While you were off enjoying spring break somewhere tropical (or just sitting at home watching trashy television), you might’ve missed a few things back in Happy Valley. Here’s what happened over the course of the last week:

News

• UPUA announced its field of candidates for the 13th Assembly — including only one executive ticket.
• Penn State will host a town hall meeting Tuesday with Provost Nick Jones and graduate school Dean Regina Vasilatos-Younken about the upcoming grad student union election.
• President Trump said the crowds at his rallies sound like a Penn State or Ohio State football game…right in Pitt’s backyard.
• The State College Police Department finally released its State Patty’s Day crime numbers.
• Penn State received some state grants to help elevate the beer industry.
• Duck Donuts officially opened in State College, joining the flourishing downtown donut industry.

Sports

• Nittany Lions balled out at the NFL Combine and swept the top three SPARQ scores. Saquon Barkley impressed as usual, and it seems more and more likely we may see him wearing brown next year. In the meantime, you can catch him chatting it up on ESPN with Russell Wilson.
• Penn State basketball took down Ohio State yet again in the Big Ten tournament, but ultimately fell to Purdue in the semifinals. The Nittany Lions missed the big dance yet again and will now head to the NIT, hosting Temple Wednesday night.
• Cael Sanderson’s Nittany Lions took second in the Big Ten with three individual champions and eight medalists. Seven wrestlers later earned top-five seedings for the NCAA Championships.
• On the ice, Penn State swept Minnesota for the second weekend in a row to move on in the Big Ten Tournament, only to lose to Notre Dame in the semifinals. We’ll learn the team’s NCAA tournament fate during the selection show Sunday.
• Penn State announced dates and locations for this year’s Coaches Caravan with James Franklin and Sandy Barbour.

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Elissa Hill

Elissa was the managing editor of Onward State from 2017-2019. She is from Punxsutawney, PA [insert corny Bill Murray joke here] and considers herself an expert on all things ice cream. Follow her on Twitter (@ElissaKHill) for more corny jokes.

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