Campus Culture

Campus Culture, THON

How Not To Annoy R&R THON Weekend

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If you’ve been to THON before, you’ve definitely seen Rules & Regulations committee members in red shirts trying to keep everyone in line. You might see them as the bad guys, but they’re really just trying to keep everyone safe. To help them out, here’s a list of things that you should avoid doing THON weekend.

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Campus Culture, THON

Small Things, Great Love FTK

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Small Things, Great Love is a fashion and accessories organization dedicated to combining style and charity into one cohesive unit. With THON serving as her first charity, founder Erin Gillespie is tapping into her alumni roots to give back to a cause that has directly influenced her.

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Campus Culture

The Best Off-Campus Study Spots

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Because there are so many of us here at Main Campus, there’s almost no guarantee your favorite study spot won’t be unoccupied when you need it most. When all else fails, we found the best off-campus study spots for you and your books to call home, if only for the afternoon.

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Campus Culture, THON

46 LIVE: Capturing the Essence of THON

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THON will be here soon, and everybody is preparing in many different ways. From the committees, to the dancers, to various clubs, everyone has been preparing since the beginning of the school year. And get this – 46 LIVE, the THON webcast, has people who have already put in over 400 hours to prepare for the weekend.

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Winter Break Realizations
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Winter Break Realizations

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Winter break might be the best thing to happen to Penn Staters all year. There’s no schoolwork, no alarm clocks, and no walking a mile to class in below-freezing temperatures. At some point while you’re home, you realize that life at home is a little bit different than life at Penn State. Here are some other realizations that we’ve come to over break.

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Do Something That Scares You
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Do Something That Scares You

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Ever since I came to Penn State (a mere year and a half ago), I’ve come to be a bit of an adventurer. I moved across the country for college just because I wanted a change of environment. For my 19th birthday, I went skydiving. I’ve given my phone number to an attractive Chris Hemsworth look-a-like on a flight home from Pittsburgh. I’m saving up for a volunteer trip to Taiwan. I desperately want to take acrobat lessons. In November, I wandered New York City by myself for the first time.

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Campus Culture

Spending Thanksgiving in State College

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Even though State feels like a second home, Happy Valley doesn’t even compare to actually being home. The kids from PA, NJ, NY, MD, etc all rejoice about finally being able to see their dogs, their friends and most importantly their family. For international kids, the wait goes until the end of the semester. And if these students are not visiting with their friends, these students are most likely stuck in a ghost town in the middle of nowhere.

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Campus Culture

The Best Late Night Bites

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By now, may have read the “Penn State Eats Here” article in our Fall 2014 print issue. While the restaurants downtown definitely deserve their own bucket list – what about the late night eateries? So let’s just be honest right from the start and admit that our late night eating habits are still in full swing (for most of us anyway).

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