Lion In Wait is Onward State’s football column for Penn State conference games. Published Friday at 5 P.M. before games featuring Big Ten opponents, LIW emphasizes the game from a fan perspective. The sky is not falling. This is simply what I needed to hear after last Saturday’s brutal loss to now 13th-ranked Iowa. As […]
For ease of communication regarding things like the Senior Class of 2010 Gift and other important matters, wouldn’t it be nice if there was a medium by which seniors could communicate? Well, the Senior Class Gift Committee recently kicked off the PSUSeniors.com Class of 2010 blog to fulfill that service. In blog post number one on the site, posted on September […]
Chris Pronchik, a junior finance student, writes today on behalf of the Nittany Lion Icers. Sporting #9 on his jersey, Pronchik plays forward for the team. Having completed nearly a month of preseason, it’s finally time for us to lace up the skates tonight against Towson. With the loss of 12 seniors, the 2009-10 team […]
Men’s basketball head coach Ed Dechellis received a three-year contract extension today after coaching his team to an NIT championship six months ago. The 2008 media elected Big Ten coach of the year enters his seventh season with the Lions, and he holds a mediocre 84-103 overall. However, university athletic director Tim Curley could not […]
To be fair, that may be oversimplifying it a bit. But Campus Girls USA is, in fact, harnessing the power of college sports and coeds in an effort to raise money for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. The company has come out with their 2010 edition of the calendar, with editions for the ACC, Big […]
Republican mayoral candidate Joe Wakeley and his wife Esther paid a visit this afternoon to Simmons Dining Hall to talk to students about his platform for his campaign for mayor of State College. The race is being run following the sudden death of previous mayor Bill Welch. Mr. Wakeley said that he views the position […]