Sometimes the grey lady can be so cruel. In a recent article, based upon the Chronicle of Higher Education’s annual survey of college President compensation levels, the author neglected to mention that our own President Spanier recently announced a commitment to donate $700,000 to Penn State. The story was reported on Penn State Live and […]
Tussey Mountain opened today, it’s earliest opening in 10 years, says the Centre Daily Times. I guess they haven’t heard about global warming yet. Or I just don’t understand it. “Well we started making snow last weekend and that was the earliest we’ve made snow in 10 years,” said Aaron Weyman, director of sales for […]
Just in time for the Holiday season, Masik, a company based in Harrisburg has filled a gap in the Penn State merchandise market. Haven’t you always wanted to smell like State College? I know I have. Only, I imagined it would smell something like hot pizza and stale beer. Masik has a different olfactoric vision. […]
As campus becomes populated again, the tail tale of the Lion mascot who got a DUI will surely spread. It’s a safe bet that this story will be in the Collegian on Monday. But is this the first time that we’ve had a flighty feline? A quick search of the archives says no. In the […]
As the first of what we hope will be a recurring feature on Onward State, we’d like to present the first mention of Joe Paterno in the New York Times. The article was published on November 7, 1943, and the headline was POLY ELEVEN BOWS TO BROOKLYN PREP Loses 13-0 Game to Brooklyn Foe for […]
James D. Sheep (’09), Nittany Lion extraordinaire, has been charged with Driving Under the Influence. The very unmascotlike charges are the result of an incident on Curtin Rd. last Saturday. Sheep’s future as the Nittany Lion is currently up in the air. The Collegian, who initially printed the article, were unable to contact the head […]