Madison Kwiecinski  News Editor  Mvk5945@psu.edu  Each year Penn State hosts THON, a 46-hour dance marathon aimed at raising money to combat childhood cancer. THON is the largest philanthropy group that is student-run in the world, and raises millions of dollars every year for the cause. The event raised $13.7 million to support families battling against…

Courtney Balcombe Creative Editor clb6264@psu.edu Penn State University has awarded many students in financial need funding through the American Relief Plan, ARP, which originally provided nearly $40 billion for colleges and universities through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, HEERF. For the 2022 spring semester, PSU will award $17.35 million in their COVID-19 emergency relief…

Madison Kwiecinski  News Editor  Mvk5945@psu.edu  On Friday, February 25 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman nominated to serve on the United State’s highest court. Jackson was previously a federal appeals court Judge and is now selected to serve as a Supreme Court Justice.  When introducing Jackson at…

Courtney Balcombe Creative Editor clb6264@psu.edu According to The New York Times, Abbott told state health agencies in Texas on February 22 that medical treatments provided to transgender adolescents, widely considered to be the standard of care in medicine, should be classified as “child abuse” under existing state law. His statements, made in a letter to…

Spencer Finley Politics Editor sjf5814@psu.edu On Friday, February 25, as part of Behrend’s Black History Month commemorations, the Organization of African and Caribbean Students, the National Society of Black Engineers, and the Association of Black Collegians hosted a fashion show, which was accompanied by remarks from a guest speaker, Gary Horton, who is a community…

Madison Kwiecinski  News Editor  Mvk5945@psu.edu  Each year Penn State hosts THON, a 46-hour dance marathon aimed at raising money to combat childhood cancer. THON is the largest philanthropy group that is student-run in the world, and raises millions of dollars every year for the cause. The event raised $13.7 million to support families battling against…

Courtney Balcombe Creative Editor clb6264@psu.edu Penn State University has awarded many students in financial need funding through the American Relief Plan, ARP, which originally provided nearly $40 billion for colleges and universities through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, HEERF. For the 2022 spring semester, PSU will award $17.35 million in their COVID-19 emergency relief…

Madison Kwiecinski  News Editor  Mvk5945@psu.edu  On Friday, February 25 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman nominated to serve on the United State’s highest court. Jackson was previously a federal appeals court Judge and is now selected to serve as a Supreme Court Justice.  When introducing Jackson at…

Courtney Balcombe Creative Editor clb6264@psu.edu According to The New York Times, Abbott told state health agencies in Texas on February 22 that medical treatments provided to transgender adolescents, widely considered to be the standard of care in medicine, should be classified as “child abuse” under existing state law. His statements, made in a letter to…

Spencer Finley Politics Editor sjf5814@psu.edu On Friday, February 25, as part of Behrend’s Black History Month commemorations, the Organization of African and Caribbean Students, the National Society of Black Engineers, and the Association of Black Collegians hosted a fashion show, which was accompanied by remarks from a guest speaker, Gary Horton, who is a community…

Madison Kwiecinski  News Editor  Mvk5945@psu.edu  Each year Penn State hosts THON, a 46-hour dance marathon aimed at raising money to combat childhood cancer. THON is the largest philanthropy group that is student-run in the world, and raises millions of dollars every year for the cause. The event raised $13.7 million to support families battling against…

Courtney Balcombe Creative Editor clb6264@psu.edu Penn State University has awarded many students in financial need funding through the American Relief Plan, ARP, which originally provided nearly $40 billion for colleges and universities through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, HEERF. For the 2022 spring semester, PSU will award $17.35 million in their COVID-19 emergency relief…

Madison Kwiecinski  News Editor  Mvk5945@psu.edu  On Friday, February 25 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman nominated to serve on the United State’s highest court. Jackson was previously a federal appeals court Judge and is now selected to serve as a Supreme Court Justice.  When introducing Jackson at…

Courtney Balcombe Creative Editor clb6264@psu.edu According to The New York Times, Abbott told state health agencies in Texas on February 22 that medical treatments provided to transgender adolescents, widely considered to be the standard of care in medicine, should be classified as “child abuse” under existing state law. His statements, made in a letter to…

Spencer Finley Politics Editor sjf5814@psu.edu On Friday, February 25, as part of Behrend’s Black History Month commemorations, the Organization of African and Caribbean Students, the National Society of Black Engineers, and the Association of Black Collegians hosted a fashion show, which was accompanied by remarks from a guest speaker, Gary Horton, who is a community…

Madison Kwiecinski  News Editor  Mvk5945@psu.edu  Each year Penn State hosts THON, a 46-hour dance marathon aimed at raising money to combat childhood cancer. THON is the largest philanthropy group that is student-run in the world, and raises millions of dollars every year for the cause. The event raised $13.7 million to support families battling against…

Courtney Balcombe Creative Editor clb6264@psu.edu Penn State University has awarded many students in financial need funding through the American Relief Plan, ARP, which originally provided nearly $40 billion for colleges and universities through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, HEERF. For the 2022 spring semester, PSU will award $17.35 million in their COVID-19 emergency relief…

Madison Kwiecinski  News Editor  Mvk5945@psu.edu  On Friday, February 25 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman nominated to serve on the United State’s highest court. Jackson was previously a federal appeals court Judge and is now selected to serve as a Supreme Court Justice.  When introducing Jackson at…

Courtney Balcombe Creative Editor clb6264@psu.edu According to The New York Times, Abbott told state health agencies in Texas on February 22 that medical treatments provided to transgender adolescents, widely considered to be the standard of care in medicine, should be classified as “child abuse” under existing state law. His statements, made in a letter to…

Spencer Finley Politics Editor sjf5814@psu.edu On Friday, February 25, as part of Behrend’s Black History Month commemorations, the Organization of African and Caribbean Students, the National Society of Black Engineers, and the Association of Black Collegians hosted a fashion show, which was accompanied by remarks from a guest speaker, Gary Horton, who is a community…