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Some Thoughts on a Scandal

Ted — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:13:58 +0000

Joe Paterno, legendary Penn State Football coach, was fired tonight, after 46 seasons at the helm of the program. His back to basics philosophy and rolled up khakis have become the stuff of legend in Happy Valley. JoePa was dismissed by the Board of Trustees of The Pennsylvania State University amidst much controversy [...]

Today in College Writing

Ted — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:47:40 +0000

It’s vs. Its

Two vs. To vs. Too

The Night We Got bin Laden

Ted — Mon, 02 May 2011 16:50:09 +0000

I had just returned from the library from an eight hour studying marathon (finals are great, aren’t they) when I turned on the television and heard that President Obama would make an impromptu statement regarding national security. I then did what any generation-googler would do, and turned to the interwebs. On the Huffington Post, someone [...]

Jane Goodall

Ted — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:39:31 +0000

Last Thursday, I had the opportunity to see world renown anthropologist and primatologist (chimp-ologist?) Jane Goodall deliver a speech. It was part of this year’s Distinguished Speaker Series at Penn State University. I didn’t know much about her going into it, but after a quick browsing of [...]

Blue & White

Ted — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:18:45 +0000

Every Spring brings the Blue and White game, the annual football inter-squad scrimmage. To many, however, the main attraction is tailgating.

It was Pee-Pee’s 5th Birthday

State Patty’s Day

Ted — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:08:48 +0000

Yesterday was State Patty’s Day here at Penn State. State Patty’s day started 4 years ago because St. Patrick’s day fell over spring break, and the students wanted to celebrate together. And celebrate we have! Despite all sorts of controversy surrounding this year’s celebration, students dawned their green, and celebrated the only way Penn Staters [...]

What Would You Spend $7.8 Million On?

Ted — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:25:29 +0000

A House? Car? Paying your way through college? An investment, perhaps?

How about pediatric cancer? This past weekend, Penn State held its annual 46 hour dance marathon, commonly referred to as THON. The dance marathon is the culmination of a year long fund raising effort by students, with the proceeds [...]

Just Walkin’ Around

Ted — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:10:08 +0000

I was wandering around campus the other day with my camera. Captured these:

Semester = Dunzo

Ted — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:27:23 +0000

This Semester I:

Downloaded an inordinate amount of music Did laundry 4 times Changed my sheets 0 times Visited Wikipedia 1×10^10 times Facebook stalked just about everyone I know Became level 15 in Farmville Listened to every No Agenda podcast Finished out a journal Started a new journal Watched 2 seasons of Entouage and a [...]

RAVE!!!!!

Ted — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 08:42:58 +0000

More stress relief. This time, however, in the form of a techno rave. It actually turned out to be pretty wild, with about 600 students attending. It was cool to see a lot of people getting really into it, not just dancing–I saw a gorilla, greenman, santa clause, 4 ninjas, and Elvis, as [...]