• Walt Disney World switching to solar

      Amy Love and Alanna Gillis Opinion Editors aml7458@psu.edu, amg7393@psu.edu  At the beginning of April, Walt Disney World Resort made an announcement that they were adding two 75-megawatt solar arrays to their energy infrastructure. Combined with their original infrastructure for renewable energy, 40 percent of the park’s electricity will now be powered by renewable sources.  “This…

    • Dr. Oz forced to resign spot on presidential council 

      Madison Kwiecinski News Editor  Mvk5945@psu.edu  Dr. Mehmet OZ, best known as the host of “The Dr. Oz Show,” was asked by the Biden Administration to resign from his position on the President’s Council on Sports Fitness, and Nutrition or be terminated. Herschel Walker, another member of the council and former football star, was asked the…

    • Erie receives $100,000 from Open Society Foundation

      Lydia Glenn News Editor lmg5921@psu.edu Erie exemplifies “diversity” and “inclusion” with the increasing number of refugees and immigrants.  With the ever-increasing influx of diverse people, Erie has received a new grant of $100,000 from the Open Society Foundations to support efforts to meet the needs of new Afghan refugees who want to settle in Erie. …

    •  Erie’s East Bayfront Will Get a Zipline And a Miniature Golf Course

      Stephanie Logue Staff Writer Scott Enterprises wants to add a new zipline to its Harbor Place property on the city’s East Bayfront, which would traverse East Front Street and provide riders with lofty vistas of Presque Isle Bay. One of two main new features planned for the Harbor Place property, which includes the Hampton Inn…

    • Ethiopia holding journalist

      Lydia Glenn News Editor lmg5921@psu.edu Recently, Ethiopia is being urged to uphold its international commitments to the freedoms of expression and the press by releasing journalists it has imprisoned.  Two lawmaker in Congress, Representatives Adam Schiff of California and Mary Gay Scanlon of Pennsylvania, have joined press freedom advocates in calling for the release of…

    • Walt Disney World switching to solar

      Amy Love and Alanna Gillis Opinion Editors aml7458@psu.edu, amg7393@psu.edu  At the beginning of April, Walt Disney World Resort made an announcement that they were adding two 75-megawatt solar arrays to their energy infrastructure. Combined with their original infrastructure for renewable energy, 40 percent of the park’s electricity will now be powered by renewable sources.  “This…

    • Dr. Oz forced to resign spot on presidential council 

      Madison Kwiecinski News Editor  Mvk5945@psu.edu  Dr. Mehmet OZ, best known as the host of “The Dr. Oz Show,” was asked by the Biden Administration to resign from his position on the President’s Council on Sports Fitness, and Nutrition or be terminated. Herschel Walker, another member of the council and former football star, was asked the…

    • Erie receives $100,000 from Open Society Foundation

      Lydia Glenn News Editor lmg5921@psu.edu Erie exemplifies “diversity” and “inclusion” with the increasing number of refugees and immigrants.  With the ever-increasing influx of diverse people, Erie has received a new grant of $100,000 from the Open Society Foundations to support efforts to meet the needs of new Afghan refugees who want to settle in Erie. …

    •  Erie’s East Bayfront Will Get a Zipline And a Miniature Golf Course

      Stephanie Logue Staff Writer Scott Enterprises wants to add a new zipline to its Harbor Place property on the city’s East Bayfront, which would traverse East Front Street and provide riders with lofty vistas of Presque Isle Bay. One of two main new features planned for the Harbor Place property, which includes the Hampton Inn…

    • Ethiopia holding journalist

      Lydia Glenn News Editor lmg5921@psu.edu Recently, Ethiopia is being urged to uphold its international commitments to the freedoms of expression and the press by releasing journalists it has imprisoned.  Two lawmaker in Congress, Representatives Adam Schiff of California and Mary Gay Scanlon of Pennsylvania, have joined press freedom advocates in calling for the release of…

    • Walt Disney World switching to solar

      Amy Love and Alanna Gillis Opinion Editors aml7458@psu.edu, amg7393@psu.edu  At the beginning of April, Walt Disney World Resort made an announcement that they were adding two 75-megawatt solar arrays to their energy infrastructure. Combined with their original infrastructure for renewable energy, 40 percent of the park’s electricity will now be powered by renewable sources.  “This…

    • Dr. Oz forced to resign spot on presidential council 

      Madison Kwiecinski News Editor  Mvk5945@psu.edu  Dr. Mehmet OZ, best known as the host of “The Dr. Oz Show,” was asked by the Biden Administration to resign from his position on the President’s Council on Sports Fitness, and Nutrition or be terminated. Herschel Walker, another member of the council and former football star, was asked the…

    • Erie receives $100,000 from Open Society Foundation

      Lydia Glenn News Editor lmg5921@psu.edu Erie exemplifies “diversity” and “inclusion” with the increasing number of refugees and immigrants.  With the ever-increasing influx of diverse people, Erie has received a new grant of $100,000 from the Open Society Foundations to support efforts to meet the needs of new Afghan refugees who want to settle in Erie. …

    •  Erie’s East Bayfront Will Get a Zipline And a Miniature Golf Course

      Stephanie Logue Staff Writer Scott Enterprises wants to add a new zipline to its Harbor Place property on the city’s East Bayfront, which would traverse East Front Street and provide riders with lofty vistas of Presque Isle Bay. One of two main new features planned for the Harbor Place property, which includes the Hampton Inn…

    • Ethiopia holding journalist

      Lydia Glenn News Editor lmg5921@psu.edu Recently, Ethiopia is being urged to uphold its international commitments to the freedoms of expression and the press by releasing journalists it has imprisoned.  Two lawmaker in Congress, Representatives Adam Schiff of California and Mary Gay Scanlon of Pennsylvania, have joined press freedom advocates in calling for the release of…

    • Walt Disney World switching to solar

      Amy Love and Alanna Gillis Opinion Editors aml7458@psu.edu, amg7393@psu.edu  At the beginning of April, Walt Disney World Resort made an announcement that they were adding two 75-megawatt solar arrays to their energy infrastructure. Combined with their original infrastructure for renewable energy, 40 percent of the park’s electricity will now be powered by renewable sources.  “This…

    • Dr. Oz forced to resign spot on presidential council 

      Madison Kwiecinski News Editor  Mvk5945@psu.edu  Dr. Mehmet OZ, best known as the host of “The Dr. Oz Show,” was asked by the Biden Administration to resign from his position on the President’s Council on Sports Fitness, and Nutrition or be terminated. Herschel Walker, another member of the council and former football star, was asked the…

    • Erie receives $100,000 from Open Society Foundation

      Lydia Glenn News Editor lmg5921@psu.edu Erie exemplifies “diversity” and “inclusion” with the increasing number of refugees and immigrants.  With the ever-increasing influx of diverse people, Erie has received a new grant of $100,000 from the Open Society Foundations to support efforts to meet the needs of new Afghan refugees who want to settle in Erie. …

    •  Erie’s East Bayfront Will Get a Zipline And a Miniature Golf Course

      Stephanie Logue Staff Writer Scott Enterprises wants to add a new zipline to its Harbor Place property on the city’s East Bayfront, which would traverse East Front Street and provide riders with lofty vistas of Presque Isle Bay. One of two main new features planned for the Harbor Place property, which includes the Hampton Inn…

    • Ethiopia holding journalist

      Lydia Glenn News Editor lmg5921@psu.edu Recently, Ethiopia is being urged to uphold its international commitments to the freedoms of expression and the press by releasing journalists it has imprisoned.  Two lawmaker in Congress, Representatives Adam Schiff of California and Mary Gay Scanlon of Pennsylvania, have joined press freedom advocates in calling for the release of…

    • Walt Disney World switching to solar

      Amy Love and Alanna Gillis Opinion Editors aml7458@psu.edu, amg7393@psu.edu  At the beginning of April, Walt Disney World Resort made an announcement that they were adding two 75-megawatt solar arrays to their energy infrastructure. Combined with their original infrastructure for renewable energy, 40 percent of the park’s electricity will now be powered by renewable sources.  “This…

    • Dr. Oz forced to resign spot on presidential council 

      Madison Kwiecinski News Editor  Mvk5945@psu.edu  Dr. Mehmet OZ, best known as the host of “The Dr. Oz Show,” was asked by the Biden Administration to resign from his position on the President’s Council on Sports Fitness, and Nutrition or be terminated. Herschel Walker, another member of the council and former football star, was asked the…

    • Erie receives $100,000 from Open Society Foundation

      Lydia Glenn News Editor lmg5921@psu.edu Erie exemplifies “diversity” and “inclusion” with the increasing number of refugees and immigrants.  With the ever-increasing influx of diverse people, Erie has received a new grant of $100,000 from the Open Society Foundations to support efforts to meet the needs of new Afghan refugees who want to settle in Erie. …

    •  Erie’s East Bayfront Will Get a Zipline And a Miniature Golf Course

      Stephanie Logue Staff Writer Scott Enterprises wants to add a new zipline to its Harbor Place property on the city’s East Bayfront, which would traverse East Front Street and provide riders with lofty vistas of Presque Isle Bay. One of two main new features planned for the Harbor Place property, which includes the Hampton Inn…

    • Ethiopia holding journalist

      Lydia Glenn News Editor lmg5921@psu.edu Recently, Ethiopia is being urged to uphold its international commitments to the freedoms of expression and the press by releasing journalists it has imprisoned.  Two lawmaker in Congress, Representatives Adam Schiff of California and Mary Gay Scanlon of Pennsylvania, have joined press freedom advocates in calling for the release of…

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