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Ghouls, ghosts, and things that go bump in the night will come alive during the 13th Annual Haunted Forest at Penn State Wilkes-Barre. Originally developed in 1998 by a former Penn State Wilkes-Barre Student Government Association president, Haunted Forest transforms the campus grounds and Hayfield House into a fun-filled Halloween activity and charity event.

In its twenty-first year, the recycling program at Penn State Wilkes-Barre has hit the one million pound mark, recycling almost everything from paper and cardboard to metal, glass, and plastic. Dr. Thomas Winter, Professor of Physics at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, leads this initiative, taking time each morning to sort paper with his wife Janis, a math tutor at Penn State Wilkes-Barre.  Approximately twice a semester, faculty, staff, and students spend time on a Sunday afternoon sorting through bottles and cans.

Penn State Wilkes-Barre recently hosted a Youth Symposium that brought together more than 300 area high school students to learn skills that will help them properly address the contemporary issues of justice, tolerance, and violence. Youth Symposium Committee Chair Theresa Kline, Luzerne County First District Attorney Jeffrey Tokach and Penn State's Director of Academic Affairs Theodora Jankowski began the program by welcoming the students to this year's Symposium, "Life's the Real Deal… Not a Reality Show."

On Thursday, November 5, Penn State Wilkes-Barre will be hosting an Executive Management Breakfast Series at The Woodlands Inn and Resort in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.  The topic for the November event will focus on the discovery of Marcellus Shale and the impacts of drilling for this resource.

Frank LittleBear, a First Nation Native American lecturer, performing artist, and musician will be at Penn State Wilkes-Barre on Thursday, November 5 to celebrate Native American History Month with the campus and community.

On Sunday, November 1, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., Arts at Hayfield will be celebrating its 20th Homespun Holiday craft show at Penn State Wilkes-Barre. Homespun Holiday will feature approximately 90 vendors offering handmade jewelry, pottery, dolls, knitted items, candles, art and a wealth of other crafts and gifts. Brunch and Lunch will be available in the Café Commons from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m., featuring a traditional turkey meal with all the trimmings.

This past Saturday, October 24, more than 100 area Penn State fans overtook the River Grille in Plains, Pa. for the annual Penn State Wilkes-Barre Alumni Constituent Society Tailgate Party. Saturday's game, Penn State at Michigan, provided an exciting show for the tailgaters, who enjoyed a traditional tailgate menu of hot dogs, chicken wings, barbecue sandwiches, and an assortment of beverages.

Dr. Enrique J. Berjano of the Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain) spent the past several weeks visiting Penn State Wilkes-Barre as a guest lecturer and observer of education in America. On Friday, October 16, Berjano presented a brief program on how engineering as a field supports biomedical engineering, emphasizing the importance of communication and sharing information between engineers, doctors, and the companies that transform an engineer's designs into the tools doctors use.

Coming from a 9-12 record last season, the men's basketball team at Penn State Wilkes-Barre is back with a vengeance. "We should definitely make it to playoffs this year," junior tri-captain John Sanderson said.  "We're more athletic this year; we're a lot taller and a lot faster.  It's a total 360 from last year.  When we don't have practice, we're still in the gym working out.  We want to be here." Though this year's team is fairly young, only three returning players, most of the team has been playing basketball for a decade or more.