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Emily Hu began playing chess under the tutelage of her father. “Until I got too good,” Emily says, smiling.  Emily, a sophomore at State College Area High School, […]

By Kelsey Lentz As the artistic director for the Performing Arts School of Central Pennsylvania, home to the Nittany Ballet and Central Pennsylvania Youth Orchestra, Rebecca Maciejczyk arranges two […]

Like every parent, you have big dreams for your children. Maybe you envision them becoming doctors or lawyers, raising big families, or playing shortstop in the World Series. When something […]

As we celebrate the beginning of spring this month, many of us will begin the task of doing yard work, cleaning out flower beds, and preparing the soil for new […]

Dear Emily, I have found myself extremely wrapped up in life lately and feel that I am spiraling. With this weather, I’ve been struggling to get out of bed […]

My mailing address says, “State College,” my tax bill says, “Patton Township,” but when someone local asks, I say I live in “Park Forest,” and most people in the “Centre […]

We all know the scene in the movies where the guy orders a bottle of wine at a restaurant and tells the server to open the bottle in order to […]

Pearl Gluck calls herself a filmmaker and a director, but to others she is much more – an impactful leader. For the last four years, Gluck, a professor in […]

Dear Readers, My name is Emily Chertow. I am following my passion in journalism as I grow to be a senior at Penn State University. As I have a […]

Getting a “new knee” or a “new hip” is a hot topic among baby-boomers. Over the past few decades, surgical methods and artificial joints have advanced to the point where […]