Lydia Glenn News Editor lmg5921@psu.edu Erie County health officials are urging all sexually active residents to get tested for syphilis after a record-high number of cases was reported.  The Erie County Department of Health reported 48 cases of primary, secondary and early latent syphilis in 2021. This number is a huge spike from 10 cases…

Lydia Glenn News Editor lmg5921@psu.edu Penn State University recently published the Annual Safety Reports for the year 2021. These reports include crime statistics for the previous 3 years, campus security policies, and crime prevention and safety awareness programs.  According to the Penn State website, “These reports contain Clery Act crime statistics from the previous three…

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…