• 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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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