Penn State welcomed Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson to Eisenhower Auditorium last night as the first of SPA's Distinguished Speaker Series this semester. Johnson spoke to an awestruck crowd on her impressive achievements as an Olympian, Dancing with the Stars champion, and 2009 MLB Celebrity Softball Game participant (not to be ignored).
Penn State is the 49th-ranked university in the world, according to Thomson Reuters’ Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2013-2014.
Penn State men's basketball team will appear on television at least 22 times during the 2013-14 season and will host a scrimmage next Saturday, according to GoPSUSports.com.
Last night, Penn State's men's soccer team fell to St. Francis (Pa.) at Jeffrey Field in double overtime, 1-0.
I wouldn't describe it as fun, but it was an oddly therapeutic experience that was made even more worthwhile by the 15 dollars I was given at the end.
Jerry Sandusky's appeal of the 45 counts of child sexual abuse he was convicted of last year was denied by the Superior Court of Pennsylvania today. Sandusky was sentenced to 30 to 90 years for the abuse, which took place between 1995 and 2008. The appeal argued that the sentence should be reversed based on four points of contention with the trial.