Lynd Ward Lithographs

Digital Gaming

Have you ever participated in a competition or contest just for the fun it? Or perhaps your family routinely hosts game nights and most likely you relish the time spent together and not the outcome of the game. While it's easy to associate a game being a means to an end (i.e. a prize or reward), it's the 'means'—the ... read more

Winter Olympic Games: Athleticism in the Snow
2010 Games: February 12-28, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The Winter Olympic Games are a multi-sport event held every four years since the first such games were convened in Chamonix, France in 1924. The Games include sports such as alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsled, cross-country skiing, curling, figure skating, freestyle skiing, ice hockey, luge, Nordic combined, short track speed skating, skeleton, ski jumping, snowboarding, and speed skating. The Winter Games alternate every two years from the Summer Games dates, a schedule change made by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1994.. ... read more

Years Ago... in the Historical Digital Collegian:
Early Computing at Penn State

As the nation endures what has been dubbed The Great Recession, it is only natural to wonder how Penn State fared in the early years of the Great Depression. Then, as now, students and faculty struggled to maintain normal academic and social activities in the face of extraordinary financial pressures and anxieties over future employment prospects.

November 20, 1928: The College Registrar installed a machine to compute student grades. This devices "which acts like a mechanical man" was able to also quickly count and average student demographic statistics by sorting and counting punched ... read more