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Colbert Super PAC Comes to Penn State, Brings Students Into Activism

April 21, 2012 - 6:59pm — Spark Progress

PSU students start a Colbert Super PacStudents at Penn State are attempting to bring political comedian Stephen Colbert to campus. 

Started by freshman Remy Maisel, Penn Staters for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow is a branch of Stephen Colbert’s own fundraising organization, Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow. The super PAC plans to not only satirize the current corrupt state of campaign finance, but they might even bring Stephen Colbert himself to campus. Read more »

Scooping the scandal: a local media analysis

April 20, 2012 - 4:32am — voicesweb

by Sean Flynn

Before the national media descended upon State College and long after they left, local reporters and media organizations have been at the forefront of unraveling the Jerry Sandusky scandal at Penn State.

Breaking the story

Two years before the grand jury presentment against Sandusky was made public, a young Centre Daily Times reporter named Sara Ganim got her first tip. According to her February 2012 interview with Glamour, an unnamed source told Ganim a victim alleged that Sandusky had committed sex crimes.

But Ganim’s story would not see print until she left Happy Valley in January 2011 to join the Harrisburg Patriot-News. Nine weeks later, the Patriot-News broke the story: a grand jury was investigating Sandusky. Read more »

Snow Shoe industrial projects hit roadblocks

April 20, 2012 - 4:29am — voicesweb

by Bridget Dwyer

Plagued by falling gas prices, bogged down by regulatory process and opposed by environmental groups, Resource Recovery’s efforts to open a landfill and industrial park in Centre County have largely ground to a halt.

The company’s project land comprises 5,758 acres in Snow Shoe Township and Rush Township, according to their website.

That website lists six distinct projects planned for the property: a waste-to-ethanol project, a landfill, a natural gas drilling project, a water treatment plant, a quarry and the reactivation of railways to bring waste to the site.

Each project has separate issues which have stalled the overall plan for more than eight years. Read more »

Brain drain: why PSU graduates leave State College

April 20, 2012 - 4:28am — voicesweb

by David Martino

A majority of the Penn State undergraduates leave after graduating without hesitation. Many describe State College as a college town with limited job and housing opportunities. Read more »

CRUX reveals the refiguring of artist-activist

April 20, 2012 - 4:23am — voicesweb

by Jessie Rommelt

"After a year abroad, a semester away and countless conceptual mutations, CRUX is a combination of works that illustrate the key ideas in the work of Anna Brewer. Issues of Gender, Power, and Memory bind together to set the stage for the many characters who populate this show," states the exhibition card for Penn State student, artist, and activist Anna Brewer’s latest artistic endeavor. Read more »

State College Food Not Bombs: A Community-Based Response to Poverty, Hunger, and Inequity.

April 18, 2012 - 9:08pm — Spark Progress

State College - On Tuesday night, the kitchen of the Abba Java Coffee House on Calder Way was bustling with activity.  Students and community members flocked in and out of the downtown coffee shop amidst the aroma of spicy vegan lentil soup and the sounds of guitar and ukulele strums.

In recent weeks, Dan Farbowitz, a recent Penn State graduate, has taken the initial steps in establishing a State College chapter of Food Not Bombs, an international food-sharing campaign that provides vegan meals to needy people – and anyone else who’s interested.

As a whole, the organization seeks to create a community-based atmosphere that promotes non-violence, encourages increased sustainability, and confronts poverty and inequality. Read more »

National Tax Day Action 2012 - State College, PA

April 17, 2012 - 10:21pm — voicesweb


STATE COLLEGE - On this year's Tax Day, protestors rallied outside a Verizon business to make a statement against corporate greed.

"You pay your taxes so Verizon doesn't have to," one sign read.

For more news and content, visit Spark Progress, Penn State University's progressive student alliance, at www.sparkprogress.org; or visit Voices, an affiliated newspaper, at www.voicesweb.org.

Video and story by Ricardo Morales from Spark.

The Grand Reopening of beloved State College bookstore, Webster's Bookstore Cafe

April 14, 2012 - 6:20pm — voicesweb

Elaine Meder-Wilgus reopens Webster's Bookstore CafeElaine Meder-Wilgus and Mayor Elizabeth Goreham officate at the Grand Reopening of Webster's Bookstpre Cafe. Elaine introduces all the people who worked hardest on the project, and together Elaine and the Mayor cut the ribbon. Photo and video by Elizabeth Timberlake-Newell.

 

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Grand Opening of the new Webster’s Bookstore Café April 14 10 am until 8 pm

April 13, 2012 - 5:20pm — Around Town

Websters Reopening[STATE COLLEGE, PA]—Webster’s Bookstore Cafe is pleased to announce its Grand Opening celebration on April 14, 2012 from 10 am until 8 pm at their new location at 133 East Beaver Avenue, State College, PA.  A ribbon-cutting will take place at 10am at the Humes Alley entrance, attended by the Mayor of State College, Elizabeth Goreham.  

“We’re happy to introduce our new location to the community and to those who helped bring this project to fruition,” said Elaine Meder-Wilgus, Owner. “The grand opening celebration for Webster’s Bookstore Cafe marks the launch of a new model for bookstores across the country as they move toward becoming cultural and community centers.”

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