This afternoon, Penn State held off a second half rally by Army to win 78-70. The Nittany Lions had four players reach double figures in scoring as they improved to 5-4 on the season.
The Diversity Awareness Task Force was formed, holding its first meeting last night, with about 30 students in attendance. The meeting was mostly organizational as the task force wanted to establish the essentials of the diversity issue at Penn State, the best ways to tackle those problems, and what committee breakdowns would be best fitted to handle them.
Football Saturdays at Beaver Stadium migh be over until next fall, but the 2012 senior class will be at the Bryce Jordan Center tomorrow afternoon for an autograph session before Penn State Basketball faces Army.
The University Park Undergraduate Association announced on Twitter earlier today: "The Student Activity Fee Board is meeting today at 3:30 in 111 HUB to consider allocating $20,000 of UP students' fee to CCSG."
Penn State and Pittsburgh, two storied interstate rivals, announced an agreement that would extend their non-conference series to 2019. The Nittany Lions and Panthers are now scheduled to meet annually on the gridiron from 2016 to 2019. Pittsburgh will host Penn State in 2016 and 1018, while Beaver Stadium will be the site of the 2017 and 2019 games.
Pennsylvania will be represented by none other than Penn State graduate Jordyn Colao (@MissPA2012) at Miss America 2013. Not only is this Erie native a bombshell, but she graduated magna cum laude last spring with a major in biobehavioral health.