China Attempts to Contain Their Biggest Covid Outbreak Since 2020
China is currently experiencing its biggest outbreak of COVID-19 since March of 2020 when the virus first broke out in Wuhan. On Saturday, China reported…
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The Staff Shortage Scramble
As the pandemic continues to affect the world in unexpected ways, one is how many different places are struggling to function with not enough workers…
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Moving Out! Penn State Sends Move Out Email
The end of the semester is approaching! No more classes or exams to stress over! Now, it’ll just be State College without the college —…
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Google’s New Ad Strikes an Emotional Chord
The month of March marked one year in the pandemic for the U.S. and we can all agree that around this time last year, we…
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Penn State’s COVID-19 Numbers are Back on the Rise
Within the last two weeks, Penn State has seen a sudden increase in COVID-19 cases. While the number of cases for the second semester started…
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Everything You Need to Know About President Biden’s First Primetime Address
President Joe Biden delivered his first prime-time White House address on Thursday, March 11. During this address, President Biden spoke about the one-year anniversary of…
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A Year in COVID-19
It is coming up on one year since that dreadful date—March 13, 2020. The day that changed everything. Everyone remembers where they were on that…
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The Aftereffects: Winter Storm Slams Texas
Texas is still facing electrical outages, food and water shortages and massive damage to infrastructure two weeks after winter storms hit the southern state. Residents…
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Weirdough’s Pizza is Hosting a “Free Britney Day”
Oops they did it again! Weirdough’s Custom Pizzeria in downtown State College is hosting another event, and it is in honor of Britney Spears and…
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Remembering and Reflecting on All We Have Lost Due to Covid-19.
Following the somewhat steady distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, the United States recorded its 500,00th Covid-19 related death on Feb. 22. The death toll of 500,000…
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Struggled with Working Out at the IM Building? You’re Not Alone
As you most likely already know, last semester on campus was not a normal semester due to COVID-19, and definitely not normal in terms of…
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Back to State Part Two: Student Life During a Pandemic
As we near the beginning of in-person classes, students are returning back to campus. Hopes were high that this semester would feel more like the…
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The Pandemic Success Story of Australia
Masks are required everywhere you go. Restaurant dining rooms line the streets in tents instead of inside. People wait outside in the cold to obey…
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The COVID-19 Vaccine—The Ending to a Nightmare?
With cases soaring around the world and states beginning to move toward lockdown again, this pandemic seems to be never-ending. However, there may be a…
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Winter is Coming: What This Could Mean for COVID-19
The Centers for Disease Control head has recently warned that this coming winter may be the “most difficult time in U.S. public health history,” as…
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How It Started vs. How It’s Going: Zoom University
What started merely as an internet joke, morphed into the hectic reality of students during the unprecedented times of COVID-19; Zoom University. The requirement for…
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The COVID Curve: How the Pandemic is Affecting our Learning
Ever since Penn State went online in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, huge adjusts have been made by professors and students to continue classes…
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Looming Second-Wave Lockdowns for Europe
As infection rates continue to spike across the continent, many European countries — including France, Germany, Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom — chose to…
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Extremist Religious Group on Campus—What to Know
Over the past few weeks, a group of individuals has been seen at least twice gathering on campus with hateful signs, harassing students as they…
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Americans Storm the Polls: Impacts of Early Voting on 2020 Election
With Election Day only being a few days away, over 92 million Americans have already cast their vote for the 2020 presidential election. These numbers…
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