About PC
Problem Child was first published in the fall of 1987 under the leadership of founding members Nomi Eve, Amanda Huber, and Sven Bilén. Back then, Problem Child was a stapled 8.5 by 11″ packet of poems. Editors often had to go knocking on doors to get enough submissions to put an issue together.
It has since grown to a blocky but fun size of 7 by 8.5″, a standard 32 pages plus cover, an approximate circulation of 600 worldwide, and an average submission count of 200 per semester.
Problem Child became an official student organization in 2002 and continues to provide an outlet for artistic expression in the Penn State community today.
The magazine is brought to you by Penn State’s student activity fee, as allotted by the University Park Allocation Committee. The opinions and beliefs expressed within the content of this publication reside solely with the contributors and not with the Pennsylvania State University, the University Park Allocation Committee, or the Problem Child organization.
Problem Child is a strictly non-profit organization. All money received from allocations, donations, and fund-raising efforts goes directly toward the publication of the magazine. Neither contributors nor staff are paid for their work. It is but a labor of love.
