CHASE BURDICK Science & Business Editor cxb1345@psu.edu   Much to the dismay of many students, Penn State announced that the previously unlimited access to the Adobe Cloud products, offered to just about anybody who is a part of the university, will be getting much more restricted after this semester. If you did not already know,…

SAMHI C. Features Editor skc5908@psu.edu   Any semester that we have students who have completed their Creative Writing theses and who are about to graduate, the department hosts a Sweet & Sorrow Reading. It’s a chance for those students to read a portion of their fiction or poetry and give us some insight into inspirations…

Samhi C. Features Editor skc5908@psu.edu   At 6 P.M. on Thursday, November 9, 2023, Matthew Roth visited our campus to perform a reading of his latest work as the third installment of the Smith Creative Writers Reading Series hosted by the Behrend Creative Writing Department.  Roth, a poet, has had his work published in several…

Madison Meeks Editor-in-Chief mvm7037@psu.edu   ARLINGTON, VA – A suburban home in Washington, D.C., exploded on December 4, 2023. The homeowner, James Yoo, has now been revealed to have had a history of making complaints. He claimed on social media days before the explosion that his neighbors were spies.  Yoo is now assumed to be…

Madison Meeks Editor-in-Chief mvm7037@psu.edu   SHEPHERD, TEXAS – A large chemical plant fire that was the result of an explosion has caused black smoke to fall into the sky.  Wednesday, November 8, 2023, was when the chemical fire unfolded. The explosion and fire took place at Sound Resource Solutions, a plant that makes solvents for…

Madison Meeks Editor-in-Chief mvm7037@psu.edu   LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA –  After struggling to deal with the homelessness crisis for years, Los Angeles authorities have begun to urge homeless people to find shelter for a new, peculiarly frightening reason. They have stated that there is reason to believe that a serial killer is targeting people on the…

MADISON KWIECINSKI Managing Editor mvk5945@psu.edu Last weekend, on Sat. December 2, 2023, Behrend Benefiting THON hosted its annual 24-hour-long dance marathon in the newly remodeled Erie Hall at Penn State Behrend. The event began at noon on Saturday and did not end until noon on Sunday, all for the purpose of raising funds to benefit…

Charlie Garner  Opinion Editor  avg6206@psu.edu    Recently, I had the privilege of sitting down with Samhi C. to discuss her romance novel, “When You Saved Me,” along with her writing process, her inspirations, advice for other writers, and so much more.  Samhi’s full name is Samhita Chitturi, but the pen name she goes by is…