
Penn State student and disabled veteran Patrick Turley was inspired to join the Marines Corps the day after 9/11. Soon after, he was deployed to Iraq, but not before he endured three and a half months of training. His first book, Welcome to Hell, describes his experiences in Marine Corps boot camp.
College Media Matters, a leading blog that analyzes college journalism, gave its not to The Daily Collegian for the "College Newspaper of the Year" recognition.

Well, it's that time of year when Americans will be out in force with block parties, cookouts, and all other ways of living it up on a Wednesday to honor some pretty ballsy dudes who signed a piece of paper 236 years ago. If you're in the State College area, here's what you need to know to make the best of the Central PA 4th Fest.

A lawyer has released yet another statement on behalf of the Paterno family, this time calling for the Freeh Group and the PA Attorney General to release emails and records relating to the current investigation. The statement stems from recent criticism of Joe Paterno following a leak of certain emails from Penn State administrators that mention Paterno as being part of the discussion to not report the 2001 Sandusky incident.

From the same Nittany Lion-bred songmanship that brought us the Penn State jam, "White and Blue," comes a new PSU pride rap track by former football player, Maserati Mo, titled "Bleed Blue"-- just in time for Music Monday.