The Penn State cross country teams both had very impressive showings in defending their home turf at the Penn State National this past weekend.
Both had top 3 finishes, with the men finishing 2nd out of 27 teams and the women finishing 3rd out of 31 teams.
A chorus of ayes. Just like that, and the State College Borough Council unanimously approved a resolution creating a student seat on the Council. A formal connection between town and gown has now been established.
The Penn State men's soccer team played well in both of their games last week, but could not turn either effort into a win. After a tough overtime loss to Akron last Wednesday, the Nittany Lions could only manage a tie against Northwestern on Sunday.
The office of President Spanier is calling for the nominations of Penn State faculty for Faculty Scholar Medals.
The Faculty Scholar Medal is awarded in five categories: arts and humanities, engineering, life and health sciences, physical sciences, and social and behavioral sciences. Nominations are not for teaching but for research and work done in the field.
During the "Dark Years" at the beginning of this decade, the calls for Joe Paterno's retirement resonated from alumni, students and fans alike. Headlines of "Joe Must Go!" were seen all across Pennsylvania newspapers and other sports publications until an Orange Bowl campaign in 2005 brought the Nittany Lions back to prominence. Since that season, Penn State has compiled 54 wins against 16 losses, but with a 3-3 record and an uncertain bowl fate staring Penn State straight in the eyes, critics are creeping out of the woodwork again, saying JoePa is too old to be running a football program of this caliber.
Site preparations and construction for the new biobehavioral health building will begin next Monday, October 25, closing parts of the HUB lawn for most of its duration. The official groundbreaking for the new 93,500-square-foot building was on September 17 and it is expected to be completed around November of 2012.