• Stan Bowman, Joel Quenneville step down amid sexual assault scandal

    Dan Sanford Sports Editor das6267@psu.edu Chicago Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman and Florida Panthers head coach Joel Quenneville have resigned from their positions amid a scandal in which a former Blackhawks prospect brought to light that he had been sexually abused in 2010 with inadequate action taken to correct the issue. At the time, Quenneville…

  • Behrend Sports

    Matt Mathias Sports Editor mcm5909@psu.edu Women’s Volleyball continues to roll as they defeated Medaille last Tuesday by a score of 3-0 and again defeated Mount Aloysius 3-0  as well. With their two victories last week, the Lions have been able to acquire the number one seed in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference tournament. Against Medaile,…

  • The War On Drugs bring brilliant throwback

    Dan Sanford Sports Editor das6267@psu.edu Philadelphia indie rock band the War on Drugs have been on the cusp of overwhelming alternative success for some time now. It also has been four years since their previous full-length release, A Deeper Understanding, which scored the band their first number-one hit on the Billboard Adult Alternative Charts with…

  • Only Murderers in the Building

    Courtney Balcombe News Editor clb6264@psu.edu What happens when three strangers come together to solve a murder? Well, it all depends on how you see Selena Gomez, Martin Short, and Steve Martin forming a podcast about the dearly departed neighbor Tim Kono. Only Murderers in the Building is a comedy thriller. While it deals with a…

  • Leslie Bricusse, Willy Wonka songwriter died

    Amy Love Opinion Editor aml7458@psu.edu On October 19, Adam Bricusse, the son of Leslie Bricusse, made an announcement on Facebook regarding his father. In this post, he announced that his father “passed away peacefully.” He did not state the cause of death. Bricusse died at the age of 90 in Saint-Paul-de Vence, France. He was…

  • Hot Apple Cider Recipe

    6 cups apple cider ¼ cup real maple syrup 2 cinnamon sticks 6 whole cloves 6 whole allspice berries 1 orange peel, cut into strips 1 lemon peel, cut into strips   Pour the apple cider and maple syrup into a large stainless steel saucepan. Place the cinnamon sticks, cloves, allspice berries, orange peel and…

  • Halloween Kills

    Courtney Balcombe News Editor clb6264@psu.edu If you have not seen any of the Halloween movies, it is highly recommended that you do before watching the latest film in its franchise as it does pick up from the previous movie. The order to watch these films in is as follows: “Halloween,” 1978 “Halloween II,” 1981 “Halloween:…

  • Dave Chappelle faces backlash for transphobic special

    Mary Murphy  Managing Editor  mem6812@psu.edu Comedian Dave Chappelle’s new Netflix special, The Closer, which premiered on October 5th, is receiving tremendous outcry for its many transphobic jabs.  Saeed Jones commented on the special in a GQ essay stating, “…the only thing more brutal than someone saying hurtful shit is someone saying hurtful shit moments after…

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