
Three weeks after the release of former FBI Director Louis Freeh's report, another high-profile investigator will be connected to Penn State for the next five years. This one comes in the form of George Mitchell who will serve as Penn State's independent integrity monitor.

Penn State President Rodney Erickson is set to appear on CBS's "Face the Nation" show Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m. with Bob Schieffer.

Despite today’s revisionist history, Vicky Triponey was not a crusader against the Penn State administration's entrenched culture of secrecy. On the contrary, she was its enforcer, and virtually her first act upon assuming her position was to threaten its most vocal critic using the power of the purse.

It's been a tough week, and an even tougher year for our Dear Old State. But the reasons we fell in love with Penn State in the first place are all still intact, and always will be. Here are Onward State's 40 reasons to still be a proud Penn Stater.
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