Graham Spanier is calling in favors… or trying to, at least. He sent a letter (PDF) to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan about Governor Rendell’s recent exclusion of Penn State and other state-related universities from federal stimulus money. By arbitrarily re-defining The Pennsylvania State University as non-public, simply because we are not “under the absolute […]
It would be an understatement to say Penn State football is a big deal. Consequently, getting the tickets required to make the most of the Saturday experience has become quite the event. While the process of obtaining ticket packages hasn’t always gone smoothly, a sellout is inevitable in this day and age. More than 21,000 […]
The Board of Directors of the Collegian, and both John Harvey and Gerry Hamilton, must be tired this evening. This afternoon, the Board came to a decision regarding the complaint by John Harvey and most of the Collegian’s alumni and staff against Gerry Hamilton, the paper’s general manager. John Harvey was reinstated to his position […]
Gary Schultz retired this week after having served for 14 years as the university’s senior vice president for finance and business. Al Horvath, the current vice president for finance and business, will be taking his position effective today. In his position, Schultz was responsible for managing the 5,000 person workforce associated with “business operations, finance, […]
In a recent Forbes interview, Penn State legend Joe Paterno discussed power, ambition, and glory within the confines of ancient classics. It seems like JoePa has a pretty good understanding of literature and history, something you don’t see in a lot of NCAA Football coaches (certainly not the brutes over at Ohio State, am I […]
Penn State Athletics finished 19th nationally in the 2008-2009 Director’s Cup standings for Division I programs. The final results were released yesterday by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. The Director’s Cup is awarded to the school whose athletic program is successful in all NCAA acknowledged sports, with equal weight placed on all […]