• Taking Care of You – Mental Health Column

    Courtney Balcombe Staff Writer clb6264@psu.edu When it comes to mental health, some may forget to take care of themselves first. They might forget to do important things, like attending doctor’s appointments, eating, showering, et cetera. Mental health is tough, but you are tougher.   The first step you should take to help yourself is to…

  • Pumpkin Reci-pie

    Ingredients 1 (15 ounces) can of pumpkin 1 (14 ounces) can of Sweetened Condensed Milk 2 large eggs large eggs  1 teaspoon ground cinnamon ½ teaspoon ground ginger ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg ½ teaspoon salt 1 (9 inches) unbaked pie crust   Instructions Step 1 Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Whisk pumpkin, sweetened condensed…

  • People’s 2021 Sexiest Man Alive – Paul Rudd

    Courtney Balcombe News Editor clb6264@psu.edu Each year, People’s magazine secretly goes through a selection process for the “Sexiest Man Alive,” which started in 1985 with Mel Gibson and was not an annual event until 1997. Previous “Sexiest” men include George Clooney 1997 and 2006, Tom Cruise 1990, Adam Levine in 2013, and Idris Elba in…

  • Bruno Mars Review – Claudia

    Claudia Rivera  Editor in Chief  cmr6396@psu.edu  After years of listening to music created by Bruno Mars, we can all agree that his new single “Smoking out the Window” is very different from what we are used to. Mars went from singing love songs and romantic ballads to hating the existence of women.    The first…

  • Bruno Mars Review – Matt

    Matt Mathias Sports Editor Mcm5909@psu.edu Bruno Mars has arrived everyone. He has officially evolved into a new genre of pop funk with a smooth transition due to Anderson.Paak and Silk Sonic. Not only that, but the motivations behind his writing have also changed. Mars’s soft and heavy hitting love ballads of old are no more.…

  • BVZ 10th Anniversary

    Madison Kwiecinski  News Editor Mvk5945@psu.edu  The 10th anniversary of the founding of the campus radio station, called BVZ, was on Thursday, November 11, 2021. BVZ was founded in 2011 to help students get real-life experience on the radio. Today, the radio station does many other things. “We kind of serve as the unofficial campus DJ,…

  • Financial Advice Column – Budgeting

    Noah Esper Staff Writer nle5099@psu.edu Hello, my name is Noah. This is the second installment of my series of advice columns dedicated to helping you better manage your money. This week I would like to go into some more specific techniques for better managing your finances, this week’s topic is budgeting. I know, I know,…

  • Facebook Officially Rebrands Itself as Meta

    Noah Esper Staff Writer Nle5099@psu.edu Facebook has recently changed its name to Meta as a part of its current initiative to create technology for a supposed Metaverse. The change in name will only affect the corporate holding company and not its actual apps and systems. So applications like the Facebook platform will still be called…

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