As THON 2013 draws nearer, many groups and committees are overwhelmed with anticipation for the weekend. Luckily, there is a trendy, new meme taking YouTube by storm that one THON organization, Atlas, has mastered as a way to bottle up their excitement into a 30 second clip. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the "Harlem Shake."
What we have now are two different versions of the same story. Both are based on the same facts, yet both draw very different conclusions about Paterno’s role in the scandal. It’s quite possible that the truth is somewhere between the Paterno and Freeh reports, but we’ll never actually find out because we have yet to read a report that doesn’t make broad assertions based on circumstantial evidence. It’s not exactly fair for the Penn State faithful to completely dismiss the Freeh report for editorializing on facts while embracing the Paterno report that used the same facts to show that Paterno didn’t participate in a cover up.
The highly anticipated interview with Sue Paterno and Katie Couric aired this afternoon with Paterno defending her late husband. During one segment about Jerry Sandusky, she asked Couric "If the experts don't know, how can we know?"
Longtime Penn State trustee Alvin Clemens has released a statement calling for Penn State to reexamine the findings in the Freeh report. Trustee Clemens spoke up at the last board meeting in favor of Joe Paterno, and has served on the Board of Trustees since 1995.
With only four days to go, the spirit of THON is in the air, and one coach is taking it upon himself to make a difference.
This morning on B94.5, Coach Patrick Chambers pledged $10 to THON for every student who attends the basketball Thursday night against Iowa.
If you're planning to get drunk on State Patty's Day, are under the age of 21, and would prefer not to spend the night in prison, you might be in for a rough time.
Police will be exercising different procedures during the pseudo-holiday this year, some of which were introduced in the student leader State Patty's Day video released today.