• The CDC Offers Preparations for the Zombie Apocalypse

    (Photo: Center for Disease Control) Courtney Balcombe News Editor clb6264@psu.edu In 2011 the Center for Disease Control released a blog as well as graphic novels containing preparations if a zombie apocalypse was to begin. According to the CDC, it originally began as “a tongue-in-cheek campaign to engage new audiences with preparedness messages has proven to…

  • Coral reefs are turning white due to the environmental strains in oceans

    Photo: ecowatch.com/Alexis Rosenfeld Alex Bowser Science/Tech Editor akb6244@psu.edu It should be no secret that the coral reef ecosystems are being threatened in all oceans worldwide. Many warning signs have risen to the public’s attention in the last decade, but very few strides have been made to turn the dying ecosystems around. As a result, many…

  • New unusual creatures discovered under Antarctica’s icy surface

    (Photo: livescience.com/Huw Griffiths) Alex Bowser Science/Tech Editor akb6244@psu.edu   Geologists in search of sediment samples from the ocean floor in Antarctica drilled a half-mile-long hole into an Antarctic ice shelf known as the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf. Rather than gathering sediment samples, the scientists discovered a rock covered with a number of unknown lifeforms and organisms…

  • Is it time to cut down on gen-eds?

    Matt Achtziger Op-Ed Editor   University students face a perennial enemy: general education classes. Nearly every student can recall a time when a gen-ed class was giving them more trouble than their major classes, whether it was by requiring an expensive textbook or an overwhelming amount of work.    Particularly, I often hear my peers…

  • Returning to “normal”  

    (Attribution: Greg Wohlford Erie Times-News) Carolyn Hogg  Staff Writer Ceh5530@psu.edu   Much to the relief of students and staff, Behrend will be returning to regular in-person classes for the fall semester. For most, this exciting news couldn’t come at a better time.  Some students are already taking in-person classes and maybe well adjusted to the nuances…

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