@Rhetgirl,
It was freezing cold, given they were having an historically awful storm. That said, expect cold winters, but really beautiful spring, summer, and fall. I enjoyed my visit, as did some other prospectives I met. I have a friend in the CAS program (com arts & sciences), and overall people were very friendly, humble, and happy. There is a lot of flexibility to take classes outside of the college (including english, law, IST, etc.). They do things a little differently in CAS (including better conference funding, teaching 1st year as opposed to 3rd, more flexible academic timeline, nicer student offices), but I've been told there is strong relationship between both colleges, if you wanted to do mass comm work as well. I would recommend visiting campus if possible before making a decision, as State College is a unique, mountainy college town, and not for everyone. Maybe you could tie it into your UNC trip. I've heard UNC is great, btw.
Best of luck!