• Government Shutdown begins after funding impasse

      Amanda Ross Editor-In-Chief This article was originally published on October 1. As of 9 a.m. this morning, the government has entered a shutdown after failing to pass a spending bill. While services like Social Security and United States Postal Service will continue functioning, a number of other vital services could be affected.  The stalemate came…

    • University President receives 47 percent salary increase

      Amanda Ross Editor-In-Chief This post was originally published on September 24. Penn State University president Neeli Bendapudi received a raise to her overall salary earlier this month, raising her salary 47 percent. This makes her the second highest paid University president in the country, behind Jay Hartzell at the University of Texas at Austin.  Bendapudi’s…

    • State Budget remains unpassed three months after deadline

      Amanda Ross Editor-In-Chief This post was originally published on September 24. As of Monday, Sep. 22, the Pennsylvania state budget is now late by almost three months. As state legislators struggle to agree on key issues, critical state services are beginning to face the reality of the impasse. The state budget was originally due on…

    • The Behrend Theater Club’s Ride the Cyclone: A show-stopper in every aspect

      “Ride The Cyclone” is the Behrend Theater Club’s current production. It runs from November 7 through November 9, and then again from November 14 through 16. The production is directed by Jaymin Willis, a prominent member of the theater community at Behrend, and is the club’s first official show. The Beacon was gifted two free…

    • Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority members focus on growth and community

      PEYTON DAVIS – Contributing Writer ped5176@psu.edu In some cases, sororities may not be typically viewed as service organizations. In fact, media portrayals often stereotype sorority members as popular girls who are only involved to participate in partying and couldn’t care less about anything else in their college career. However, this is not the case for…

    • Government Shutdown begins after funding impasse

      Amanda Ross Editor-In-Chief This article was originally published on October 1. As of 9 a.m. this morning, the government has entered a shutdown after failing to pass a spending bill. While services like Social Security and United States Postal Service will continue functioning, a number of other vital services could be affected.  The stalemate came…

    • University President receives 47 percent salary increase

      Amanda Ross Editor-In-Chief This post was originally published on September 24. Penn State University president Neeli Bendapudi received a raise to her overall salary earlier this month, raising her salary 47 percent. This makes her the second highest paid University president in the country, behind Jay Hartzell at the University of Texas at Austin.  Bendapudi’s…

    • State Budget remains unpassed three months after deadline

      Amanda Ross Editor-In-Chief This post was originally published on September 24. As of Monday, Sep. 22, the Pennsylvania state budget is now late by almost three months. As state legislators struggle to agree on key issues, critical state services are beginning to face the reality of the impasse. The state budget was originally due on…

    • The Behrend Theater Club’s Ride the Cyclone: A show-stopper in every aspect

      “Ride The Cyclone” is the Behrend Theater Club’s current production. It runs from November 7 through November 9, and then again from November 14 through 16. The production is directed by Jaymin Willis, a prominent member of the theater community at Behrend, and is the club’s first official show. The Beacon was gifted two free…

    • Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority members focus on growth and community

      PEYTON DAVIS – Contributing Writer ped5176@psu.edu In some cases, sororities may not be typically viewed as service organizations. In fact, media portrayals often stereotype sorority members as popular girls who are only involved to participate in partying and couldn’t care less about anything else in their college career. However, this is not the case for…

    • Government Shutdown begins after funding impasse

      Amanda Ross Editor-In-Chief This article was originally published on October 1. As of 9 a.m. this morning, the government has entered a shutdown after failing to pass a spending bill. While services like Social Security and United States Postal Service will continue functioning, a number of other vital services could be affected.  The stalemate came…

    • University President receives 47 percent salary increase

      Amanda Ross Editor-In-Chief This post was originally published on September 24. Penn State University president Neeli Bendapudi received a raise to her overall salary earlier this month, raising her salary 47 percent. This makes her the second highest paid University president in the country, behind Jay Hartzell at the University of Texas at Austin.  Bendapudi’s…

    • State Budget remains unpassed three months after deadline

      Amanda Ross Editor-In-Chief This post was originally published on September 24. As of Monday, Sep. 22, the Pennsylvania state budget is now late by almost three months. As state legislators struggle to agree on key issues, critical state services are beginning to face the reality of the impasse. The state budget was originally due on…

    • The Behrend Theater Club’s Ride the Cyclone: A show-stopper in every aspect

      “Ride The Cyclone” is the Behrend Theater Club’s current production. It runs from November 7 through November 9, and then again from November 14 through 16. The production is directed by Jaymin Willis, a prominent member of the theater community at Behrend, and is the club’s first official show. The Beacon was gifted two free…

    • Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority members focus on growth and community

      PEYTON DAVIS – Contributing Writer ped5176@psu.edu In some cases, sororities may not be typically viewed as service organizations. In fact, media portrayals often stereotype sorority members as popular girls who are only involved to participate in partying and couldn’t care less about anything else in their college career. However, this is not the case for…

    • Government Shutdown begins after funding impasse

      Amanda Ross Editor-In-Chief This article was originally published on October 1. As of 9 a.m. this morning, the government has entered a shutdown after failing to pass a spending bill. While services like Social Security and United States Postal Service will continue functioning, a number of other vital services could be affected.  The stalemate came…

    • University President receives 47 percent salary increase

      Amanda Ross Editor-In-Chief This post was originally published on September 24. Penn State University president Neeli Bendapudi received a raise to her overall salary earlier this month, raising her salary 47 percent. This makes her the second highest paid University president in the country, behind Jay Hartzell at the University of Texas at Austin.  Bendapudi’s…

    • State Budget remains unpassed three months after deadline

      Amanda Ross Editor-In-Chief This post was originally published on September 24. As of Monday, Sep. 22, the Pennsylvania state budget is now late by almost three months. As state legislators struggle to agree on key issues, critical state services are beginning to face the reality of the impasse. The state budget was originally due on…

    • The Behrend Theater Club’s Ride the Cyclone: A show-stopper in every aspect

      “Ride The Cyclone” is the Behrend Theater Club’s current production. It runs from November 7 through November 9, and then again from November 14 through 16. The production is directed by Jaymin Willis, a prominent member of the theater community at Behrend, and is the club’s first official show. The Beacon was gifted two free…

    • Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority members focus on growth and community

      PEYTON DAVIS – Contributing Writer ped5176@psu.edu In some cases, sororities may not be typically viewed as service organizations. In fact, media portrayals often stereotype sorority members as popular girls who are only involved to participate in partying and couldn’t care less about anything else in their college career. However, this is not the case for…

    • Government Shutdown begins after funding impasse

      Amanda Ross Editor-In-Chief This article was originally published on October 1. As of 9 a.m. this morning, the government has entered a shutdown after failing to pass a spending bill. While services like Social Security and United States Postal Service will continue functioning, a number of other vital services could be affected.  The stalemate came…

    • University President receives 47 percent salary increase

      Amanda Ross Editor-In-Chief This post was originally published on September 24. Penn State University president Neeli Bendapudi received a raise to her overall salary earlier this month, raising her salary 47 percent. This makes her the second highest paid University president in the country, behind Jay Hartzell at the University of Texas at Austin.  Bendapudi’s…

    • State Budget remains unpassed three months after deadline

      Amanda Ross Editor-In-Chief This post was originally published on September 24. As of Monday, Sep. 22, the Pennsylvania state budget is now late by almost three months. As state legislators struggle to agree on key issues, critical state services are beginning to face the reality of the impasse. The state budget was originally due on…

    • The Behrend Theater Club’s Ride the Cyclone: A show-stopper in every aspect

      “Ride The Cyclone” is the Behrend Theater Club’s current production. It runs from November 7 through November 9, and then again from November 14 through 16. The production is directed by Jaymin Willis, a prominent member of the theater community at Behrend, and is the club’s first official show. The Beacon was gifted two free…

    • Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority members focus on growth and community

      PEYTON DAVIS – Contributing Writer ped5176@psu.edu In some cases, sororities may not be typically viewed as service organizations. In fact, media portrayals often stereotype sorority members as popular girls who are only involved to participate in partying and couldn’t care less about anything else in their college career. However, this is not the case for…

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