This Sunday, April 13, the Paterno Family Beaver Stadium Run for Special Olympics Pennsylvania will return to Penn State on Blue White Weekend for a fifth consecutive year. Two Special Olympics PA athletes, Greg Focht and Matt Prosek are especially excited for Sunday's race, as they've been working hard to prepare
For the fourth year in a row, Penn State's Men Against Violence will be hosting "Walk A Mile In Her Shoes" on April 10 at 1 p.m. Men will don a pair of pumps—don't worry, the heels go up to size 14—and walk for a mile starting at 203 Boucke and ending on Pollock Road.
This year, however, I do not recommend voting for a ticket. We need Gavin Keirans on the Board. He is the best candidate I know who will thoughtfully and fearlessly tackle the issues that face our Penn State family.
There are 24 campuses in the Penn State system. The one that gets the most attention is University Park, but what about the other 23? That’s where we come in with our newest 23 part series, Better Know a Branch Campus, inspired by Stephen Colbert’s Better Know a District. Next up: Penn State College of Medicine.
The seemingly mindless act was stopped by an assistant principal who jumped on the perpetrator before he was able to injure more students. Right behind the principal was Ian Griffith, a senior at Franklin Regional who is set to enroll at Penn State in the fall. Griffith was interviewed by WPXI about his act of courage this morning.
A Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court judge ruled today that the $60 million NCAA fine against Penn State should remain in the state, while also editorializing a bit about the validity of the consent decree and the merit of the sanctions in their entirety.