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Mascne
RuthAnn Dave Lifestyles Editor rud24@psu.edu This past year has been filled with COVID, vaccines, masks and mask acne or better known as “mascne.” Wearing masks all day can trap humidity, moisture and sweat beneath a hot surface causing acne to form around the nose, mouth and jawline. Since students and faculty have to wear masks…
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How to Re-Adjust to On-Campus College
RuthAnn Dave Lifestyles Editor rud24@psu.edu Well folks…we did it. After spending 18 long, stressful months battling with various technical difficulties, classes getting canceled last minute and missing classes due to COVID, we can finally ease our ways back to a quasi-normal life here at Penn State Behrend. As of August 23rd, 2021, almost all courses…
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Jeopardy’s Newest Controversial Hostess – Mayim Bialik
Stephanie Logue Staff Writer szl414@psu.edu Mayim Bialik, known for her roles on shows such as “Blossom” and “The Big Bang Theory” will take over as the host of “Jeopardy!” for its 38th season starting September 13th, 2021. Bialik has a doctorate degree in neuroscience from the University of California, Los Angeles with a history of…
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Spider-Man No Way Home Trailer Takes the Internet by Storm
Kyle McCoy A/E Editor kzm266@psu.edu On Monday, August 23rd the highly anticipated trailer for Spider-Man no way home was released. The trailer quickly took the internet by storm garnering over 355.5 million views in just 24 hours shattering a record previously held by the trailer for Avengers: Endgame. The trailer itself focuses on Peter’s life…
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Rolling Stones legend Charlie Watts dead at 80
Dan Sanford Sports Editor das6267@psu.edu Charles Robert “Charlie” Watts, the drummer for seminal English rock and roll band the Rolling Stones, died Tuesday, August 24 in a London hospital, surrounded by his family. He had been a member of the band for their entire recording career, spanning from the year after the group’s formation until…
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Behrend Meets American Authors
Last Friday, the 27th, 2021, at Penn State Behrend, there was a mixture of electric liveliness and reminiscence. American Authors threw a wild performance playing new songs such as Brick by Brick, Nice and Easy, and of course, a popular favorite Best Day of My Life. The band is currently on tour, so to see…
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Non-symptomatic COVID testing now available on campus
Madison Kwiecinski News editor mvk5945@psu.edu As of March 5th, all Penn State Behrend students may request a walk-up COVID-19 test at the student information desk in the Reed Union Building. This testing is available to all non-symptomatic students any time the desk is open. Walk-up testing is beneficial to students who think they may have…
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Scientists confirm the existence of a space hurricane observed above the North Pole
Photo: Shandong University / Qing-He Zhang Alex Bowser Science/Tech Editor akb6244@psu.edu Scientists have discovered the existence of space hurricanes, as they call it, which the first confirmed case was coincidentally observed swirling above Earth’s North Pole. This one-thousand-kilometer-wide mass was made up of plasma and was found just a couple hundred kilometers above the North…
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