Ohio State student leaders are urging students and fans to allow the gridiron rivalry between Penn State and Ohio State to take a back seat to more important issues as part of their "Be loud, proud, and respectful" campaign. The teams face off this Saturday in Columbus.
I can’t imagine going through all this nonsense as a freshman, and I suppose this plea is mainly for them. I can promise you this; if you’ve only been on campus for less than three months, this is not the Penn State that I fell in love with. I am thankful that I had at least one year of normalcy here, but I am even more thankful for the next three years in this special place called Happy Valley. Trust me, it will get better. Don’t give up just yet.
Following yesterday's appointment of Provost Pangborn, senior academic administrators reached out to Penn State students via email.
Read the full email after the jump.
If it feels like Penn State football has not had a Tuesday press conference for a while, that's because, it really hasn't. There was nothing the Tuesday after the Illinois game due to the bye week, and Joe Paterno's conference last week was cancelled less than an hour before it was expected to begin, setting off complete chaos outside of Beaver Stadium. Three weeks later, Tuesday afternoon press conferences finally resumed with Tom Bradley taking questions from the media before Saturday's game at Ohio State.
It's a smooth, quiet ride with regulars who are on a first-name basis with the driver. And despite the Christmas music playing over the radio far too early in the season, it has a lovely atmosphere for travelling. I'm talking, of course, about the little-known campus shuttle.
With rumors abound regarding job and internships being pulled from Penn State students in the wake of the Sandusky scandal, we remind corporate recruiters just what it is Penn State students are all about.