http://safeguardoldstate.org Thu, 07 May 2009 04:21:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dear Friend, Founded more than two years ago, Safeguard Old State was established with the goal in mind of protecting and advancing the student rights and traditions that were central to the campus experience of generations of Penn Staters, from students to alumni, faculty to staff, townsperson to friend of the ... http://safeguardoldstate.org/articles/a-special-message-on-safeguard-old-state-from-the-founder/ The Third Annual Penn State Social Drinking Tradition State College, PA – Safeguard Old State, a student-alumni advocacy group at Penn State, is excited to announce the third annual "State Patty's Day" to be held on Saturday, February 28 in State College. State Patty's Day was originally started in 2007 to celebrate ... http://safeguardoldstate.org/articles/sos-announces-state-pattys-day-2009/ January jobs losses topped 700,000 – more jobs than the entire state of Maine. The national unemployment rate is now over 7%. Several hundred billion TARP dollars have simply gone missing. The automakers need a bailout. Home foreclosures are up sharply. Should we spend 1 trillion ... http://safeguardoldstate.org/columns/gable/state-college-chickens-and-dogs/ As we settle into a new year already frought with economic turbulence both on a national level and a local level at Penn State, we at Safeguard Old State are keeping our fingers crossed that our university might take make a meaningful resolution to brighten up our spirits: be a ... http://safeguardoldstate.org/articles/a-new-years-wish-focus-first-on-education-then-research/ The year is coming to a close and it is often good to reflect on the year gone by, not to criticize or ridicule, place blame or lament the things gone wrong. But rather, it is a time to celebrate what went right! There is time to consider ... http://safeguardoldstate.org/columns/gable/an-end-of-year-message-from-state-college/ As we near a close in the dispute between administrators at Penn State and Allegheny Power over the rising cost of electricity and how those costs will impact student room and board rates, I can't help but sit in amazement that this was ever a public problem in the first ... http://safeguardoldstate.org/articles/the-administration-the-allegheny-power-bill/ Safeguard Old State is excited to announce a new speaker series designed to foster a dialog over the role of students, trustees, alumni and faculty in relation to their alma mater, our Pennsylvania State University. SOS will be welcoming three speakers to campus over the next two weeks from national non-profits ... http://safeguardoldstate.org/articles/sos-announces-campus-renewal-speaker-series/ Safeguard Old State calls for the review of the process by which the student activity fee is allocated. In a University as large as ours, there is a need for the activity fee to be allocated by generally elected members of the student body. The current process is ... http://safeguardoldstate.org/articles/fee-equity-sos-calls-for-upac-merger-with-upua/ Safeguard Old State, in light both of recent downtown events and a broader need for a more robust line of communication between town and gown, is proposing the creation by the State College Borough Council of a Student Relations Committee. SOS Executive Director Chris Morell first discussed this idea publicly last ... http://safeguardoldstate.org/articles/sos-proposes-state-college-student-relations-committee/ Earlier this fall, The Daily Collegian reported on the destruction of the park benches on the mall leading up to Old Main at the Penn State University Park campus. Safeguard Old State covered the news on our "Penn State Matters" blog at the Centre Daily Times. Yet, for all the hyperbole ... http://safeguardoldstate.org/articles/a-renewed-recognition-honor-the-class-of-1900/