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Penn State trustees approve $16.6M upgrades on Thompson Hall. What to know
Penn State’s board of trustees approved a $16.6 million construction project Friday to upgrade residence hall Thompson Hall, primarily by renovating all bathrooms and adding student amenities. The project will replace 76-year-old communal bathrooms with “shared private” bathrooms, with one added for about every six beds. The laundry room will also be refurbished with new gas dryers, a community kitchen will be installed, and six bedrooms (with 14 beds) will also be added. The move comes on the heels of the university announcement it is facing a $124 million shortfall driven by declining enrollment and rising health insurance costs. But Housing and Food Services (HFS) operates as a self-supporting unit, similar to athletics, and officials explained funds remain in the unit’s reserve. “After we do all of the projects we have slated for this fiscal year, we’ll still have $27 million in the HFS Reserve,” David Snyder, the associate vice president for auxiliary and business services, told a trustees committee Thursday. The trustees’ Committee on Finance & Investment unanimously recommended the move for approval Thursday morning. The full board then unanimously voted in favor of the project Friday afternoon. No trustees on Friday brought up the cost. The university has
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A Christmas Tree Stand Should Hold a Quart of Water for Every Inch of Trunk, Penn State Extension Says, After a Quarter-Inch Disk Is Cut From the Base
A cut Christmas tree needs a fresh quarter-inch cut and a stand holding a quart of water per inch of trunk, Penn State Extension says, refilled daily.
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Polish Hill shelter proposal called ‘damaging’ and ‘minimal’ in heated hearing
Polish Hill residents showed up in droves to a Pittsburgh Zoning Board of Adjustment hearing on Thursday, passionate with both concern and support for a proposed year-round, low-barrier homeless shelter in their neighborhood. The nearly four-hour meeting included a presentation by Michael Korns, counsel for the proposed shelter’s operator Community...
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Destination Pittsburgh: PIAA Boys Soccer Quarterfinal Round Sites and Times Set
Support Local Pittsburgh Soccer: Love following the WPIAL and PA state tournament action? Subscribe and support Pittsburgh Soccer Now to keep high school soccer coverage thriving across the region!. Following an intense round of opening-state action, the field is narrowed down to the elite eight across each classification. Here is...