Joe Paterno was someone we all had in common here at Penn State. Here's how I found out about the legendary coach.
Love them or loathe them–and for most students, the latter applies–clickers are an integral part of large-size lecture halls that most Penn State students experience at some point in their academic career.
This series is influenced by (or lovingly ripped off from) NYU Local’s Drunk/Sober/High feature. After the jump, you’ll read the opinions of three writers who took it upon themselves to have a great night with differing ideals at The State Theatre's showing of The Big Lebowski this past Friday night.
Many of you are now familiar with the Penn State and Philadelphia sports blog known as The School Philly. Founded in August 2010 by a couple of ambitious Penn State juniors, most know them for their tendency to use the word "fuck", or for their renown PSU's Dime-a-Dozen section that profiles Penn State's hottest girls.
But just what makes these wordsmiths tick? What goes on behind bulwark walls of "The School Philly House", a remote College Avenue edifice that the founders of The School Philly and fourteen other stalwarts call home? These are the answers I sought, and so I arranged for a historic meeting to be held.
Fifty years from now, someone not yet born will look at a list of men who have been head coaches for the Penn State Football program. The long-term future of that list is anyone's guess; however, one guarantee is that in between the names "Joe Paterno" and "Bill O'Brien" will read "Tom Bradley, November 9, 2011- January 7, 2012, 1-3 record.
Penn State football (finally) has a new head coach in Bill O'Brien, and there are a few things an outsider like him should know about Penn State. Here's an open letter discussing the feelings of the student fan base and what O'Brien should expect at Penn State.