August 2020
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With ‘Helping Happy Valley’ Initiative, Community Leaders Look to Aid Struggling Local Businesses
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The Helping Happy Valley Initiative aims to help the local business community through marketing, partnerships and financial assistance
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Penn State Football: Parsons and Freiermuth Land Preseason AP All-American Honors
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Penn State may not be playing football this fall but the Nittany Lions aren’t short on first-team preseason AP All-Americans. The Associated Press released its annual preseason teams on Tuesday.
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College Township Adopts Masking Ordinance, Plans More Expansive Measure
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College Township last week became the fourth Centre Region municipality to adopt a temporary ordinance for local enforcement of COVID-19 mitigation efforts.
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4 New COVID-19 Cases Confirmed in Centre County
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Centre County added four new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday to bring its total to 427 since the first was reported on March 20.
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Missing Out on the Party in an Unconventional Time
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We’re getting into the thick of a presidential election cycle and if the year 2020 was a normal year I would be in Charlotte, North Carolina as you read this. Except I’m not – I’m here in Happy Valley. This is the first time since 1996 that I am not spending five days each in…
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Student Government President Calls for Penn State to Move to Remote Learning
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Zach McKay, president of the University Park Undergraduate Association, appeared on CNN with Anderson Cooper Monday afternoon to discuss Penn State’s back-to-school plans and urge the university to move classes online and send students home.
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State College Police See ‘Mild’ First Weekend of Penn State Semester
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The weekend before Penn State classes begin each August is typically a busy one for State College police, with an influx of thousands of people following an often quiet summer. But as with most things during the COVID-19 pandemic, this wasn’t a typical move-in weekend.
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Penn State Football: As Nittany Lions Come in at No. 7 in AP Poll, Franklin Thinks of What Could Have Been
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“Is that part of it, that you felt like this season had the opportunity or had the chance – not guaranteed, but had the opportunity and had the chance, to be a special season for Penn State?” Franklin said last week during a media call with reporters. “Yes. So that’s part of the frustration.”
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Speaking Grief: WPSU Documentary Aims to Help Americans Become More Comfortable Talking about and Dealing with Loss
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Becky Bolich hopes to help people by sharing her family’s story in Speaking Grief, a 60-minute documentary currently being aired by public television stations across the country. The documentary is part of a national initiative created by WPSU that aims to help our society “get better at grief.
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Penn State’s New International Students: Theirs Is a Story of Determination
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It’s never been especially easy for an international student to get to a university like Penn State. Even in a normal year, an overseas student must withstand the endless paperwork, the financial struggles, the cultural adjustments and maybe some language barriers. But, as you may have noticed, t