Bill O’Brien brought the tradition of great commencement addresses by Penn State head coaches to Washington, D.C. yesterday as he addressed the graduates of Bethesda, Md.-based Walt Whitman High School. At Whitman, senior class officers recommend the commencement speaker. His niece Katie graduated yesterday from the school and likely had some influence on the selection. Here’s the […]
Robin Petrini, the long-time head coach of the Penn State softball program, announced that she is resigning on Friday. A national search for her replacement will began immediately, according to athletic director Dave Joyner.
Petitions by Gary Schultz and Tim Curley to have charges against them related to the Sandusky scandal thrown out were denied on Friday by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, according to a report from CNN. Curley, formerly the Penn State athletic director, and Schultz, the former university vice president, argued that they were misrepresented by Cynthia Baldwin, the university's former chief legal officer, during the grand jury investigation last year.
Federal student loan interest rates are set to double on July 1 after United States Senate Republicans defeated a bill yesterday that would have kept the rates stagnant for another year.
Penn State's season opener at MetLife Stadium against Syracuse on August 31 has been set for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff.
The pipeline saga continues, as it came out yesterday that Columbia Gas has filed a lawsuit against State College and Borough Manager Tom Fountaine for refusing to issue a permit to begin construction on Penn State's pipeline project.