Monthly Archives: July 2009

Red Bull Abandons State College, Students & Party Ranking Suffer

July 29, 2009

This summer Red Bull has shut down its State College marketing program to the disappointment of Penn State students. The closure has ruined many aspects of student life, social and educational. Half way through the fall semester, the effects have become apparent. Never before has the Penn State undergraduate population faced such a hurdle. Already this semester, drinking is at an all time low....

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The ‘Pond Jump’

July 13, 2009
The ‘Pond Jump’

Well, I am sorry for writing this blog in the first person. I think that storytelling in the first person through a blog is boring and selfish. However, my latest experience does not involve any facts, but I do have many pictures and one line explanations. This past weekend I traveled down to Ligonier/Latrobe, Pennsylvania to visit my friend Kyle Tennant. Along with @little_lauren...

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Hey man, don’t call last run!

July 7, 2009
Hey man, don’t call last run!

Superstition. For the past 5 months, I have been working around many superstitious people. I thought superstition was put in the grave along with the salem witch trials. Apparently not, so lets bury it now. In the skiing and snowboarding community, calling ‘last run’ is taboo. If even the words ‘one more’ leak out of a rider’s mouth, he/she is quickly corrected by other...

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Nil sine Numine #5, Boulder’s Holiday

July 5, 2009
Nil sine Numine #5, Boulder’s Holiday

As I drove through the business district of Boulder, Colorado I noticed that the sidewalks were packed. Bars had long lines and restaurants were shoulder-to-shoulder. Boulder is the home of the University of Colorado, but all of these students were out on a Monday!? Every ten feet a student would dart from the sidewalk across the street bringing traffic to a standstill. The crowds...

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