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 Penn State firing employees (with alternative transportation).
While some companies and organizations are helping their employees deal with the high price of gas and harmful environmental effects of commuting with innovative four-day work weeks and telecommuting options, Penn State is offering faculty, staff and students a new–and carbon-free–way to fly.
Starting in August, Penn State, in conjunction with Centre Area Transportation Authority (CATA), will introduce […]

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 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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Gandhi-Doody, pacifist mime, adds talent to July 4th alternative. 
State College’s pacifist community is offering an alternative to the warlike displays of fireworks, barbecues and beer-fueled fistfights that have become synonymous with Fourth of July festivities.
The group, Peaceful State, has created Non-violent Resistance and Solidarity Fest, as a peaceful way to celebrate the mid-summer holiday. Since the group does not […]

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