Quick Tips on How to Go Green for Earth Day
Logan Moore, PNN Staff
April 23, 2012
Earth day has come and passed. Did you even know when Earth Day was? Did you even make an attempt to try and reduce your carbon footprint in honor of this worldwide environmental awareness day? If you are like the majority of people then the answer is likely no. In today’s society it seems like everyone... Read more »
Gas prices: have we reached the tipping point?
Jessica Schroeder, PNN Staff
April 18, 2012
Many students around campus are asking about gas prices. As us Northwest Indiana people know, the only thing that is as unpredictable as our weather we’ve been having is the gas prices. Our Purdue North Central is a commuter school; gas prices, therefore, are on the forefront of everyone’s minds.... Read more »
Opening Day: Wrigley
Sean Casey, PNN Staff
April 11, 2012
There was no better of a place to spend last Thursday than at the Cubs opener vs. the Nationals. The smell of baseball was in the air as fans started to gather outside the gates of Wrigley Field and the surrounding stores and eateries that have now come to be known as Wrigleyville. The sun was shining... Read more »
Greece is Crumbling
Josh Birky, PNN Staff
March 31, 2012
Greece is in trouble. Their economy is in a downward spiral and they probably won’t come out of it for some time. Last Monday, Dr. Jonathan Swarts gave a presentation entitled Debt Crisis in the Eurozone. The presentation covered why Greece was in financial turmoil and how it will affect the rest... Read more »
And Then There Were Four….
Sean Casey, PNN Staff
March 26, 2012
March Madness has once again lived up to its title. In a crazy tournament where Duke and Missouri both lost in the first round and underdog VCU once again proved they deserved a higher seed, we finally have our final four as the tournament starts to wrap up. All that’s left of the 64 team field... Read more »
Shocker Special: Manning to Broncos?
Sean Casey, PNN Staff
March 20, 2012
In a weekend where the Peyton Manning field went from 5 to 3 to 1, with both Miami and Arizona falling out of contention first on Friday then the other two falling out of contention on Monday, many football fans are left wondering why the MVP quarterback chose to take his talents to Denver. The three... Read more »
Kony2012…What’s really going on?
Jessica Schroeder, PNN Staff
March 12, 2012
In today’s instant-click and immediate update society, the time it may take a video to become “viral” is astounding. Examples of such multi-million viewed videos like “Charlie bit my finger” and “David after dentist” prove that any video can become the next YouTube sensation very quickly. Despite... Read more »
The Big Migration
Ronald Taylor, PNN Staff
March 1, 2012
It’s a scene reminiscent of some mass congregation of wildlife at a waterhole in the African Savannah – only it takes place an hour south of PNC. Thousands of warbling, gangly sandhill cranes rise from the surrounding woods and land in sheets on a grassy expanse of land as the evening sky darkens.... Read more »
The Faces of Black History: Part One
Logan Moore, PNN Staff
February 21, 2012
It seems that time flies by faster and faster every day. People are born, they live, and then it seems that they merely fade into history. But some, however, are so extraordinary that their legacy survives and history will not allow us to forget them. In honor of Black History month, the Panther News... Read more »
To Cheer or Not To Cheer
Will Culbertson, PNN Staff
November 29, 2011
The United States’ national anthem is one of the most recognizable songs in the country. You’ve probably heard it more times than you can count. The playing of “The Star Spangled Banner” has become an American tradition. More times than not, you remove your hat and place your right hand over... Read more »
