Are you a first-year student at Penn State University Park? I am, and if you’re reading this there’s about a 96% chance that you are, too. It’s been just over 2 weeks, and I’m just beginning to get the hang of this new routine. There are so many things to explore on this massive campus–hundreds of buildings spread across almost 5,500 acres, according to everyone’s favorite internet encyclopedia.

There’s so much stuff to do here–that is, during the time not spent walking across campus (but that’s for a future post)–that I’m sure I’ll still be learning three years from now. Some of the things I’ve already discovered: You can eat ice cream at the creamery, navigate through all the construction zones on campus, eat ice cream at the creamery, play frisbee on Old Main lawn, eat ice cream at the creamery, and consume junk food at pretty much any hour you like. Oh and I think there are classes here, too.

But I digress.

What is this blog all about, then? A good question, indeed. The details, it turns out, are still a work in progress, so you–the (hopefully) faithful reader–will have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness the evolution of this blog over the next twelve weeks. Fascinating, if I do say so myself.

The basic premise is that over the coming weeks I will select an experience I’ve had at Penn State during the week preceding the post–a cool tip I learned, a minor annoyance (read: complaint), something weird, an interesting fact or statistic (I love numbers)–and write about it. I hope to conduct a few experiments of my own, as well. I’ll try my best to make it funny, interesting, engaging, and/or relevant.

So here’s to some cool adventures over the course of the semester. I invite you to tag along with me (virtually) as I explore this place we now call home.