January 2017
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Artist of the Month: Gabeba Baderoon
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“I like writing in my journals with a pen. The act of writing and the physical contact with pen and paper gives me inspiration,” says Gabeba Baderoon, a South African poet from the city of Cape Town who joined the departments of Women’s Studies and African and African American studies at Penn State as an…
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Owner of Pita Cabana Café in State College honored with Patriot Award
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The Pennsylvania Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, a Department of Defense office, recently announced that Hitham Hiyajneh, of Pita Cabana Cafe, was honored with a Patriot Award in recognition of extraordinary support of an employee serving in the Pennsylvania Guard and Reserve.
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The Blonde Cucina: Succeed in the Kitchen with Cooking Muse
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In order to be a great chef, you need to have a strong set of folks or key people to push you and support you. Remember, a restaurant is nothing without customers, and a meal isn’t a work of art unless you have an audience.
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Penn State Basketball: Second Half Dooms Nittany Lions As Wisconsin Wins 82-55
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The Nittany Lions played a strong first half but a Wisconsin run to open the second was too much for Penn State en route to an 82-55 defeat on Tuesday night.
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Man Pleads No Contest to Sexual Assault, Invasion of Privacy
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A Lancaster man accused of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in a State College apartment and filming the act pleaded no contest to charges of sexual assault and invasion of privacy.
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Man Allegedly Grabbed Woman by Neck, Struck Neighbor
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A Pittsburgh man was charged with assault after he allegedly grabbed a woman by the neck and struck another man in the face at a State College apartment building.
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ClearWater Awarded State Grant to Improve Water Quality
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The grant is one of 13 awarded by DCNR, totaling $790,000, to plant trees to act as buffers along Pennsylvania streams.
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Gas Pipeline Replacement Project Begins in State College
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Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania began a $650,000 natural gas pipeline replacement project in State College this week.
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TEDxPSU Announces 2017 Speakers, Registration
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TEDxPSU will return on Feb. 12 for its seventh annual conference, dubbed Breach.
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Student Group Urges Penn State President to Drop Licensing Contract with Nike
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Penn State’s chapter of United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) is urging university President Eric Barron not to renew its non-athletic licensing contract with Nike when it expires at the end of the month due to reported unethical labor conditions in one of the company’s factories.