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Weeping Willow
Constantly looking down At the ground Watching the flowers grow And die Watching the luscious grass Turn brown Witnessing the seasons change from Spring to Summer Summer to Fall Fall to Winter And repeating the cycle An endless cycle of life and death Where flora grows And fauna scurries about Enjoying the lives they have…
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Pianos, falling leaves, and red cars
Somewhere along the line, he’d had a drink. She’d suggested it, her smooth voice slightly tainted by the drinks she’d already had. She then proceeded to slide him a glass full of the amber liquid, light catching the bubbles inside. He looked at the drink in front of him. He’d always been a lightweight, but…
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Love, Whatever That Means
Mover of mountains Shaper of worlds Brings joy to many To others unfurls To reveal its fangs and sink its teeth Draining the life from broken heart’s beat The day is coming, the red is approaching Though why is there only a sense of foreboding To many a chance to express their adoration To…
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It Hungers
Alanna Gillis Opinion Editor amg7393@psu.edu You’re never alone in the woods. Not really. Sure, there are small prey animals who are always there, watching, but there’s something else. Something more. It watches you in the way someone does when they try to learn how you do something- it watches with intent to follow. Whenever it…
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Staying safe on campus
Madison Kwiecinski News Editor Mvk5945@psu.edu Penn State Behrend places a priority on students’ safety, with campus police officers working 24/7 for 365 days a year. However, multiple incidents have taken place on-campus in the recent weeks since students returned for the spring semester. Students receive alerts when these criminal acts take place on-campus, and the…
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The first second of the Big Bang
ALANNA GILLIS amg7393@psu.edu Opinions Editor On Wednesday, January 26, students filled the auditorium seating of OBS 101 to hear Dr. Dustin Hemphill speak about quarks, gluons, and how they interacted to form the building blocks of life when the Big Bang occurred. The presentation seemed like it was targeted more toward people who had an…
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Texas’ new war on “controversial” books
Lydia Glenn News Editor lmg5921@psu.edu Texas’ everlasting push for more conservative systems led to what is now being coined, “the war on books”. The most recent uproar over school libraries is basically that it should be censored like the internet. The Los Angeles Times says that it is “conservatives attempt to ride a wave…
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Accident on Interstate 80 causes monkeys to escape
Lydia Glenn News Editor lmg5921@psu.edu On Friday, January 21, a shipment of lab monkeys escaped from a van after an accident on Interstate 80 in Danville, Pennsylvania. The shipment of monkeys was on their way to a Center for Disease Control approved quarantine facility at an undisclosed location when the transport pickup crashed. The crash…
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