by Michael Ferrick | Oct 4, 2025 |
With watching any sports team, it is certainly expected that you will face stress at some point. Not every team can be good for years at a time, but being a New York sports fan is definitely interesting. As many may know, New York has two good baseball teams, one good...
by Matthew Pun | Oct 4, 2025 |
When do you feel like yourself? This past week, I have been asking this question and have gotten answers from talking with others to going to the gym. Recently, I have been reflecting on what makes me feel like myself and what brings me back to the present. Playing...
by Jackie Fassbender | Oct 4, 2025 |
I am the type of person when walking who stares at the ground. I don’t know what it is about the floor, but I find it easier to mind my business that way than keeping my head up. While I might miss out on some sights, it is interesting because I’ve started...
by Taylor James | Oct 3, 2025 |
My rose for the week would be my acceptance into the University Health Services internship program. This is a program that I have been hoping to be a part of since fall of last year. I submitted my written application last April, and took my interview this September....
by Gunesh | Oct 3, 2025 |
After a great whiteout weekend, I definitely need to rejuvenate. I believe that the best way to do this is to head back home for the weekend. Since I live in a dorm, some of the homely luxuries that others may enjoy daily are not accessible to me most the time. So...
by Anshul Dadayyapally | Oct 3, 2025 |
So I am sure most of you know that we just had our whiteout game last weekend. I woke up bright and early super excited to go watch the game. I went out to the tailgates and spent time with my friends. I went to my roommate’s tailgate and the food was amazing. I...
by Avery Snowden | Oct 2, 2025 |
This week I got to test out some skills from the PLA leadership toolkit to help me deal with an awkward situation regarding an exam. I completed an exam last week that was a take-home exam with open ended questions, and I had studied the lecture notes, readings, and...
by Emmanuel Kraft | Oct 2, 2025 |
Recently, I attended a “Policy Profile” speaker session held by the School of Public Policy in the Susan Welch Liberal Arts Building. The speaker was Naveen Parmar, who is a Principal at Mehlman Consulting, a bipartisan government relations firm based in Washington,...
by Emmanuel Kraft | Oct 2, 2025 |
I saw Taylor’s blog post that included a rose, bud, and thorn and was inspired to do the same for my own blog! Recently, a rose has been that I’ve finally gotten into a routine for the semester (more or less). Since the start of the semester, I feel like...
by agk5375 | Oct 1, 2025 |
This weekend, I had the privilege of attending a materials Science and Engineering conference called MS&T. This was my first scientific conference, and it definitely was not what I was expecting. It was a whirlwind of events, talks, and unforgettable memories. We...
by Jacob Boyce | Oct 1, 2025 |
Today is the first of October, which means that it is starting to finally feel like fall (yes… I know fall officially started last week). I feel like the whole month of September was just a continuation of summer; the weather was close to eighty degrees most...
by Michael Mahaffey | Oct 1, 2025 |
One of my favorite aspects of the PLA is the freedom to talk about sensitive topics. The U.S. government officially entered a shutdown on October 1, 2025, after Congress failed to pass a new funding measure before the start of the fiscal year. A shutdown occurs when...
by Cameron Koch | Sep 30, 2025 |
Hi everyone! I hope your first month+ of classes have been going well. I have personally enjoyed the transition to autumn weather, as getting to see beautiful multicolored leaves and experience fall breezes whilst watching football and sipping on coffee is an...
by Jocelyn Bilker | Sep 29, 2025 |
This week feels different. For the first time in what feels like months, my schedule isn’t packed with back-to-back meetings. No scrambling from one Zoom link to the next, no rushing to answer emails in between. Instead, there’s actual space on my calendar – a rare...
by Nicole | Sep 29, 2025 |
Hi everyone! My blog today will be served to express my appreciation for my support system throughout my time here at Penn State. Though this is my final semester as an undergraduate student here at the university, it is most certainly a heavy finale. I have my first...
by Vraj Patel | Sep 29, 2025 |
It’s crazy to think that we’re speeding through the semester. As class and school progress, I’ve come to realize just how much I miss home. Freshman year, I was lucky enough to make frequent trips back home throughout each semester. However, this...
by Max Rossman | Sep 28, 2025 |
Dear readers, This post is coming in a little late as I was really busy this week with everything really. I have been focusing a lot on my tutoring with others and this has forced me to be spend more of my free time on doing work. The experience of working directly...
by Dominic DiFrancesco | Sep 24, 2025 |
I am a big resolutions person. New year, new semester, new month, new week. I have goals I want to achieve and ways I want to improve. I’ve read the think-pieces on the toxicity or unattainability behind them, and yet I still find them to be incredibly motivating. ...
by Taylor James | Sep 24, 2025 |
My rose for the week would be being able to go to a friend’s cabin this weekend. We have been planning this trip since July and we all were very excited for the opportunity. His cabin is in Tionesta, PA, on the Allegheny. While there, we spent our time either on the...
by hmb5906 | Sep 24, 2025 |
This past weekend, I finally sat down at the piano after weeks of being swamped with classes and clubs. At first, my fingers felt clumsy, like they’d forgotten how to move. But after a few minutes, the patterns came back, and it hit me: discipline doesn’t disappear,...
by Lydia Meressi | Sep 24, 2025 |
I recently took my very first diagnostic MCAT practice test without doing any prior preparation, and the experience was exactly what I expected it to be: long, mentally draining, and challenging. Despite going in completely unprepared, I actually performed better than...
by Jeremy Lynn | Sep 24, 2025 |
When it came time to choose my thesis topic, I felt like I was standing at the edge of too many roads. Each path pulled me in a different direction, and all of them felt urgent: climate change, social justice, advocacy, and immigration. They weren’t just academic...
by Michael Thieblemont | Sep 23, 2025 |
I hate Penn State sidewalks. There are times I feel genuine frustration walking to and from class. No, it’s not their quality. Honestly, I commend how well maintained they are (much better than the ones in my hometown). Their color, their location, even the long...
by Jose Vazquez | Sep 23, 2025 |
This past Sunday the Eagles faced the Rams in their week 3 matchup; both teams having a history with one another with this past season the Eagles eliminating the Rams in the divisional round of the playoffs. Both teams heading into the matchup were undefeated as well...
by Caleb Calderon | Sep 23, 2025 |
I was doing some reflecting this week while trying to take better care of my health. I started thinking about the best food options on campus. After running through every place in my head, I reached one conclusion. Redifer Commons in South is the best. Let me break it...
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