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Lena Dunham, a writer and director, and Naomi Fry, staff writer at The New Yorker speaking at FAMESICK: An Evening of Stories and Togetherness in the John Lyman Center on Friday, May 1. Photos by Wade Barillaro
05/06/2026

Lena Dunham hosts slumber party at Lyman

The John Lyman Center became the host of a teenage sleepover as Lena Dunham, a writer and director, took the stage on Saturday, May 1, for an evening of storytelling, conversation and
Interim President Sandra Bulmer leading the Town Hall meeting in the Adanti Student Center Ballroom on Friday, May 1. Photo by Victoria Cruz
05/06/2026

Town Hall meeting confronts growing deficit and budget

The highest cost is expected to be the upcoming faculty raises, estimated at around $6 million.
Reusable pads made by students in the Makerspace room that will be sent to communities in Madagascar. Photo by Brianna Wallen
05/06/2026

Students sew reusable pads for girls abroad

Students are creating Reusable Menstrual Pads, RUMPS, to address a critical barrier that prevents many girls in parts of Africa from staying in school: limited access to menstrual products.

Ask Annie! Sexually frustrated

Dear Annie, My boyfriend has been complaining to me about how he wants me to be more vocal in bed. I’m a very timid person and don’t really feel the need to
09/12/2012

Useful time-fillers around campus

Mackenzie Hurlbert – Copy Editor – You know those awkward breaks you have between classes—the ones too short to head back to the dorm but too long to just casually hang out
09/12/2012

Have a jog, not a cig

Savannah Mul – Opinions Editor – Good news smokers: incorporate exercise into your everyday routine and it will cut down on your cigarette breaks. According to a British study, where the results were
09/12/2012

‘Sweet Caroline’ no more

Robin Glynn – General Assignment Reporter – As students at Southern settle into college life with academics, campus activities, and athletics, the Penn State community is still feeling the repercussions from the
09/12/2012

Tales of an American Parisienne

Alexandra Labonte – Special to the Southern News – It’s a strange thing, traveling to a foreign country, a different continent. I traveled for 8 hours in a massive metal cylinder, breathing
09/12/2012

Buley Library: The construction saga

Savannah Mul – Opinion Editor – During my freshman orientation, my orientation leader told my group that by the fall of 2012 the Buley Library construction will be finished and the Southern campus
09/12/2012

Tenure promotion relieves faculty pressures

IvyLee Rosario – News Writer – This upcoming year at Southern there have been a total of nine professors receiving the promotion of tenure for their work with on- and off-campus organizations and
09/12/2012
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