Evan Halfen
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Anti-ICE Protesters March in State College, Disrupt Borough Council Meeting and Criticize Local Leadership
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Several dozen demonstrators marched through downtown State College, protesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement, alleging local officials have enabled immigration enforcement and briefly disrupting a Borough Council meeting on Monday night. The protest began around 6:30 p.m. outside Old Main, where organizers from the Student Committee for Defense and Solidarity and the People’s Defense Front addressed…
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APIDA Festival Celebrates Cultures, Upcoming Heritage Month in Downtown State College
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Hundreds of community members gathered in downtown State College on Saturday for the fourth annual APIDA Festival, which brought music, food and performances to Fraser Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza. The free event kicked off at noon and went until 5 p.m., highlighting Asian, Pacific Islander and Desi American culture through a mix…
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Tussey Mountain to Host Happy Valley’s First Mojofest. What to Know Before You Go
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Happy Valley’s first Mojofest, a grassroots Woodstock-inspired music festival, will take over Tussey Mountain on Saturday, April 18, bringing a full day of live music, vendors, food and art to Centre County. The multi-genre festival will take place from 2 to 10:30 p.m. Tickets start at $30, and the event is open to attendees 18…
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Penn State Piloting License Plate Readers: What to Know About ALPR Cameras on Campus
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Penn State is piloting a network of automated license plate reader cameras around its University Park campus, part of a limited initiative officials say is designed to support law enforcement. University Police and Public Safety confirmed the use of stationary cameras from Flock Safety at select perimeter locations under a pilot program authorized by an…
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Cole Swindell, Gabby Barrett to Perform Free Concert at Bryce Jordan Center as Part of Pa.’s America 250 Celebration
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Country singers Cole Swindell and Gabby Barrett and the Benny Havens Military Band will perform a free concert on May 23 at Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center as part of Pennsylvania’s America 250 celebration. The show will be the first of the five-city Commonwealth Concert Series announced Thursday in Hershey by Gov. Josh Shapiro and…
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Crews Respond to Lab Fire in Penn State Building
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Emergency crews responded on Wednesday morning to a small fire in a chemistry lab inside a building on the Penn State campus. Benkovic Building, formerly the Chemistry Building, was evacuated at about 11 a.m. A fire originated in a chemical fume hood in a lab on the second floor and an extinguisher was not effective…
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Transgender Day of Visibility Rally in State College Calls for Advocacy, Protection of Rights
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Updated 12:32 p.m. April 1. Advocates, local leaders and other community members gathered Tuesday evening at the Allen Street Gates in State College for a Transgender Day of Visibility rally, calling for recognition and continued advocacy for transgender individuals. The rally began at 5:30 p.m. in downtown State College, drawing a crowd that filled the…
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Center for the Performing Arts Student Leaders Bring Rising Pop-Punk Band The Paradox to Penn State’s Eisenhower Auditorium
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The April 1 show is the latest performance resulting from initiatives to amplify student voices in arts programming.
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Thousands Gather in State College for ‘No Kings’ Protest
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Updated 8:25 p.m. March 28. Thousands of demonstrators gathered on Penn State’s Old Main lawn Saturday afternoon for a “No Kings” protest, joining a national day of nonviolent action and more than 3,100 similar events nationwide that organizers said were aimed at opposing authoritarianism and defending democratic rights. The event began shortly after 1 p.m.…
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Construction Underway for New Student Housing Development in State College; Developers, Local Officials Hold Ceremonial Groundbreaking
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Developers and local officials gathered Thursday for the ceremonial groundbreaking of The Retreat on Westerly, a new student housing neighborhood set to bring in hundreds more beds to the State College area. The project, located on the eastern side of Westerly Parkway Plaza site, is being constructed by Landmark Properties, which has developed or manages…