Patch Poll: Should Colleges and Universities Allow Students to Carry Guns on Campus?

Some Pennsylvania college campuses—including Slippery Rock in Butler County—are allowing students to carry more than just their books.

At least five Pennsylvania state-owned universities are now allowing guns on campus after the state’s lawyers concluded that an outright ban on weapons was probably unconstitutional, according to KDKA-TV. Weapons at five universities--Kutztown, Shippensburg, Edinboro, Slippery Rock and Millersville--are now allowed on campus, though they are still generally banned from school buildings and athletic events, KDKA reported. Students with concealed-carry permits had questioned the constitutionality of blanket weapons bans at state-owned universities, prompting a legal review that found such bans were vulnerable to court challenge. About a year ago, the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education provided a model weapons policy for …

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McGinnis Sisters Taking Part in ‘We Can Read!’ Project to Honor Sandy Hook Victims

Books may be dropped off at the grocer’s locations in Adams Township, Monroeville and Brentwood.

McGinnis Sisters Special Food Stores is teaming up with the Student Nonprofit Alliance at Slippery Rock University and local libraries to collect books in honor of the children and teachers killed during December’s shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn. The program, called We Can Read!, asks participants to purchase a children’s book, read it to a child and then donate the book to the We Can Read! project. The books then are sent to regional child-serving organizations, including Head Start programs, day care centers, elementary schools, children’s libraries and other similar programs. The Student Nonprofit Alliance began organizing the project last month with the help of Alice Del Vecchio, an assistant professor of …

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Video: Man Vs. 'Big Fatty:' SRU Student Takes on Challenge from Cranberry's My Big Fat Greek Gyro

Andy Treese attempted to eat a 4.5 pound gyro in a hour's time.