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Fest Rioters Bemoan Today’s Non-rioting College Kids

July 11th, 2008 · 6 Comments

 Gen. X students: Today’s Penn State kids lack anti-social skills.
Just ten years ago, Brenson Beason, then a senior in Undecided Undergraduate Studies, was a self-described naive change agent who attended the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts shopping for over-priced pottery and exploring vandalism as a form of artistic expression.
“Back then, we really believed we could […]

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Tags: Education · Penn State · State College

PennRon: State Seeks Help to Spin Deficit

July 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Creative financing: PennRon gets lessons
Pennsylvania Governor Edward G-Money Rendell and state legislators are hoping some creative financing can make a pending billion-dollar budget deficit disappear and they’re looking toward the artists of creative budgetting for help.
According to state budget officials, former Enron, WorldComm and Countrywide Mortgages officials are looking over the state books, hoping to find new ways to […]

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Tags: Finance · Local Politics · Politics · Rendell

Aid Recipients Celebrate Dependence Day

July 2nd, 2008 · 5 Comments

Uncle Entitlement: A Salute to Dependence Day
Tammy Sue Barkhard, a third-generation Welfare recipient who lives in Tyrone, said that she gets a little misty when she hears the Star-Spangled Banner on July the 4th. It’s a special day for her.
“I think about George Washington crossing the Mississippi on that special day in July and creating a country that […]

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Tags: Tyrone · Welfare