• Penn State Football Dominates No. 24 Iowa in 31-0 Victory

    Harrison Lilley Photo Editor hjl5363@psu.edu   UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – In an impressive display of dominance, No. 7/7 Penn State Football, 4-0, 2-0,  registered a resounding 31-0 victory over the No. 24/22 Iowa Hawkeyes, 3-1, 0-1,  on Saturday evening. The game played out in front of the second-largest crowd ever at Beaver Stadium, setting the…

  • Behrend Women’s Soccer Triumphs 2-1 with Mia Zec’s Pivotal Double

    Harrison Lilley Photo Editor hjl5363@psu.edu Penn State Behrend women’s soccer team emerged victorious in a thrilling match against Allegheny, winning 2-1. Senior midfielder Mia Zec played a pivotal role in the win, scoring both goals for Behrend. Zec’s first goal came in the 22nd minute, courtesy of a precise pass from Lizzie Hoff. Zec displayed…

  • Penn State Behrend and Grove City Engage in Intense Defensive Battle, Ending in Scoreless Draw

    Harrison Lilley Photo Editor hjl5363@psu.edu   The Penn State Behrend men’s soccer team battled it out with Grove City at the soccer complex on Wednesday night, resulting in a scoreless draw. Both teams struggled to find momentum on the offensive end, leading to a defensive battle throughout the game. The contest started with both sides…

  • Penn State Behrend Women’s Soccer Team Secures First Home Win of the Season with 4-0 Shutout Against Houghton

    Harrison Lilley Photo Editor hjl5363@psu.edu   The Penn State Behrend women’s soccer team claimed their first home win of the season on Tuesday night, shutting out Houghton with an impressive 4-0 victory. The game started with exciting moments as both teams displayed their skill and determination. Just six minutes into the match, Trinity Prestash from…

  • My Holiday Traditions

    CHARLIE GARNER Opinion Editor avg6206@psu.edu   As I am getting older, I am becoming so much more appreciative of my family’s traditions for different holidays, especially those of Thanksgiving and Christmas. The night before Thanksgiving, my siblings and I all helped my mom make pies. She usually makes five pies (four pumpkin and one cherry),…

  • The ‘How I Met Your Mother’ Christmas Episodes (or “How I Met Your Christmas”)

    Charlie Garner Opinion Editor avg6206@psu.edu      “How I Met Your Mother” is a very popular sitcom that ran from 2005 to 2014, and it is also my personal favorite show of all time. The show has so many memorable episodes that people talk about, and a lot of the holiday episodes fall into this…

  • My Unironic Love for ‘Good Luck Charlie: It’s Christmas!’

    Charlie Garner  Opinion Editor avg6206@psu.edu   “Good Luck Charlie” has always been my all-time favorite Disney Channel TV show, and I still never get tired of watching it even though I have seen every episode probably one hundred times. When I was in third grade, I was ecstatic for the Christmas movie, “Good Luck Charlie:…

  • ‘Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas’: The Christmas Classic You Do Not Know

    Charlie Garner Opinion Editor avg6206@psu.edu    The Jim Henson TV Christmas special based on the children’s book by Russell Hoban, “Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas,” seems to be one of the most overlooked and forgotten pieces of media by the puppeteering legend. It aired in 1977, and it is either very much remembered or very much…

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