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  • Martial arts device mistaken for gun caused PSU alert (NH)

    10/28/2009 6:13:12 AM PDT · by grady · 41 replies · 1,003+ views
    Union Leader ^ | 10/28/2009 | Paula Tracy and Jim Fennell
    PLYMOUTH – Reports of a gunman walking across campus put Plymouth State University and the nearby Holderness School in a lockdown last night. By 9:43 p.m., the lockdown was lifted after officials located and talked to the individual, who was not a student, and learned he was carrying a martial arts device that resembled a gun.
  • University of Minnesota Mascot Mocks Penn State Player for Praying

    10/20/2009 8:24:22 PM PDT · by PatriotJG · 13 replies · 851+ views
    Unspun America ^ | October 20, 2009
    Goldy Gopher, the mascot for the University of Minnesota football team the Golden Gophers, made news today for mocking Penn State player Jerome Hayes. Jerome had knelt down in prayer before the game when the mascot decided make fun of him. Take a look at the video below. ...
  • Joe Paterno Top Of The World, Pa!

    10/20/2009 7:02:59 PM PDT · by FlJoePa · 15 replies · 559+ views
    Sports Illustrated ^ | 10-26-09 | JOE POSNANSKI
    Angelo, look at the way your son's eyes darken now. Look how he balls up his fists and uncrosses his legs, as if he's uncomfortable, as if he suddenly remembered someplace he needs to be. Look how the smile on his face—the smile that punctuates all the stories he tells, like the one about Bear Bryant wanting a lane of traffic cleared for his team (the Pennsylvania governor said no), or the time at a coaches' convention that Dan Devine mentioned an unnamed loudmouth coach at Oklahoma, and Barry Switzer shouted, "Switzer!" and raised his hand—look how that grandfatherly smile...
  • Penn State freshman found dead

    09/22/2009 6:14:49 AM PDT · by Neverforget01 · 22 replies · 1,261+ views
    Pittsburgh Post Gazette ^ | September 21, 2009 | Associated Press
    STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Penn State University said the body of a missing student has been found at the bottom of a stairwell about 75 yards from where he was last seen alive. The university said tonight that 18-year-old freshman Joseph Dado, of Latrobe, was found dead at about 6 p.m. at the Hosler Building. University police said it looks like Mr. Dado fell about 15 feet to the concrete below.
  • Police, family searching for missing student

    09/21/2009 1:01:34 PM PDT · by PghBaldy · 12 replies · 898+ views
    Penn State Live ^ | September 21 | Staff
    University Park, Pa. — Penn State University Police are searching for an 18-year-old Penn State student who was last seen at about 3 a.m. Sunday (Sept. 20) leaving a fraternity house on the University Park campus. Joseph Dado, a freshman, was wearing jeans, a yellow T-shirt and blue zipper sweatshirt with a hood when he was last seen leaving Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at 319 N. Burrowes Rd. to return to his residence hall room. He is a white male with brown eyes and brown hair. He is approximately 5 feet 9 inches tall and 160 pounds. Police said he...
  • Penn State tops Princeton Review's party school rankings (Top 10 listed here)

    07/28/2009 7:33:12 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 19 replies · 1,134+ views
    STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania — Penn State University is now the No. 1 U.S. party school. The school known partly for its football tailgate weekends and fraternity and sorority scene snatched the title away from the University of Florida in the 2009 Princeton Review survey of 122,000 students nationwide. Florida, last year's winner, finished second in the annual survey released Monday. It's the first time Penn State has finished first in the dubious category. The school has been on the list the last seven years and ranked third in 2008. The listing covers Penn State's main University Park campus in State...
  • More on Murtha-Backed Biodefense Facility

    05/12/2009 9:34:05 AM PDT · by jazusamo · 8 replies · 448+ views
    Harper's ^ | May 12, 2009 | Ken Silverstein
    I’ve posted several items over the past month on how Congressman John Murtha & friends have been supporting a controversial biodefense facility that would develop and manufacture “vaccines and other medical countermeasures.” When I first started looking into the project, I called all the key players — Murtha; the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), which donates heavily to the congressman; a lobby shop and private investment firm, both in which Murtha’s good friend Jim Ervin has a stake — but none of them provided much information.Ervin failed to return phone calls, a lobbyist at his firm said the...
  • Paterno wants 12 teams in league

    04/30/2009 6:47:19 PM PDT · by FlJoePa · 24 replies · 715+ views
    ESPN ^ | 4-30-09 | Ivan Maisel
    NEW YORK -- Penn State coach Joe Paterno said Thursday night that he has pushed within the Big Ten conference to expand it to 12 teams as a method of leveling the playing field in college football. "We go into hiding for six weeks," Paterno said, referring to the hiatus between the end of the Big Ten regular season and the BCS bowls. The other major FBS conferences play into the first weekend of December. "Everybody else is playing playoffs on television," Paterno said. "You never see a Big Ten team mentioned. So I think that's a handicap. "I've tried...
  • Penn State apologizes for video portrayal of veteran

    04/10/2009 4:40:32 AM PDT · by Glenn · 19 replies · 1,062+ views
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | 04/10/2009 | Unattributed (AP)
    -- snip -- The university yesterday released a statement saying there was no intention to stereotype veterans. The statement said focus groups that included veterans viewed the video and no one indicated offense.
  • Reprehensible Penn State Training Film: "How to deal with Worrisome Veterans."

    04/08/2009 4:04:08 AM PDT · by NY Patriot · 142 replies · 9,783+ views
    This despicable video needs to be seen by as many people as possible. The basic gist of it is... "Dean Smith, I'm having a problem with one of my students. See... he's a war criminal, oh I mean veteran & he is not unquestionably swallowing our leftist propaganda hook, line & sinker. He's very confrontational & disruptive... he challenges my assertions in front of the other students, asks that I provide objective data to back up my claims, and he actually has the nerve to espouse ideas that run contrary to our ideology. I'm at my wits end & don't...
  • Penn State VIDEO: The 'Worrisome' Veteran(SICKENING!)

    04/07/2009 7:52:26 PM PDT · by freemike · 2 replies · 500+ views
    Penn State ^ | 4/7/09 | FreeMike
    Be prepared to vomit!YouTubePennStateVet I guess we'll have to wait for that video about the "worrisome gay anti-capitalist animal rights nut job student!"Libertas
  • Penn State Puts Out Video for Dealing With Worrisome, Violent, and Scary Veterans (BARF)

    04/07/2009 3:56:48 PM PDT · by vivalaoink · 20 replies · 1,049+ views
    Penn State ^ | Penn State
    Penn State apparently felt the need to put out a how-to video for dealing with scary, violent, and confrontational war veterans. It's time to puke in your hats, people. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhLq9NPLv0M
  • "I deserve a better grade... or else" -- Penn State video sliming military veterans

    04/06/2009 3:48:55 PM PDT · by pabianice · 26 replies · 1,603+ views
    This vile slander of veterans is one of the worst I've seen. Only from academia, of course.
  • Paterno agrees to three-year extension at Penn St.

    12/16/2008 5:18:37 PM PST · by Kid Shelleen · 22 replies · 638+ views
    FOX ^ | 12/16/08 | staff
    The Hall of Famer and winningest coach in major college football history has agreed to deal that runs through the 2011 season. JoePa turns 82 on Dec. 21. The extension was first reported by FightOnState.com. The agreement will provide "for the opportunity of Coach Joe Paterno leading the football program through the 2011 season," the statement said. JoePa turns 82 on Sunday
  • Paterno recovering from hip surgery, Penn St. expecting his return on Dec. 1

    11/24/2008 5:31:37 PM PST · by Kimmers · 13 replies · 394+ views
    ESPN ^ | 11/23/08
    STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Penn State coach Joe Paterno had successful hip replacement surgery Sunday, a day after the Nittany Lions clinched the Big Ten title and a trip to the Rose Bowl. The 81-year-old coach was expected to get back on his feet Monday following the procedure at Mount Nittany Medical Center, the team said in a statement. Dr. Wayne Sebastianelli, the school's director of athletic medicine, led the surgical team. Joe Paterno expects to recover in time for the Rose Bowl and reiterated after Saturday's game that he intends to return in 2009. "Dr. Sebastianelli reports that all...
  • Paterno says he'll 'run out of that tunnel next year' as Nittany Lions coach

    11/21/2008 9:20:16 PM PST · by FlJoePa · 27 replies · 556+ views
    ESPN ^ | 11-21-08 | Ivan Maisel
    With rumors of his retirement swirling about campus and throughout the country for days, Penn State head coach Joe Paterno told a pep rally at Rec Hall Friday night that he will return in 2009 "and run out of that tunnel next year." The crowd of approximately 6,500 Penn State fans, some wearing "Joe Can't Go" t-shirts, roared its approval. The players for the No. 8 Nittany Lions (10-1), who can win at least a share of the Big Ten Conference championship and a Rose Bowl bid by defeating No. 15 Michigan State (9-2) on Saturday at Beaver Stadium, joined...
  • Sarah At Penn St- Live Stream Now

    10/28/2008 6:11:13 PM PDT · by curth · 69 replies · 2,125+ views
    Cnn ^ | 10/27/2008 | Curth
    She's had a great day so far. http://www.cnn.com/video/live/live_asx.html?stream=stream2
  • Sarah Palin coming to State College, PA

    10/25/2008 12:39:31 PM PDT · by Onerom99 · 40 replies · 1,629+ views
    Along with Hank Williams Jr.. I just got the phone call from the PA RNC. Rec Hall on Wednesday at 6pm! Heading over to get tickets now at the nearby victory center.
  • Barack Obama: Penn State Fumble

    09/06/2008 4:15:51 PM PDT · by NavVet · 60 replies · 176+ views
    The Chicago Tribune ^ | 4 Sep 08 | Mark Silva
    ST. PAUL -- Barack Obama has put the Pennsylvania Republican delegates here in stitches over getting the name of the Penn State University mascot wrong today. Not what you want to be doing in a state where the GOP is hammering you hard for being out of touch. To most sports fans, they're the Nittany Lions. Obama, during a stop in Pennsylvania today, called them the "Nitally lions" as he called on someone during a question-and-answer session. "It's a gift that keeps on giving," said one GOP official.
  • Mascot Gaffe (Caption This Loop From Rush Alert)

    09/05/2008 5:46:11 PM PDT · by goldstategop · 46 replies · 331+ views
    Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | 9/05/2008 | Rush Limbaugh
    RUSH: We got Obama and his mispronunciation of the mascot of Penn State University. We've looped it three times. OBAMA: Penn State right here, Nitally Lions. Penn State right here, Nitally Lions. Penn State right here, Nitally Lions. RUSH: Penn State Nitally Lions as identified by The Messiah.
  • Obama at the Penn State "Nittaly Lions"

    09/05/2008 11:43:21 AM PDT · by Onerom99 · 89 replies · 349+ views
    you tube ^ | 9/4/08 | you tube
    What a fool. The Clown Prince of Politics strikes again.
  • Penn State wins first NCAA volleyball title in 14 years

    05/03/2008 7:33:04 PM PDT · by FlJoePa · 4 replies · 62+ views
    Chicago Tribune ^ | 5-3-08 | n/a
    Penn State wins first NCAA volleyball title in 14 years By Associated Press 8:04 PM CDT, May 3, 2008 IRVINE, Calif. - Top-ranked Penn State won its first NCAA men's volleyball championship in 14 years, rallying for a 27-30, 33-31, 30-25, 30-23 victory over second-ranked Pepperdine on Saturday night. Matt Anderson had 29 kills for the Nittany Lions (30-1), who beat UCLA in 1994 for their last NCAA men's volleyball title. Anderson, the national co-player of the year, was selected the NCAA tournament's most valuable player. Teammate Luke Murray added a career-high 12 digs, tied a season best with 63...
  • Caption Obama in PA

    03/31/2008 11:30:12 AM PDT · by Lucky9teen · 33 replies · 558+ views
    A woman and child listen to Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., as he spoke at a Town Hall meeting, Monday, March 31, 2008, at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology in Lancaster, Pa.Uh...that child doesn't look like he's listening... HDNet anchor Dan Rather gets checked by a U.S. Secret Service special agent prior to boarding a bus to cover Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., Monday, March 31, 2008, in Harrisburg, Pa. Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., right, holds a Penn State jersey given to him by cornerback Lydell Sargeant, left, as Sen. Bob Casey D-Pa.,...
  • Caption Obama 03/30/08

    03/30/2008 2:47:27 PM PDT · by TornadoAlley3 · 38 replies · 1,308+ views
    03/30/08
    Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., left, talks with Juan Arevall, 24, an veteran, at J.P. Edward's Grill and Bar in Burnham, Pa., Sunday, March 30, 2008. Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., walks out to speak at Penn State University in University Park , Pa., Sunday, March 30, 2008 Stephanie LaCapra 22, a recent graduate and resident of New York, cries as she listens to Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., speak at Penn State University in University Park , Pa., Sunday, March 30, 2008 Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., left looks at the...
  • Remember the name: We are...Penn State (obama does happy valley)

    03/30/2008 10:48:43 AM PDT · by Salena Zito · 16 replies · 768+ views
    Pittsburgh Tribune Review ^ | David Brown & Salena Zito
    Remember the name: We are...Penn State By David Brown & Salena Zito David Brown is reporting that there is a huge line, five bodies deep, that is circling around several blocks for Sen. Barack Obama's inaugural visit to Penn State. So far no reports as of yet of an Obama version of the famous Penn State chant of "We are…Penn State!"
  • Penn State Coach Joe Paterno Chooses to Not Greet Bill Clinton

    03/30/2008 5:44:27 AM PDT · by Dr. Scarpetta · 89 replies · 3,034+ views
    Morning Call ^ | 3/30/08 | Genaro C. Armas
    Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, a noted Republican, says he thought long and hard before deciding against greeting Bill Clinton when the former president visited campus on behalf of his wife's presidential campaign. Bill Clinton pitched the Penn State ties of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday during a stop in State College, reminding the mostly youthful audience that her father and brother both played football at Penn State. In fact, brother Hugh Rodham, a 1972 graduate, was a backup quarterback under Paterno.
  • Penn State trustees debate Paterno's future timetable

    03/21/2008 5:10:43 PM PDT · by Perdogg · 16 replies · 291+ views
    Scripps News ^ | Submitted by SHNS on Fri, 03/21/2008 - 13:56.
    Joe Paterno's storied coaching career could end on a sour note -- if he lets it. Two members of Penn State's Board of Trustees yesterday told the Post-Gazette that negotiations regarding a possible contract extension or succession plan for Paterno have not gone smoothly.
  • Thon Raises $6.6 Million For Cancer

    02/25/2008 4:06:45 PM PST · by FlJoePa · 4 replies · 107+ views
    Centre Daily Times ^ | 2-24-08 | Dena Pauling
    Thon raises $6.6 million for cancer By Dena Pauling- dpauling@centredaily.com It’s a new record: $6,615,318.04. Great Links:CDT PicturesPSU Football Team Video With the Kids
  • HEADS-UP, PENN STATE ALUMNI - Valerie Plame on cover of 'The Penn Stater'

    01/02/2008 1:18:12 AM PST · by Lancey Howard · 41 replies · 1,064+ views
    The Penn Stater | January 2, 2008 | Lancey Howard
    (Note: I could not find ANYTHING on the web about this issue of 'The Penn Stater', so following is a quick review and, hopefully, a few points of interest.) Penn State alumnus Valerie Plame ('85 Com) graces the cover of the latest (January/February 2008) 'The Penn Stater' magazine, which is the magazine sent out every two months to paid-up or Lifetime Members of the Penn State Alumni Association. I am a Lifetime Member, and so there it was in my mailbox on Saturday. The cover photo is a nice portrait of Plame by Jennifer S. Altman (Contour by Getty Images)...
  • Joe Pa shrugs off yell leader’s remarks, but Aggie officials don’t

    12/28/2007 2:35:48 PM PST · by trumandogz · 100 replies · 293+ views
    Statesman ^ | 12/28/07 | Randy Riggs
    Penn State coach Joe Paterno, who turned 81 last week, jokingly dismissed the comments of a Texas A&M yell leader Thursday night that Paterno was “on his death bed” and “someone needs to find him a casket.” But it’s no joking matter to the Aggies, who sent the yell leader home and have issued numerous apologies to various Penn State officials. The remark came at an Alamo Bowl-sponsored pep rally for fans of both schools. Penn State fans booed loudly after the remark from the yell leader, one of five A&M upperclassmen who fill the high-profile spirit role at the...
  • Students Rebuked Over Virginia Tech Shooting Victim Halloween Costumes

    12/08/2007 5:57:27 PM PST · by ShadowDancer · 93 replies · 1,255+ views
    FoxNews.com ^ | December 8, 2007 | AP
    Students Rebuked Over Virginia Tech Shooting Victim Halloween CostumesSaturday, December 08, 2007 STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Photos of two Penn State students dressed up as victims of the Virginia Tech massacre for Halloween prompted a rebuke from the university this week. The pictures, which show the students wearing Virginia Tech shirts covered in bullet holes and fake blood, recently surfaced on Facebook.com, a social networking site. The students were not disciplined, but Penn State condemned the actions in a letter sent to Virginia Tech officials. "We're appalled that these individuals would display this level of insensitivity and lack of common...
  • Joe Paterno Acceptance Speech - College Football Hall of Fame

    12/08/2007 9:38:58 AM PST · by FlJoePa · 11 replies · 580+ views
    youtube ^ | 12-02-07 | video clip
    Click on Joe and W for the video (a few minutes long)
  • Va. Tech mockery incites anger

    12/08/2007 4:56:59 AM PST · by Oshkalaboomboom · 48 replies · 679+ views
    The Daily Collegian via Drudge ^ | 12/7/07 | Andrew McGill
    All it took were a couple of pictures posted on the Internet. Mere hours after a Virginia television station reported that Penn State students had uploaded pictures of Halloween partygoers dressing as Virginia Tech shooting victims, criticism exploded from both campuses, with one Facebook.com group denouncing the costumes reaching 4,100 members as of 2 a.m. this morning. The only publicly accessible picture, uploaded after Halloween, shows a woman wearing an orange Virginia Tech T-shirt smeared with blood and a bullet wound, posing jauntily. According to television station WSLS in Roanoke, Va., several other pictures showed a similarly attired man. For...
  • At Penn State, a meaty topic for students

    12/02/2007 5:26:42 PM PST · by Kid Shelleen · 84 replies · 89+ views
    AP via Philadephia Inquirer ^ | 12/02/07 | Genaro C. Armas
    The dead deer's innards are exposed by a perfect neck-to-belly incision. It's time for Dave Wolfgang's students to dig in. "Who would like to take the hearts and lungs out?" the Pennsylvania State University veterinary professor asks four volunteers wearing aprons and heavy-duty rubber gloves. Venison 101 class isn't for the faint of heart. For $99, a deer hunter, a cook, or the just plain curious can spend a day at Penn State's meat laboratory to learn the ins and outs of what to do with a prized carcass
  • Paterno too quick to act, Scott says (Coach suspended rape suspect without hearing his version...)

    10/24/2007 10:16:24 AM PDT · by randita · 62 replies · 43+ views
    Allentown Morning Call ^ | 10/24/07 | Staff and wire reports
    Paterno too quick to act, Scott says Coach suspended rape suspect without hearing his version of what happened, he complains. Staff and wire reports October 24, 2007 Penn State running back Austin Scott is lashing out at Joe Paterno, saying the Nittany Lions' legendary coach never gave him a chance to salvage his place on the team after he was charged with rape earlier this month. Scott, one of the greatest high school football players in Lehigh Valley history, also told a newspaper that his life has been ''in a shambles'' and he fears the allegations have cost him any...
  • Nittany Lions: Stadium heroes to stadium sweepers

    09/03/2007 6:28:08 AM PDT · by FlJoePa · 22 replies · 1,161+ views
    Pittsburgh Post Gazette ^ | 9-3-07 | Ron Musselman
    UNIVERSITY PARK -- At 9:20 yesterday morning, the large steel gate located behind the south end zone at Beaver Stadium swung wide open. Penn State coach Joe Paterno slowly guided his silver BMW inside. His entire football team, approximately 110 players, had already been hard at work for nearly 90 minutes before Mr. Paterno made his surprise visit and huddled them together. It was no regular workout. The players had been forced to trade in their cleats, helmets and shoulder pads for brooms, shovels and yellow gloves. Mr. Paterno, upset that several of his players were involved in an off-campus...
  • Taking out the trash (Updated Joe Paterno piece)

    05/22/2007 10:20:41 PM PDT · by FlJoePa · 21 replies · 1,277+ views
    Yahoo Sports ^ | 5-22-07 | Dan Wetzel
    Taking out the trash By Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports May 22, 2007 This spring, six Penn State football players were arrested and charged for crimes stemming from an off-campus fight April 1 in which at least 15 Nittany Lions were present. The charged included a couple of star players, although what apparently bothered coach Joe Paterno the most was how many of his kids were willing to be involved. And so Paterno, 80 now but no less tough, no less disciplined, hatched a plan to set things right within his program. He'll let the local legal and student judicial process...
  • Joe: Team Embarrasment" (Paterno Sentences Entire Team to Clean Beaver Stadium After Home Games)

    05/22/2007 3:20:01 PM PDT · by FlJoePa · 23 replies · 2,190+ views
    Philly.com ^ | May 22, 2007 | Bernard Fernandez
    Joe: 'Team embarrassment'By BERNARD FERNANDEZ fernanb@phillynews.com Associated Press Joe Paterno speaks with reporters last night in King of Prussia. Penn State coach Joe Paterno issued his strongest denunciation yet of an off-campus incident that resulted in felony charges being filed against six of his players, two of whom - starting junior safety Anthony Scirrotto and sophomore defensive tackle Chris Baker - are still facing prosecution. Meeting with the media yesterday prior to a Nittany Lion Club gathering in King of Prussia, Paterno described the incident as a "team embarrassment" and he outlined some of the steps he intends to take...
  • PSU grad, Bellefonte native, among Va. Tech victims

    04/18/2007 10:03:08 AM PDT · by Herakles · 406+ views
    The Associated Press ^ | April 18, 2007 | Jennifer C. Yates
    BELLEFONTE, Pa. - Altar boy. Avid runner. Ambitious student. Thomas Herbstritt boasted about grandson Jeremy Herbstritt's life and accomplishments like a typical proud grandparent. But for the 77-year-old grandfather, it was simple acts of kindness that stood out above all the memories of his grandchild, one of the 32 slain in the massacre Monday at Virginia Tech University.
  • SuePa: Paterno Will Coach Saturday

    11/14/2006 6:54:11 PM PST · by FlJoePa · 3 replies · 261+ views
    Daily Collegian ^ | 11-14-06 | Josh Moyer
    SuePa: Paterno will coach Saturday By Josh Moyer Collegian Staff Writer After refusing anything more than one Tylenol a day since his operation, Joe Paterno is ready to get back to coaching and should return to practice today, his wife said last night. Plans are already being finalized for him to attend this weekend's game, albeit from a coach's booth. It may not be the sideline, but Sue Paterno said it's better than watching her husband stare at a television screen while his team takes the field just a mile away. It was too risky, she said, for him to...
  • Around Campus

    09/19/2006 1:05:56 PM PDT · by JSedreporter · 6 replies · 559+ views
    Accuracy in Academia ^ | September 18, 2006 | Malcolm A. Kline
    How Green Was My Campus Most colleges and universities seem to be in a race with each other to see who can be the most environmental. An incident at Florida Gulf Coast University shows what you can get by winning the race to have the greenest campus—a lawsuit. “A Florida Gulf Coast University student who was chased down by a wild boar on campus is suing the school for more than $15,000,” Juan Ogles reported in the Fort Meyers News-Press on August 15th. “Donna Rodriguez, 52, filed a lawsuit in circuit court Monday that claims the school knew wild boars...
  • Penn State bans game-time tailgate parties

    08/31/2006 10:58:35 AM PDT · by JZelle · 55 replies · 1,604+ views
    Washington Times ^ | 8-30-06 | UPI
    When the Penn State home football games kick off this season, tailgaters in the stadium parking lot get kicked out. A new rule at Beaver Stadium says there will be no tailgate parties during a game this year, an effort to increase safety and curb underage drinking, the Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot-News says. While pre-game and post-game festivities are not affected, Penn State says there will be beefed up police security to make sure the new rule is followed, the newspaper said. Penn State was named "the Ultimate Tailgating Venue" in a 2005 Sports Illustrated.com poll.
  • Academic Gold Rush

    06/06/2006 10:19:01 AM PDT · by JSedreporter · 12 replies · 433+ views
    Accuracy in Academia ^ | June 6, 2006 | Malcolm A. Kline
    When children can support themselves, they generally leave their parents’ home. When state colleges and universities can do the same, they find it difficult to leave the nest of taxpayer-subsidized state and federal supports. “Ours is an economy of scarcity,” Gary A. Olson writes in The Chronicle of Higher Education. “Even well-endowed institutions find themselves in a constant struggle to find enough money to do everything that they want to do.” “That economy of scarcity extends to salaries: Most academics and administrators are not compensated at the level that their education, skills, and experience would garner in business and industry.”...
  • Student: PSU censors artwork

    04/29/2006 2:48:30 PM PDT · by WestVirginiaRebel · 6 replies · 356+ views
    Centre Daily Times ^ | 04-29-06 | WestVirginiaRebel
    UNIVERSITY PARK-An art student is claiming his work is being censored by Penn State because of its provocative images of terrorism, while school officials say the decision to cancel his exhibit is not content-related.In an e-mail sent Friday to fifth-year student Josh Stulman, Charles Garoian, director of the School of Visual Arts, said the exhibit was pulled because it was sponsored by Penn State Hillel, making it a commercial work. The Patterson Gallery is dedicated to unsponsored class work. Garoian wrote in the e-mail that the exhibit would continue if the sponsorship is removed.
  • Penn State’s black hole of tolerance

    02/23/2006 7:30:24 AM PST · by Born Conservative · 59 replies · 1,681+ views
    Townhall.com ^ | 2/22/2006 | Mike S. Adams
    Feb 22, 2006 Dear President Spanier ( president@psu.edu ): Last week I gave a lecture at Pennsylvania State University (PSU) on the topic of free speech. While I was there, I noticed that PSU has this rather amusing statement on “Nondiscrimination and Harassment”: Harassment may include, but is not limited to, verbal or physical attacks, written threats or slurs that relate to a person's membership in a protected class, unwelcome banter, teasing, or jokes that are derogatory, or depict members of a protected class in a stereotypical and demeaning manner, or any other conduct which has the purpose or...
  • Fraternity nominates Paterno for award

    01/15/2006 1:29:11 AM PST · by presidio9 · 7 replies · 524+ views
    Centre Daily ^ | Sat, Jan. 14, 2006 | Adam Smeltz
    A Penn State chapter of Omega Psi Phi fraternity has nominated Joe Paterno for a national award, citing the coach's support for athletes who were "wrongfully accused" of crimes. The graduate chapter, Iota Lambda Lambda, also noted Paterno's "leadership, community uplift, manhood, scholarship and perseverance" in nominating him for the Citizen of the Year honor, member Andrew Jackson Sr. wrote this week. "I thought Joe was deserving," Jackson said Friday. He said that Paterno "stuck by" Rashard Casey, a former Nittany Lion, and Anwar Phillips. Casey was accused in May 2000 of beating an off-duty police officer, but a grand...
  • JoePa responds to NOW (Penn State Football Coach)

    01/10/2006 7:35:53 PM PST · by curtisgardner · 29 replies · 1,003+ views
    ESPN ^ | 1/10/06 | AP
    <p>While in Dallas for the AFCA meetings, Joe Paterno responded to criticism by the National Organization for Women over recent comments he made about an alleged sexual assault by Florida State linebacker A.J. Nicholson.</p> <p>"I'm not going to say anything about it. Most people know me. I am what I am," Paterno said. "I had no intention ... it was taken out of context. Having said that, they have every right to do what they want to do."</p>
  • Professors' Politics Draw Lawmakers Into the Fray

    12/25/2005 4:17:37 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 28 replies · 1,533+ views
    The New York Times ^ | December 25, 2005 | MICHAEL JANOFSKY
    While attending a Pennsylvania Republican Party picnic, Jennie Mae Brown bumped into her state representative and started venting. "How could this happen?" Ms. Brown asked Representative Gibson C. Armstrong two summers ago, complaining about a physics professor at the York campus of Pennsylvania State University who she said routinely used class time to belittle President Bush and the war in Iraq. As an Air Force veteran, Ms. Brown said she felt the teacher's comments were inappropriate for the classroom. The encounter has blossomed into an official legislative inquiry, putting Pennsylvania in the middle of a national debate spurred by conservatives...
  • USC, Texas still 1-2 in BCS

    11/21/2005 12:45:25 PM PST · by indcons · 577 replies · 7,085+ views
    Sports Network ^ | November 21, 2005 | Sports Network
    Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Southern California and Texas remain the top two teams in the BCS standings and only an upset in one of the final two weeks will prevent the two storied programs from meeting in the Rose Bowl on January 4 for the national championship. The Trojans (11-0) had a close call this past weekend with a 50-42 victory over a tough Fresno State squad, but they'll have this week off before facing city rival UCLA on December 3. The Longhorns (10-0), meanwhile, had their final bye this past Saturday and will play each of the next...
  • 'Party' teaches women safer sex

    11/08/2005 5:50:42 AM PST · by varyouga · 22 replies · 1,004+ views
    The Daily Collegian - PSU ^ | 11/7/05 | Megan Rundle
    'Party' teaches women safer sex By Megan Rundle email Collegian Staff Writer Inside Stone Hall's lobby was the makings for any good party: girls, balloons, cupcakes and condoms. Last night about 15 female freshmen gathered in the freshmen dorm to take part in a safer sex party, a new project launched by Penn State's HIV/AIDS Risk Reduction Advisory Council to promote safer sex and educate students about HIV and AIDS. Betsy Donaldson, coordinator for the Real AIDS Prevention Project, said the program is a new method aimed to educate and raise awareness about safer sex practices. "The parties are meant...