Category: Penn State University

Professor Sues Penn State University for Racial Discrimination

Zack De Piero, a former English writing professor at the Pennsylvania State University, is suing the institution after being subject to racially discriminatory policies at the campus for being white. “Penn State has implemented a university-wide policy and so-called ‘strategic plan,’ euphemistically labeled ‘anti-racism,’” says the lawsuit (pdf), filed on June 14 in the U.S….


Capitol Report (Oct. 25): President Biden Goes for 3rd Booster Shot; Alaska Republican Party Votes to Censure McConnell

President Joe Biden gets another jab, urging Americans to get a COVID-19 vaccine once every year. But that comes after he said the “pandemic is over,” and as the CDC says Americans’ interest in getting boosted is waning. Arizona’s Yuma sector is processing hundreds of illegal immigrants every day, a sharp increase over the past…


Our Invisible Dragons: Learning to Conquer Anxiety

“What, me worry?” was the slogan of Mad Magazine’s fictitious Alfred E. Neuman, whose boyish image became the magazine’s logo. Cartoonist Harvey Kurtzman, who helped develop the icon, remarked that his was “a face that didn’t have a care in the world.” In truth, few people past the age of 18 have carefree faces, and…


Penn State University Suspends Students Who Failed to Get Weekly COVID-19 Test

At Penn State University, 117 students have been placed on interim suspension for failure to comply with the university’s weekly COVID-19 testing requirement. Students at University Park who are subject to required weekly COVID-19 testing and who have missed at least three weeks of testing have been notified by Penn State that they are out…