“Hoops Fest” – the Blue-White- esque kickoff for the Penn State’s men’s basketball team happened this past Saturday. But you wouldn’t know that, because coverage of NIT Championship teams somehow falls behind snowball fights and dodgeball tournaments in priority. Despite the low awareness of the event, there was a bright moment in the dunk contest, […]
A recent New York Times article discussing changes made due to swine flu talked about one college that has asked its students to make a pretty sacrificial change: Students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., are being asked to refrain from playing beer pong, a communal drinking game, after an outbreak of illness that […]
The amalgamation of coaches polls and computer calculations for the BCS were released today, providing America yet another opportunity to blame their problems on technology. The Nittany Lions are one of four Big Ten teams in the top 25 rankings, with Iowa, Ohio State, and Wisconsin at 6, 19, and 21, respectively. In related news, […]
Lion In Wait is Onward State’s football column for Penn State conference games. Published Friday at 5 P.M. late when the power goes out because of unusually early snowstorms before games featuring Big Ten opponents, LIW emphasizes the game from a fan perspective. To me, something didn’t seem right about the “attack” on the Lion […]
The Penn State Homecoming Parade will begin at 6:00 PM on October 16th. Here are a few tips for you: Get a place along the parade route early. The sidewalks are packed full of people along the entire parade route. For guidance on finding a location to sit, visit Onward State’s map of the 1.6 […]
Well sock us sideways, if the P.A. State Legislature didn’t finally pass a budget that was over 100 days overdue – and Penn State doesn’t get to see a dime yet! We’ve been waiting longer for this budget to pass than Forrest Gump did for that sleaze Jenny to wander back home and we’re no closer to seeing any green than a […]