A memorial service honoring Bill Schreyer, one of Penn State's most storied philanthropists, will be held this weekend in the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center. The event will begin at 2:00 pm on Sunday and will include remarks from those who knew Schreyer well, including Schreyer Honors College Dean Christian Brady (@shcdean) and head football coach Joe Paterno.
It was a certainty that the Penn State women’s basketball team would make the NCAA Tournament. On Monday, the Lady Lions learned that they would face Dayton on Saturday at 11:10 a.m. at the Bryce Jordan Center. Penn State earned the six-seed in the Philadelphia region. Dayton is the 11-seed.
The Nittany Lion baseball team finished up their week taking three games out of four against Norfolk State in back to back doubleheaders. Penn State (10-5) just finished a 10-day spring break road trip winning seven games out of nine. During the trip, the Lions built a five game win streak, the longest streak the squad has had since March of 2008.
OnwardState.com and StateCollege.com are pleased to announce the sweetest tweet-up to hit State College since last spring's romp on the Hintz Alumni Center lawn. This Thursday from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm-- scheduled to fit the post-grind commute-- your two favorite local Twitter outlets will be holding a tweet-up in Campus Candy at 346 E. College Ave.
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In the 10 minute period after being selected to #marchmadness, Tweets about Penn State rose 990%. (via www.twackle.com/headlines)
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The headlining acts for Movin' On 2011, Penn State's Spring Music Festival, were announced this morning on B94.5 FM. According to the festival's website, Movin' On has been a Penn State tradition since 1974 and has provided acts such as Wilco, Fall Out Boy, Run DMC, Talib Kweli, and Ben Folds Five. Check inside to see if your favorite artist made the cut.