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The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance campaign, in which Pennsylvania College of Technology students partner with The Salvation Army and Internal Revenue Service, is helping hundreds of eligible area residents prepare and file their returns this season.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students will use Harry Potter as the inspiration for their three-tier cake designs during the college's sixth-annual cake competition. Following judging, the students' cakes will be displayed for the public from 1-3 p.m. March 3 and from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. March 4 in the Mountain Laurel Room of the Thompson Professional Development Center.

The Penn College Ski and Snowboard Club, formed in November, is among the newest student organizations on campus. The group held its first meeting of the year in Penn's Inn (CC, second floor) last week, gauging interest in local skiing and snowboarding trips.

The student team jumped out quickly in Wednesday's annual basketball game en route to a 55-44 victory against its staff/faculty rivals. "The old saying of 'Living by the 3, dying by the 3' could never have been more true," said intramural assistant Jeremy R. Bottorf, recapping the game. "When the students were hitting their 3-pointers, they would have a double-digit lead.

Penn College Greek Life set high academic standards during the Fall 2010 semester, according to Erin M. Datteri, assistant director of student activities for Greek life and leadership. The all-Greek semester grade-point average was 2.720, above the collegewide all-student average of 2.523.

Penn College's Presidential Leadership Program Year One students went on an overnight retreat last weekend in Bucknell University's Cowen Conference Center, spending time in leadership activities specifically focused on the topic of collaboration.

Penn College's Greek Life community collaborated with counterparts from Lycoming College and Lock Haven University this past weekend to bring in David Stollman, a national speaker who presented a motivational session for fraternities and sororities titled, "Buy In or Get Out."Photos by Erin M. Datteri, assistant director of student activities for Greek life and leadership

Nine Penn College students, enrolled in the Italy Art and Architecture of Antiquity course, studied in Rome with adjunct faculty member Mark J. Mahosky from Dec. 27-Jan. 5. The students toured the Roman Forum and the Colosseum, and visited Pompeii and Herculaneum, Naples, the Vatican Museum and Necropolis. This is the ninth year for this study-abroad program.

Another appreciable overnight snowfall meant another morning workout for Penn College's community-minded student body. As part of "Operation Snowflake," campus organizations share shoveling duty at registered locations if a storm hits on their watch. On Wednesday morning, the cleanup assignment fell to members of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. Photos provided by Kevin T. Werkheiser, SME

As part of Healthy Weight Week 2011 organized by Healthy Wildcats and Student Health Services, and "Short Courses" offered by Student Activities, Zumba attracted more than 90 Penn College students and staff (women and men) to the Field House on Tuesday night for a taste of Latin-infused fitness and fun. Another chance to try a free Zumba class is offered at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Field House.