From meeting in an apartment complex to run-ins at Indigo, Penn State love is always in the air, and it will fall upon you at the most random of times. Here's to unexpected meetings and adorable proposals.
Penn State men's volleyball season couldn't have gotten off to a worse start. The Nittany Lions (now 13-9, 7-0) went winless in the season-opening Outrigger Invitational held in Hawaii, and came back to the mainland to face a brutal stretch of games, including matches against two of the top teams in the country -- Loyola Chicago and Lewis -- on back-to-back nights. Things didn't look too promising, but that all changed after it won decisively on the road against Sacred Heart on Feb. 27.
After a breakout season that saw the part-time defensive end turn into a first team All-Big Ten selection, Zettel received attention among NFL circles as a likely draft pick. Luckily for Bob Shoop and Penn State's defense, Zettel decided to return to the Nittany Lions for a fifth season and a chance to become one of the nation's best.
Charles Schwab and Andrew Carnegie were much more than rivals or industry colleagues; they were friends. They knew one another for over forty years, up until Carnegie’s death in 1919. Though neither of them attended Penn State, they both invested significant sums of money in the university. Their relationship was, in fact, Penn State’s first bromance.
Jeff Gordon, the retiring NASCAR driver visiting campus next week as part of an event announcing a partnership between Penn State and Axalta Coating Systems, will now drive through campus in a replica car prior to the event.
In a special Board of Trustees meeting, a resolution to pay additional Jerry Sandusky claimants was passed by a 18-6 vote. The six no-votes came from the present alumni-elected trustees, all of whom read statements of opposition into the record.