November 2014
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Holiday Season, New Location Bring Challenges to Food Bank
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For many, the holiday season is a time for good company and good food. For some low-income State College residents, the State College Food Bank is indispensible for making sure they can have a festive holiday meal. While Food Bank volunteers are happy to help, they still need a little help themselves. “This…
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For Penn State Fans, It Ain’t Been Easy Being Blue The Past 15 Years
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Over the past decade-and-a-half, Penn State football fans have been STEPed on, Joe Must Go’d, coached from the press box, scandaled, fired, sanctioned, vacated, poached, scholar-stripped, parking passed, no bowled, bowled over and Houston Texaned.
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Penn State Basketball: Nittany Lions Sneak By USC 63-61
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Penn State opened up a 15-2 lead early in Sunday afternoon’s contest thanks to hot shooting and balanced offense across the board. Turnovers and a cold streak shortly thereafter saw USC climb back into the game.
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Centre County Commissioners Pass Preliminary Budget
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“We’re not experiencing the type of growth that we normally have,” Elbell says. “We’re not seeing a lot of development. Hopefully that will change in the future.”
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Penn State Football: Big Ten TD Tally is Offense 8, Defense 1
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CHAMPAIGN, ILL. — Touchdown drives are where it’s at. Drives ending in FGs are OK, but sometimes they yield nothing out of what should have been something – like Sam Ficken’s aborted Gulla-washer of a 20-yard attempt against Illinois on Saturday.
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Little Lions Defense Dominates McDowell in 27-6 Playoff Win
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Before Saturday, State College High football head coach Matt Lintal thought he had run out of ways to praise the play of the team’s defense. After all, the unit had been a mark of consistency during what at times was a frustrating season for the Little Lions. Still, even Lintal was blown away…
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Moving to a Successful Succession, The Language of Transition
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Assets (money, real estate and the collection of things I find useful or dear) can easily be passed on to my wife or the next generation. I suspect that the next generation will spend a lot of time sorting and ultimately throwing out the stuff I thought was important.
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Penn State Football: Handing Out The Grades Following Penn State’s Loss To Illinois
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While fans could painfully see the apparent win slowly slip away from the Nittany Lions in the game’s final minute, there is still plenty of football left to prepare for as the regular season finale and bowl game await.
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Penn State Hockey: Nittany Lions Thumped 8-1 By Michigan Split Weekend Series
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Only 24 hours removed from a 3-2 defeat at the hands of the Nittany Lions, Michigan wasn’t about to let their Big Ten opening series turn into a home sweep as the Wolverines won with ease Saturday night 8-1.
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Penn State Football Shows Groundhog Day in Final Minutes vs. Illinois
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CHAMPAIGN, ILL. — James Franklin’s birthday is on Feb. 2. That’s Groundhog Day. The latter came 11 weeks early on Saturday. Which probably took years off the life of the former. Unfortunately for the Nittany Lions, it was deja blew all over again.