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Sowers Harvest Café: At 10 Years and Counting, What Are the Secrets to Its Success?
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Any new customer at Sowers Harvest Café might feel a certain measure of curiosity. After all, this downtown State College restaurant has somehow attracted a growing clientele while ignoring most […]
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Inside/Outside State College: Nearby Hunting Options Abound
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Inside/Outside State College is a monthly column by Jeff Deitrich offering views on downtown and the outdoors within a 30-minute driving distance. We’re blessed in this little hamlet with a […]
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Battista: Who to Believe?
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Halloween 2025 has come and gone but it reminded me of one of the greatest hoaxes ever perpetrated on a naïve audience. On Oct. 30, 1938, just over 87 years […]
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PSUPoorman’s Top 10: It Ain’t as Bad as You Think
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Sure, Penn State’s 38-14 loss to the top-ranked Buckeyes here in Ohio Stadium was not what you had hoped for two months ago. Or certainly what you expected. […]
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Penn State’s Loss to Ohio State Could’ve Been Worse. Of Course, Indiana Is Next
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Penn State’s 38-14 loss to Ohio State here in The Horseshoe on Saturday could have been a lot worse. Like 63-14 worse in 2013, when Urban Meyer […]
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Penn State Football Must Regain Its Identity
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Like an underage student trying to get into a downtown State College bar, Penn State football’s ID has been taken away. Not a physical card — but […]
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What Players, Coaches and the Numbers Are Saying About Penn State Defensive Coordinator Jim Knowles
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Penn State’s game at Ohio State on Saturday in The Horseshoe will be a homecoming of sorts for Nittany Lions defensive coordinator Jim Knowles, who was hired away from the […]
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Local Historia: Murder by James Munks, Part 2
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Crime, confession, execution and resurrection in the early 1800s.
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We Had to Destroy the Universities to Save Them
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“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” – Ronald Reagan Skim most any document wordsmithed by President Trump’s […]
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Hook: Should Fans Expect — Or Even Want — Longevity in the Next Penn State Football Coach?
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Longevity. A long continuance. That’s what I think of as this fall has unfolded. Because this is the first fall in over a decade that my wife and I have […]