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The Jonas Brothers perform onstage at Champs Downtown in State College, Pa. on April 5th, 2019, for a large crowd of people, to help rally Penn State students and fans of Champs to vote for Champs Downtown as the best college bar in the country in 5th Year’s national competition.

The Blood Moon was visible from Penn State’s University Park campus on January 20th, 2019. This phenomenon occurred during the total lunar eclipse when all sunlight was blocked from hitting the Moon’s surface.

Rose McDaid, a freshman at Penn State studying kinesiology, blows bubbles on the floor of the Bryce Jordan Center during her shift as a Dancer Relations Committee Member at Penn State’s THON 2019.

Beto O’Rourke visits Penn State University on March 19th, 2019, as a part of his campaign for 2020 President of the United States. Beto is surrounded by students and various other fans as they try to get his attention to ask him questions and take pictures with him, in the atrium of the Hetzel Union Building.

Amir Mackey, a senior majoring in music technology at Penn State, DJs as Alpha Moses for Movin’ On, Penn State’s student-run music festival, as a part of its Spotlight Series. This Spotlight Series took place on January 30th, 2019 in the Hetzel Union Building in front of the Monumental Stairs.

Sheck Wes performs onstage at Champs Downtown, in State College, Pa., after opening for Travis Scott on his Astroworld tour. Sheck performed on February 26th, 2019, during the Champs Astroworld Afterparty event for a wild and excited crowd.

Penn State pitcher Kyle Virbitsky (42) pitches the ball to St. Bonaventure infielder Brandon Henshaw (15) in the fourth inning of their game at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park at Penn State, Wednesday, April 3rd. St. Bonaventure defeated Penn State 18-6.

Kristen Sears, a senior at Penn State studying advertising, poses for her graduation photos by the blooming trees outside of the Electrical Engineering East Building.

Rose McDaid, a self-proclaimed “freshmore” at Penn State University, studying kinesiology, strikes one of the beginning poses of the Penn State Football Blue Band Pre-Game in front of the Penn State gate in the O. Richard Bundy Blue Band Building. Rose, from Lebanon, Pa., left school in October of her freshman year of school in the fall of 2017 and received treatment for an eating disorder, but returned again in the fall of 2018 for her first full year of college, garnering the term “freshmore.” She is a member of the Penn State Majorettes squad, The Touch of Blue, which is Penn State’s twirling team, and is practicing for her re-audition to the squad.

Rose, center, dances to the Penn State Blue Band’s performance alongside her fellow Penn State Majorettes, in the stands of Beaver Stadium on April 13th, during the Blue-White Game. Becoming a part of the Majorettes at the start of her full freshman year allowed her to meet a bunch of new people including those pictured next to her, sophomore Madison Maney, left, and freshman Kaitlyn Wassel, right.

Rose also made many close friendships with girls on the Majorettes, who have become some of her best friends. Some of these girls include freshman Kaitlyn Wassel, freshman Mackenzie Detwiler, and freshman Gillian Brooks, the new featured twirler, Blue Sapphire, not pictured. Rose, Kaitlyn, and Mackenzie are doing homework, studying, and goofing off at a table in Penn State’s Paterno Library. From left, Kaitlyn, Rose, and Mackenzie are pictured.

The Penn State majorettes often practice for various sporting events and performances in the practice room in the O. Richard Bundy Blue Band Building. Rose juggles three of her twirling batons in this practice room as a part of her preparation for her re-audition for the Penn State Majorettes.

One of the steps in Rose’s recovery process for her eating disorder is to drink Ensures to supplement some of the nutrients she needs but can’t take in when she has an extremely busy school day. Rose drinks this vanilla Ensure at Penn State in her dorm room in Beaver Hall, which is located in Pollock.

Rose has received so much support while going through her recovery process, especially from the Majorettes squad and her coach, Heather Bean. Although Heather is not pictured, Rose is surrounded by many of her friends on the Majorettes squad, both past and present twirlers, in the stands of Beaver Stadium at Penn State’s Blue-White Game.

Rose waits in line for more food at her family’s Blue-White football tailgate, before the game, on Saturday, April 13th, 2019. Her parents and family friends get together every year, for every football game, to claim this tailgate spot, near the Penn State greenhouses and Berkey Creamery.

Rose works with a psychologist and a nutritionist in State College to receive more support for her eating disorder and the recovery process. Rose texts her nutritionist to ask a question about her meal plan, in her Penn State dorm room in Beaver Hall.

Rose juggles three of her batons, in the O. Richard Bundy Blue Band Building, to prepare for her re-audition for the Penn State Majorettes squad. After intense preparation, Rose made the squad again for the 2019-2020 school year and will be performing alongside all of her friends and teammates at school, sporting, and competitive events, including the Penn State football games.