
The Bellefonte police are preparing for the inevitable media swarm to descend on their city next Tuesday when the Jerry Sandusky preliminary trial is set to take place. And they're not playing any games.

Yes, Penn State was "snubbed" by a handful of bowl selection committees. But the fact of the matter is, we're still playing in a post-New Year's bowl, against a Top 20 team, in a decent location. Dallas can't be all bad, if the NFL saw it suitable to host the Super Bowl just last year.

When reports starting leaking Sunday afternoon confirming Penn State would be headed to Dallas for the TicketCity Bowl, my first reaction was one of disgust. How could this 9-3 football team, a team one field goal away from having a shot at playing to go to the Rose Bowl, slide all the way down to the second worst Big Ten bowl?

What's with that blood stuff anyways? Apparently vampires don't exist (damn you, Twilight), so we're practically overflowing with that stuff. So what to do with it...How about donating it to THON? How about donating it today at the THON Kickoff Blood Drive?

Despite limitations on spaced posed closures due to construction in the Pattee Library, the library will expand its hours for finals week.

Welp, here I am. I'm Redifer basement, at 2 a.m., with only 10 days in between me and winter break. I have two exams this week, (including one tomorrow, er, today) and four finals next week. Luckily, I was smart enough to decide to go through a week-long bender last week for my last hurrah, but that's besides the point. Time to hit the books...