• Club Showcase: Chi Alpha Campus Ministry

    Welcome to the Club Showcase where every week we highlight one of the many extraordinary clubs you can join as a Penn State Behrend student. Today, we are focusing on the Chi Alpha Campus Ministry. To learn more about this club, let us go to our discussion with club President and Student Leader Jake Rose…

  • Local Eats: The Cork 1794

    Nathaniel Clark, Julia Holody – A&E Editor, Staff Writer nuc5002@psu.edu, Juh664@psu.edu The Cork 1794 is a pinnacle of fine dining in the Erie area. The Cork 1794 is located at the end of West Erie Plaza. With a stunning copper and black color palette on the exterior, the building pops out in comparison to the…

  • Magdalena Bay releases a summery ‘mini mix’

    Nathaniel Clark – A&E Editor nuc5002@psu.edu Synth-pop duo Magdalena Bay returns with their most Summer-ready collection on “mini mix vol. 3.” Magdalena Bay consists of singer-songwriter Mica Tenenbaum and producer Matthew Lewin. The two musicians met in high school while they were in the same music program. Said program led to the creation of Tabula…

  • ‘Octopath Traveler 2:’ A second run that surges forward

    Michael Manning – Contributing Writer mbm6718@psu.edu From “Final Fantasy” to “Kingdom Hearts,” Square Enix has shown time and time again that creating interesting worlds with engaging characters is their forte, and I’m happy to say that “Octopath Traveler 2” is another success.  The sequel to 2018’s “Octopath Traveler,” “2” maintains a lot of the original…

  • Angel Olsen floats on ‘Forever Means’ EP

    Nathaniel Clark – A&E Editor nuc5002@psu.edu Angel Olsen’s “Forever Means” EP feels like a point of reflection for the singer-songwriter. Throughout the 2010s, Angel Olsen was one of the promising singer-songwriters of the new generation. Coming onto the scene with “Strange Cacti,” the young Olsen was quickly pushed into indie superstardom. Throughout the rest of…

  • Which VR headset is best? PSVR vs. Oculus

    Jacob Boring – Staff Writer jnb129@psu.edu With the advent of VR becoming such a massive market, what is the best headset to buy? Firstly, I want to let students know that they are free to go use the VR lab at Penn State Behrend in Fasenmyer 200 of the Science Complex on Tuesdays from 4…

  • Classic Review: De La Soul’s ‘3 Feet High and Rising’

    Nathaniel Clark – A&E Editor nuc5002@psu.edu De La Soul’s “3 Feet High and Rising” is a cornerstone of the hip-hop zeitgeist.  With how popular the genre is in today’s music scene, it is interesting to think about how young hip-hop is in comparison to its peers. Hip-hop is only fifty years removed from Bronx block…

  • Reading: ‘Songbirds and Snakes’

    Madison Meeks – Opinion Editor mvm7037@psu.edu “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” by Suzanne Collins was released on May 19, 2020. The novel is a spin-off and a prequel to Collins’ New York Times bestselling series “The Hunger Games” The novel takes place 64 years before the beginning of the first novel.  The story follows…

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