The Erie region’s economy appears to have hit a plateau, said Ken Louie, director of the Economic Research Institute of Erie and an associate professor of economics at Penn State Behrend’s Black School of Business. Though six of the eight economic indicators he tracks with the Erie Leading Index showed growth in the second quarter of 2015, the index itself rose by just 0.05 percent.
The Erie region’s economy appears to have hit a plateau, said Ken Louie, director of the Economic Research Institute of Erie and an associate professor of economics at Penn State Behrend’s Black School of Business. Though six of the eight economic indicators he tracks with the Erie Leading Index showed growth in the second quarter of 2015, the index itself rose by just 0.05 percent.
Craig Warren first heard the Rebel yell at Kings Dominion, an amusement park in Virginia. He was sitting near the back of a wood-track roller coaster, gripping the lap bar as the cars clattered into a tunnel, where everyone screamed.
The Confederate Rebel yell — a yowling holler, equal parts hog call and Indian war whoop — unnerved Civil War soldiers, who heard the threat before they could pinpoint its direction. A new book by Craig Warren, an associate professor at Penn State Behrend, traces the origin and evolution of the yell, which continued long after the war had ended.
Craig Warren, associate professor of English and professional writing at Penn State Behrend, has published "The Rebel Yell: A Cultural History." The book traces the origin and evolution of the Confederate battle cry.
The Rebel yell -- "the ugliest sound that any mortal ever heard" -- rallied Confederate troops at the Battle of Fredericksburg and other Civil War engagements. A new book by Penn State Behrend associate professor Craig Warren traces the origin and evolution of the yell.
