• Pennsylvania nine-year-old graduates and enters college

      Madison Meeks – Opinion Editor mvm7037@psu.edu HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA – 9-year-old David Balogun has become one of history’s youngest high school graduates. Balogun started at Reach Cyber Charter School based in Harrisburg but tested out of elementary and middle school soon after. He then began to complete the high school curriculum.  Balogun stated to ABC-WHTM that…

    • Five PA Jehovah witnesses are facing felony charges

      Madison Meeks – Opinion Editor  mvm7037@psu.edu HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA – five members of PA Jehovah’s Witnesses are facing multiple charges of sexually abusing a child. WHTM local ABC station has stated that “Pennsylvania’s Acting Attorney General Michelle Harris announced the arrests and criminal charges against the men, saying several cases involve young family members.”  PA’s Acting…

    • PA creates a lottery for rare bottles of liquor

      Madison Kwiecinski – Editor-in-Chief  Mvk5945@psu.edu The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, known as the PCLB, is instituting a limited-release lottery to allow PA residents to buy tickets to win one of 814 bottles of rare whiskey. All Pennsylvania liquor stores are state stores, as the PCLB runs them.  PA residents will have to enter the lottery…

    • VAR Edu: An immersive experience at Behrend

      Samhi C. – Staff Writer  skc5908@psu.edu Virtual or Augmented Reality is not necessarily a new concept; we have heard about it before. But hearing about it and experiencing it are two different things. If you are interested in learning more about this technology, as well as having the opportunity to experience it for yourself, then…

    • Earthquake in Turkey and Syria kills at least 2,100 people

      Madison Meeks – Opinion Editor mvm7037@psu.edu GAZIANTEP, TURKEY – On Monday, Feb. 6, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit both Turkey and Syria at 4:17 a.m. The earthquake was also felt in Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, and Lebanon.  In the aftermath of the earthquake, a 7.5 magnitude tremor struck Turkey. During the earthquake, thousands of buildings collapsed…

    • Pennsylvania nine-year-old graduates and enters college

      Madison Meeks – Opinion Editor mvm7037@psu.edu HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA – 9-year-old David Balogun has become one of history’s youngest high school graduates. Balogun started at Reach Cyber Charter School based in Harrisburg but tested out of elementary and middle school soon after. He then began to complete the high school curriculum.  Balogun stated to ABC-WHTM that…

    • Five PA Jehovah witnesses are facing felony charges

      Madison Meeks – Opinion Editor  mvm7037@psu.edu HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA – five members of PA Jehovah’s Witnesses are facing multiple charges of sexually abusing a child. WHTM local ABC station has stated that “Pennsylvania’s Acting Attorney General Michelle Harris announced the arrests and criminal charges against the men, saying several cases involve young family members.”  PA’s Acting…

    • PA creates a lottery for rare bottles of liquor

      Madison Kwiecinski – Editor-in-Chief  Mvk5945@psu.edu The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, known as the PCLB, is instituting a limited-release lottery to allow PA residents to buy tickets to win one of 814 bottles of rare whiskey. All Pennsylvania liquor stores are state stores, as the PCLB runs them.  PA residents will have to enter the lottery…

    • VAR Edu: An immersive experience at Behrend

      Samhi C. – Staff Writer  skc5908@psu.edu Virtual or Augmented Reality is not necessarily a new concept; we have heard about it before. But hearing about it and experiencing it are two different things. If you are interested in learning more about this technology, as well as having the opportunity to experience it for yourself, then…

    • Earthquake in Turkey and Syria kills at least 2,100 people

      Madison Meeks – Opinion Editor mvm7037@psu.edu GAZIANTEP, TURKEY – On Monday, Feb. 6, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit both Turkey and Syria at 4:17 a.m. The earthquake was also felt in Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, and Lebanon.  In the aftermath of the earthquake, a 7.5 magnitude tremor struck Turkey. During the earthquake, thousands of buildings collapsed…

    • Pennsylvania nine-year-old graduates and enters college

      Madison Meeks – Opinion Editor mvm7037@psu.edu HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA – 9-year-old David Balogun has become one of history’s youngest high school graduates. Balogun started at Reach Cyber Charter School based in Harrisburg but tested out of elementary and middle school soon after. He then began to complete the high school curriculum.  Balogun stated to ABC-WHTM that…

    • Five PA Jehovah witnesses are facing felony charges

      Madison Meeks – Opinion Editor  mvm7037@psu.edu HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA – five members of PA Jehovah’s Witnesses are facing multiple charges of sexually abusing a child. WHTM local ABC station has stated that “Pennsylvania’s Acting Attorney General Michelle Harris announced the arrests and criminal charges against the men, saying several cases involve young family members.”  PA’s Acting…

    • PA creates a lottery for rare bottles of liquor

      Madison Kwiecinski – Editor-in-Chief  Mvk5945@psu.edu The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, known as the PCLB, is instituting a limited-release lottery to allow PA residents to buy tickets to win one of 814 bottles of rare whiskey. All Pennsylvania liquor stores are state stores, as the PCLB runs them.  PA residents will have to enter the lottery…

    • VAR Edu: An immersive experience at Behrend

      Samhi C. – Staff Writer  skc5908@psu.edu Virtual or Augmented Reality is not necessarily a new concept; we have heard about it before. But hearing about it and experiencing it are two different things. If you are interested in learning more about this technology, as well as having the opportunity to experience it for yourself, then…

    • Earthquake in Turkey and Syria kills at least 2,100 people

      Madison Meeks – Opinion Editor mvm7037@psu.edu GAZIANTEP, TURKEY – On Monday, Feb. 6, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit both Turkey and Syria at 4:17 a.m. The earthquake was also felt in Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, and Lebanon.  In the aftermath of the earthquake, a 7.5 magnitude tremor struck Turkey. During the earthquake, thousands of buildings collapsed…

    • Pennsylvania nine-year-old graduates and enters college

      Madison Meeks – Opinion Editor mvm7037@psu.edu HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA – 9-year-old David Balogun has become one of history’s youngest high school graduates. Balogun started at Reach Cyber Charter School based in Harrisburg but tested out of elementary and middle school soon after. He then began to complete the high school curriculum.  Balogun stated to ABC-WHTM that…

    • Five PA Jehovah witnesses are facing felony charges

      Madison Meeks – Opinion Editor  mvm7037@psu.edu HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA – five members of PA Jehovah’s Witnesses are facing multiple charges of sexually abusing a child. WHTM local ABC station has stated that “Pennsylvania’s Acting Attorney General Michelle Harris announced the arrests and criminal charges against the men, saying several cases involve young family members.”  PA’s Acting…

    • PA creates a lottery for rare bottles of liquor

      Madison Kwiecinski – Editor-in-Chief  Mvk5945@psu.edu The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, known as the PCLB, is instituting a limited-release lottery to allow PA residents to buy tickets to win one of 814 bottles of rare whiskey. All Pennsylvania liquor stores are state stores, as the PCLB runs them.  PA residents will have to enter the lottery…

    • VAR Edu: An immersive experience at Behrend

      Samhi C. – Staff Writer  skc5908@psu.edu Virtual or Augmented Reality is not necessarily a new concept; we have heard about it before. But hearing about it and experiencing it are two different things. If you are interested in learning more about this technology, as well as having the opportunity to experience it for yourself, then…

    • Earthquake in Turkey and Syria kills at least 2,100 people

      Madison Meeks – Opinion Editor mvm7037@psu.edu GAZIANTEP, TURKEY – On Monday, Feb. 6, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit both Turkey and Syria at 4:17 a.m. The earthquake was also felt in Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, and Lebanon.  In the aftermath of the earthquake, a 7.5 magnitude tremor struck Turkey. During the earthquake, thousands of buildings collapsed…

    • Pennsylvania nine-year-old graduates and enters college

      Madison Meeks – Opinion Editor mvm7037@psu.edu HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA – 9-year-old David Balogun has become one of history’s youngest high school graduates. Balogun started at Reach Cyber Charter School based in Harrisburg but tested out of elementary and middle school soon after. He then began to complete the high school curriculum.  Balogun stated to ABC-WHTM that…

    • Five PA Jehovah witnesses are facing felony charges

      Madison Meeks – Opinion Editor  mvm7037@psu.edu HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA – five members of PA Jehovah’s Witnesses are facing multiple charges of sexually abusing a child. WHTM local ABC station has stated that “Pennsylvania’s Acting Attorney General Michelle Harris announced the arrests and criminal charges against the men, saying several cases involve young family members.”  PA’s Acting…

    • PA creates a lottery for rare bottles of liquor

      Madison Kwiecinski – Editor-in-Chief  Mvk5945@psu.edu The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, known as the PCLB, is instituting a limited-release lottery to allow PA residents to buy tickets to win one of 814 bottles of rare whiskey. All Pennsylvania liquor stores are state stores, as the PCLB runs them.  PA residents will have to enter the lottery…

    • VAR Edu: An immersive experience at Behrend

      Samhi C. – Staff Writer  skc5908@psu.edu Virtual or Augmented Reality is not necessarily a new concept; we have heard about it before. But hearing about it and experiencing it are two different things. If you are interested in learning more about this technology, as well as having the opportunity to experience it for yourself, then…

    • Earthquake in Turkey and Syria kills at least 2,100 people

      Madison Meeks – Opinion Editor mvm7037@psu.edu GAZIANTEP, TURKEY – On Monday, Feb. 6, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit both Turkey and Syria at 4:17 a.m. The earthquake was also felt in Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, and Lebanon.  In the aftermath of the earthquake, a 7.5 magnitude tremor struck Turkey. During the earthquake, thousands of buildings collapsed…

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