In the mid-1980s, Carnegie Mellon University formed C-CUE, an outgrowth of the Benedum Regional College Computer Enrichment Program. Their website states that a grant was received to “organize an educational computing association of small, regional undergraduate, teaching-oriented colleges and universities.” In 1992, the C-CUE took a new shape and became a “non-staffed, member-driven, professional organization.” [...]
This week, Mercyhurst University students were pleased with the revealing of this year’s Springfest performers, The White Panda and Super Mash Bros. The event, planned in conjunction by Mercyhurst Student Government (MSG) and the Student Activities Council (SAC), is a student favorite, and this year will hopefully not be an exception. The decision is a [...]
This is the moment Penn State Behrend’s Interfraternity and Panhellenic councils’ Dance MaraTHON co-chairs Taylor Hennon and Marianne Piatek have been waiting for. Ever since General Electric promised to match up to $20,000 raised by Behrend’s THON committee, the main goal has been to reach that number – and they’ve almost done it. “A couple [...]
‘Tis the season again; it’s the time of giving. December has many meanings, but this holiday season, Behrend students are giving back to the community and needy through charity. The Waste Not program at Behrend has partnered with the Erie City Mission in a dual effort to rid campus of impractical waste and to help [...]
One software engineering student at Penn State Behrend is using what he learned in class to make money. Senior Steve Kedzior fixes iPhone 4 screens and backs for students on campus. He noticed it costs a lot to fix broken iPhones. “I know the cheapest place to fix screens is at the mall where they [...]
Penn State will be holding its 35th annual THON 46-hour dance marathon on Thursday. The purpose of THON, as stated on www.thon.org, is “to conquer pediatric cancer by providing outstanding emotional and financial support to the children, families, researchers and staff of the Four Diamonds Fund, an organization that is used to help families whose [...]
Imagine having an officer come to your door one day and tell you along with your family, to leave your country. They threaten to burn down your house and kill you if you don’t. Living in a first-world country, this may be hard to imagine — but for 22-year-olds Amire Latifi and Vjosa Loshaj, this [...]
It’s that time of year for scary movies, ghosts and haunted houses. At Mercyhurst University, we seem to have our own haunted house all year long. Everyone knows of the rumors of Mercyhurst being haunted, contributed by the various deaths and strange occurrences that have happened throughout the years on campus. Just walking around Old [...]
Filmmaker Tiffany Hsiung is making a documentary called “Within Every Woman.” She has spent the last three years traveling around Asia and speaking to women who were victims of sex slavery in World War II. These women are known as “comfort women.” October is dedicated to sexual and domestic violence awareness, so it was fitting [...]
Two Mercyhurst College students have received disciplinary action from the college for possessing three firearms in their on-campus apartment. The extent of the disciplinary action is a confidential matter by federal law, college officials said. The names of the students and the action taken cannot be revealed. What officials can say is that on Monday, [...]