• Bright Star

    Madison Kwiecinski  News Editor  Mvk5945@psu.edu  Finally, following a two-year long break- due to COVID-19 and social distancing reasons-  the lights are back on and the audience is welcomed into Penn State Behrend’s Studio Theater. This year the performance is a musical based on true events and accompanied by folk and bluegrass music.   The theater…

  • Astronomy Open House

    At around seven o’clock in the evening on Thursday, November 4, Penn State Behrend Astronomy Professor Darren Williams delivered a lecture in the Burke Building on the James Webb Space Telescope, its challenges, its mission, and its future. He delivered a talk on the upcoming telescope because its launch is expected to be one of…

  • Erie Animal Shelters

    Alanna Gillis Staff Writer amg7393@psu.edu National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week is November 7-13, 2021. National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week intends to recognize the millions of shelters across the country that care for displaced animals. There are many shelters in Erie that operate under no-kill guidelines. A no-kill shelter is one that will not euthanize healthy…

  • Texas’s new ban on books

    Lydia Glenn Staff Writer 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 of…

  • Minorities voted into offices throughout the U.S.

    Courtney Balcombe News Editor clb6264@psu.edu During the 2021 elections, some leaders made history on the eastern coast of the U.S. from Boston to Michigan.   In Boston, Michelle Wu, a Democrat, is the first woman and person of color to be elected as mayor. According to NPR, she moved from Chicago to Boston and attended…

  • Brenton Davis to be the next Erie County Executive

    Madison Kwiecinski  News Editor  Mvk5945@psu.edu  Shortly after Tyler Titus conceded the race for Erie County Executive on the afternoon of Wednesday, November 3rd, Brenton Davis held a news conference to declare his victory. This election was set to mark the youngest Erie County Executive in history regardless of who won, but is a title Brenton…

  • Kobe Bryant’s Wife Suing LA

    Madison Kwiecinski News Editor Mvk5945@psu.edu  It has now been over a year since Vanessa Bryant lost her husband, Kobe Bryant, and her daughter Gianna in a plane crash. Bryant is still engaged in a roaring legal battle with Los Angeles County due to claimed emotional stress caused by LA County police and fire department employees…

  • “VEGAS BABY, VEGAS”

    Matthew Bores Staff Writer mdb5896@psu.edu It’s official, Jack Eichel is no longer a Buffalo Sabre. After a long and drawn out conflict with the Sabres, the Vegas Golden Knights traded for the star forward. Eichel and the Sabres have been at odds for the better part of two seasons on how to go about the…

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