• An interview with Wanjiku “Wawa” Gatheru

       Nathaniel Clark – A&E Editor nuc5002@psu.edu Shortly before her Speaker Series speech, I had the opportunity to interview 24-year-old climate activist and Black Girl Environmentalist founder Wanjiku “Wawa” Gatheru. Said interview took place in Penn State Behrend’s Logan House.   Q: In many publications, you are defined as an “Environmental Justice Warrior,” how do you…

    • The ongoing crisis in Turkey and Syria

      Madison Kwiecinski – Editor-in-Chief Mvk5945@psu.edu In February, Turkey and Syria were hit by devastating earthquakes, killing thousands and leaving hundreds of thousands injured. A humanitarian crisis has been stirred up in the two countries, with many more people still missing or homeless as a result of the quakes.  The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8,…

    • Creative Writers Reading Series with Nancy Krygowski

      Samhi C. – Staff Writer skc5908@psu.edu On Thursday, March 30, at 6:00 p.m., the Creative Writing department hosted the first of the Spring 2023 Smith Creative Writers Reading Series sessions, featuring poet and professor Nancy Krygowski who read from her two poetry collections “Velocity” and “The Woman in the Corner” as well as some work…

    • Kitchen rennovation unearths new artwork

      Mary Pintea – News Editor mvp5879@psu.edu During a recent kitchen renovation in northern England, a couple discovered a pair of nearly 400-year-old Urals in their one-bedroom apartment.  Luke Budworth, a research data analyst at the University of Leeds, and his partner Hazel Mooney had temporarily moved out of their apartment in York. At the same…

    • President Biden issues Executive Order on firearm background checks

      Madison Kwiecinski – Editor-in-Chief Mvk5945@psu.edu Last summer, for the first time in nearly three decades Congress managed to pass new gun safety legislation. However, the Biden Administration has consistently made it clear gun control is still a priority for them, and this week Biden issued a new Executive Order to that effect. On Tuesday, March…

    • An interview with Wanjiku “Wawa” Gatheru

       Nathaniel Clark – A&E Editor nuc5002@psu.edu Shortly before her Speaker Series speech, I had the opportunity to interview 24-year-old climate activist and Black Girl Environmentalist founder Wanjiku “Wawa” Gatheru. Said interview took place in Penn State Behrend’s Logan House.   Q: In many publications, you are defined as an “Environmental Justice Warrior,” how do you…

    • The ongoing crisis in Turkey and Syria

      Madison Kwiecinski – Editor-in-Chief Mvk5945@psu.edu In February, Turkey and Syria were hit by devastating earthquakes, killing thousands and leaving hundreds of thousands injured. A humanitarian crisis has been stirred up in the two countries, with many more people still missing or homeless as a result of the quakes.  The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8,…

    • Creative Writers Reading Series with Nancy Krygowski

      Samhi C. – Staff Writer skc5908@psu.edu On Thursday, March 30, at 6:00 p.m., the Creative Writing department hosted the first of the Spring 2023 Smith Creative Writers Reading Series sessions, featuring poet and professor Nancy Krygowski who read from her two poetry collections “Velocity” and “The Woman in the Corner” as well as some work…

    • Kitchen rennovation unearths new artwork

      Mary Pintea – News Editor mvp5879@psu.edu During a recent kitchen renovation in northern England, a couple discovered a pair of nearly 400-year-old Urals in their one-bedroom apartment.  Luke Budworth, a research data analyst at the University of Leeds, and his partner Hazel Mooney had temporarily moved out of their apartment in York. At the same…

    • President Biden issues Executive Order on firearm background checks

      Madison Kwiecinski – Editor-in-Chief Mvk5945@psu.edu Last summer, for the first time in nearly three decades Congress managed to pass new gun safety legislation. However, the Biden Administration has consistently made it clear gun control is still a priority for them, and this week Biden issued a new Executive Order to that effect. On Tuesday, March…

    • An interview with Wanjiku “Wawa” Gatheru

       Nathaniel Clark – A&E Editor nuc5002@psu.edu Shortly before her Speaker Series speech, I had the opportunity to interview 24-year-old climate activist and Black Girl Environmentalist founder Wanjiku “Wawa” Gatheru. Said interview took place in Penn State Behrend’s Logan House.   Q: In many publications, you are defined as an “Environmental Justice Warrior,” how do you…

    • The ongoing crisis in Turkey and Syria

      Madison Kwiecinski – Editor-in-Chief Mvk5945@psu.edu In February, Turkey and Syria were hit by devastating earthquakes, killing thousands and leaving hundreds of thousands injured. A humanitarian crisis has been stirred up in the two countries, with many more people still missing or homeless as a result of the quakes.  The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8,…

    • Creative Writers Reading Series with Nancy Krygowski

      Samhi C. – Staff Writer skc5908@psu.edu On Thursday, March 30, at 6:00 p.m., the Creative Writing department hosted the first of the Spring 2023 Smith Creative Writers Reading Series sessions, featuring poet and professor Nancy Krygowski who read from her two poetry collections “Velocity” and “The Woman in the Corner” as well as some work…

    • Kitchen rennovation unearths new artwork

      Mary Pintea – News Editor mvp5879@psu.edu During a recent kitchen renovation in northern England, a couple discovered a pair of nearly 400-year-old Urals in their one-bedroom apartment.  Luke Budworth, a research data analyst at the University of Leeds, and his partner Hazel Mooney had temporarily moved out of their apartment in York. At the same…

    • President Biden issues Executive Order on firearm background checks

      Madison Kwiecinski – Editor-in-Chief Mvk5945@psu.edu Last summer, for the first time in nearly three decades Congress managed to pass new gun safety legislation. However, the Biden Administration has consistently made it clear gun control is still a priority for them, and this week Biden issued a new Executive Order to that effect. On Tuesday, March…

    • An interview with Wanjiku “Wawa” Gatheru

       Nathaniel Clark – A&E Editor nuc5002@psu.edu Shortly before her Speaker Series speech, I had the opportunity to interview 24-year-old climate activist and Black Girl Environmentalist founder Wanjiku “Wawa” Gatheru. Said interview took place in Penn State Behrend’s Logan House.   Q: In many publications, you are defined as an “Environmental Justice Warrior,” how do you…

    • The ongoing crisis in Turkey and Syria

      Madison Kwiecinski – Editor-in-Chief Mvk5945@psu.edu In February, Turkey and Syria were hit by devastating earthquakes, killing thousands and leaving hundreds of thousands injured. A humanitarian crisis has been stirred up in the two countries, with many more people still missing or homeless as a result of the quakes.  The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8,…

    • Creative Writers Reading Series with Nancy Krygowski

      Samhi C. – Staff Writer skc5908@psu.edu On Thursday, March 30, at 6:00 p.m., the Creative Writing department hosted the first of the Spring 2023 Smith Creative Writers Reading Series sessions, featuring poet and professor Nancy Krygowski who read from her two poetry collections “Velocity” and “The Woman in the Corner” as well as some work…

    • Kitchen rennovation unearths new artwork

      Mary Pintea – News Editor mvp5879@psu.edu During a recent kitchen renovation in northern England, a couple discovered a pair of nearly 400-year-old Urals in their one-bedroom apartment.  Luke Budworth, a research data analyst at the University of Leeds, and his partner Hazel Mooney had temporarily moved out of their apartment in York. At the same…

    • President Biden issues Executive Order on firearm background checks

      Madison Kwiecinski – Editor-in-Chief Mvk5945@psu.edu Last summer, for the first time in nearly three decades Congress managed to pass new gun safety legislation. However, the Biden Administration has consistently made it clear gun control is still a priority for them, and this week Biden issued a new Executive Order to that effect. On Tuesday, March…

    • An interview with Wanjiku “Wawa” Gatheru

       Nathaniel Clark – A&E Editor nuc5002@psu.edu Shortly before her Speaker Series speech, I had the opportunity to interview 24-year-old climate activist and Black Girl Environmentalist founder Wanjiku “Wawa” Gatheru. Said interview took place in Penn State Behrend’s Logan House.   Q: In many publications, you are defined as an “Environmental Justice Warrior,” how do you…

    • The ongoing crisis in Turkey and Syria

      Madison Kwiecinski – Editor-in-Chief Mvk5945@psu.edu In February, Turkey and Syria were hit by devastating earthquakes, killing thousands and leaving hundreds of thousands injured. A humanitarian crisis has been stirred up in the two countries, with many more people still missing or homeless as a result of the quakes.  The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8,…

    • Creative Writers Reading Series with Nancy Krygowski

      Samhi C. – Staff Writer skc5908@psu.edu On Thursday, March 30, at 6:00 p.m., the Creative Writing department hosted the first of the Spring 2023 Smith Creative Writers Reading Series sessions, featuring poet and professor Nancy Krygowski who read from her two poetry collections “Velocity” and “The Woman in the Corner” as well as some work…

    • Kitchen rennovation unearths new artwork

      Mary Pintea – News Editor mvp5879@psu.edu During a recent kitchen renovation in northern England, a couple discovered a pair of nearly 400-year-old Urals in their one-bedroom apartment.  Luke Budworth, a research data analyst at the University of Leeds, and his partner Hazel Mooney had temporarily moved out of their apartment in York. At the same…

    • President Biden issues Executive Order on firearm background checks

      Madison Kwiecinski – Editor-in-Chief Mvk5945@psu.edu Last summer, for the first time in nearly three decades Congress managed to pass new gun safety legislation. However, the Biden Administration has consistently made it clear gun control is still a priority for them, and this week Biden issued a new Executive Order to that effect. On Tuesday, March…

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