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The Penn Stater Daily — Nov. 12, 2013

November 12, 2013 at 12:57 pm Mary Murphy Leave a comment

Best for vets: In case you missed it, Penn State earned a timely honor yesterday afternoon, when U.S. News & World Report announced its rankings of “Best Colleges for Veterans.” Penn State, which has more than 900 veterans at University Park alone, topped the list at No. 1. Learn more here.

News you can snooze: The average American gets fewer than six hours of sleep each night—and according to Alan Derickson, a Penn State professor of labor and employment relations and history, that’s not nearly enough. In a blog post in yesterday’s Harvard Business Review, Derickson explains how “manly wakefulness,” the idea that “real men”  forgo sleep to log more hours at work, is outdated—and dangerous. It’s also the subject of his new book, Dangerously Sleepy: Overworked Americans and the Cult of Manly Wakefulness.

Have dreidel, will travel: OK, it’s offical: there’s a Guinness World Record for everything. Apparently, the current record for number of dreidels spinning simulatenously is a whopping 734. But members of Penn State Hillel are hoping to hit 1,000 on Dec. 3, when they’re inviting anyone with a dreidel and a thirst for victory to come to Alumni Hall and get spinning. According to Onward State, the event is BYOD—though a few extra dreidels will be available. Check out the event page on Facebook for more info.

The scent of State (image from masik.com)

Making scents: The Wall Street Journal reports that fragrance company Masik has created a line of Collegiate Fragrances, a collection of colognes and perfumes designed to capture “a University’s essence.” The first few ingredients in Penn State’s fragrance sound pleasant enough—vanilla, lilac, blue cypress, and juniper berries—though some other “notes” are questionable: What exactly does “the elegance of Old Main” smell like? And is it really something you want to dab on your wrists every morning?

Mary Murphy, associate editor

Entry filed under: Penn State in the News, Uncategorized. Tags: Alan Derickson, Penn State Hillel.