Ken’s Best Wurst
Ken's Best Wurst is a popular late-night stop for Penn State students seeking munchies and good conversation. Ken Baumgarten, of Philipsburg, runs the late night hot dog and sausage stand in downtown...
View ArticleAnother shot at love: falling in love at an older age
If you bumped into Jean and Roger Sovocool in the grocery store or on the street, you’d assume the two lovebirds have been living in marital bliss for decades. But the 89-year-old man and 94-year-old...
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Driving Force
For many of us, cars are simply a way to get from point A to point B. For others, like 21-year-old Ethan Mummert, cars are a different thing entirely. For some, cars are a way to express themselves...
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The Sound of Music
Peter Favilla is a junior studying the fine art of piano performance here at Penn State University. Favilla has loved the concept of music every since he was just a little boy, his parent had no real...
View ArticleSurprise Me
Dr. Donna King is a professor at Penn State in Women’s Studies and African American Studies department. She’s a flamboyant woman with a passion for activism. Though she was born and lived most of her...
View ArticleThe Price of a Free Press
Journalists in the United States are protected under the First Amendment. In Hong Kong, however, journalists are increasingly being controlled by China's Communist government which has imprisoned more...
View ArticleGeneration Xi: The Future of Hong Kong
Residents and experts share their views on Hong Kong's future in video and text Leslie Law was just starting primary school in China when Britain handed over their colony of Hong Kong to Mainland...
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Busy as a ...
On a warm and cloudy Tuesday afternoon in mid-April, Mario Padilla walked from his office in the Chemical Ecology Lab on Orchard Road at Penn State to a honey bee apiary, about 100 yards down the...
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Hong Kong’s traditional wet markets may fall victim to evolving economy
The Shek Kip Mei Estate Market is typical of Hong Kong wet markets where a shopper can find tube socks on one side of the aisle and custom meats on the other. Photo by Emily Chappell HONG KONG -- The...
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For immigrants, ‘notorious’ Chungking Mansions a portal to a better life
Security cameras cover 70 percent of the public areas in the Chungking Mansions building complex.The images on the screens provide a glimpse into the diversity of cultures housed in the mansion's five...
View ArticleOpen mic night showcases new musicians
Steve Winston walked away from a career in advertising when he was 31 to follow his dream of being a musician. Now he performs solo and plays bass for Los Blancos, a jazz band based in Syracuse, N.Y....
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Street art finds an unlikely home in Hong Kong
HONG KONG – For a week or so every spring, this city built on trade, finance and the making of money gives itself over to the arts. Hong Kong Art Week pulls together the threads of the city’s arts...
View ArticlePopulation pressure threatens Hong Kong’s country park enclaves
HONK KONG -- Toby Emmet stumbled upon his current home in a Hong Kong country park 34 years ago while on a camping trip with his three sons. An abandoned village house alongside an old rice field, it...
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Occupy Movement is losing momentum despite widespread student support
A slow morning – and time for a nap – in the Hong Kong Federation of Students offices. Photo by Matt Allibone HONG KONG – At 10 a.m. on a cloudy Tuesday in March, the only person at the headquarters...
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Hong Kong nannies vital to economies at home and abroad
Statue Park, located near the Central Mass Transit Ralway (MTR) Station, is a popular spot for Hong Kong's domestic helpers to socialize and interact with friends. Photo by Shannon Sweeney HONG KONG —...
View ArticleShark population threatened by Hong Kong’s taste for soup
HONG KONG – Storefronts filled with the yellowish hue of dried shark fins, crisp and ready, line the streets of the Sheung Wan. The smell of the sea permeates the air. One street in the colorful old...
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Police response to Umbrella Revolution leaves force with tarnished image
This TVB Pearl HK news channel report allegedly shows six Hong Kong police officers beating a handcuffed protester reported to be Ken Tsang, who is a member of the Civic Party in Hong Kong. HONG KONG...
View ArticleOut With the Tide
The fishing industry in Hong Kong is going out with the tide. Overfishing and the emergence of fish farming forced traditional fishermen to look for alternatives to working from small boats in order...
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Mainland China holds the key to renaissance of Hong Kong film industry
A display promoting the Hollywood production "Cinderella" greets commuters at the International Finance Centre in Center in Hong Kong. The Hollywood film industry has become very popular among...
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Faith-based organizations a key part of Hong Kong charity
A man collects incense in Man Mo Temple, located in Sheung Wan on Hong Kong Island. Man Mo Temple is a Cantonese transliteration of Wen Wu temple, a temple for the worship of the civil or literature...
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