The Penn Stater Magazine

Happy Valley Gets Ready for Move-In Day(s)

August 18, 2009 at 1:42 pm Ryan Jones Leave a comment

We’ve just (finally) finished our Sept./Oct. issue, which Alumni Association members will receive at the end of this month. The cover story is a collection of reader memories from their first days on campus — the “Move-In Day” experiences shared by Penn Staters of every campus and era. The timing of this story is no accident, of course, as those of us working at University Park are about to be reminded. Cars full of students, parents, luggage, furniture and who knows what else will be clogging State College in the next few days, hitting a peak this weekend. While those of us who live here may not be looking forward to the traffic (and will avoid the local big-box stores like the plague), the Centre Daily Times reminds us that business owners are understandably psyched. As one local manager says, “It’s kind of like Black Friday morning — only five times as busy, and it’s all day long.”

Yikes.

Ryan Jones, senior editor

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