — The Penn State Alumni [...]
