• Bridge Collapses in Pittsburgh 

    Amy Love Opinions Editor aml7458@psu.edu On the morning of January 28, residents near Fern Hollow Creek heard a loud noise. The Forbes Avenue Bridge collapsed causing a Port Authority bus and several other cars to land in the ravine below.  City officials claimed that the bridge came down at 6:39 a.m. Witnesses around the area…

  • ACPC Services 

    Madison Kwiecinski  News Editor  Mvk5945@psu.edu  The Academic and Career Planning Center, or ACPC, is an important tool for students at Behrend that can open a variety of opportunities. The ACPC provides interview practice, resume review, internship and job search help as well as many other things.  In addition to the many things they do in…

  • Womens National Hockey

    Matthew Bores Staff Writer mdb5896@psu.edu The U.S. women’s hockey team has been on a roll as of the past games. This past Sunday they faced off against the Switzerland women’s team, in which they destroyed them 8-0. After their matchup, Coach Joel Johnson had this to say, “You just kind of get that sense over…

  • MLB Lockout

    Matthew Bores Staff Writer mdb5896@psu.edu The MLB lockout has some fans worried that there may be a delay in the start of the 2022 season. The lockout began on December 2, 2021 and there wasn’t much progress on either the league officials’ side or the MLB players association. Reported by Jeff Passan and Jesse Rogers,…

  • Manchester United Rape Arrest

    Alanna Gillis  Opinions Editor amg7393@psu.edu Manchester United’s Mason Greenwood was been arrested on suspicions of rape, assault and making threats to kill. United has stated that until the situation has been resolved, Greenwood, aged 20 years, will neither play nor train. The charges against him came from images and audio files that circulated social media…

  • Former Dolphins head coach Brian Flores sues NFL over hiring concerns

    Matt Mathias  Sports Editor mcm5909@psu.edu  Last week, NFL coach Brian Flores filed a class-action lawsuit against the NFL and some of its teams including the Miami Dolphins, New York Giants and Denver Broncos. The grounds of the lawsuit are that these teams are assumed to be racist in nature with their hiring practices. Each of…

  • Flyers snap 13-game losing streak vs. Kings

    Dan Sanford Sports Editor das6267@psu.edu The Philadelphia Flyers already knew they were in deep trouble after a 10-game losing skid earlier this season which saw head coach Alain Vingeault relieved of his duties after eight of them. They sat at a 9–12–4 record by the time they won another game, and the path since Vigneault’s…

  • Why are MGK and Megan Fox so important? 

    Claudia Rivera  Editor-in-Chief  cmr6395@psu.edu Colson Baker, better known to his fans as Machine Gun Kelly, MGK began dating Megan Fox in May 2020. This strange coupling left fans confused but intrigued to see where the relationship would end up.  Fast forward to now, and the couple got engaged on January 11, 2022. MGK popped the…

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