October 2022
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Centre County Stays at Low COVID-19 Community Level for Fifth Straight Week
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Centre County remained at the low community level for COVID-19 for the fifth consecutive week as hospitalizations linked to the virus ticked up but new cases fell, according to the Centers for Disease Control’s latest update on Thursday night. At the low level, the CDC recommends wearing a mask if symptomatic, if an individual has…
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5 Storylines to Follow as Penn State Takes on Minnesota
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Well that was a week. Penn State got thumped on the road and now heads straight toward a gauntlet of games between Minnesota and Ohio State at Beaver Stadium. 5-1 ain’t bad, but a 41-17 loss at Michigan certainly did little to calm the natives. One game can’t change a season for the worse, but…
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Responding to Mass Email, Penn State Officials Say to Avoid Proud Boys Founder’s Event on Campus
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Penn State University Police and Public Safety and Vice President for Student Affairs Damon Sims issued separate statements Thursday evening in response a mass email sent by an unrecognized group regarding a controversial event occurring on campus on Monday. The mass email from the Student Committee for Defense and Solidarity called on students and community members to…
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‘Chopped’-Winning Chef Brings New Mac and Cheese Stand to Beaver Stadium
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Timothy Watcher, the chef behind the stand, said he’ll sell his food there through at least the end of the 2022 season.
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New Theater Group Puts Emphasis on ‘Community’
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Sock & Buskin Community Theatre takes its name from the ancient symbols for comedy and tragedy. “Sock” refers to a light shoe worn in Greek comedies, while “buskin” refers to a laced boot worn in Greek tragedies, and the names have become associated with the ancient Greek masks that often symbolize the theatre. But when…
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Solving the Puzzle: Thinking on Her Feet Helps State College’s Quiana Guo Get Upper Hand on the Court
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They call her “Q,” just like the character from the James Bond series who was in charge of research and coming up with all those nifty gadgets to help 007 get out of his sticky situations. Ironically, State College Area High School senior tennis standout Quiana Guo shares the fictional character’s aptitude for solving problems,…
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11 Pennsylvanians on the Candidates for Governor and U.S. Senate, and Why Some Are Still Undecided
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To better understand the choices Pennsylvanians are facing, Spotlight PA spoke to 11 people across the state about whether they plan to vote in November and for whom.
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Sandy Barbour to Discuss NIL and Student-Athletes
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A pop-up course hosted by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Penn State and led by former Penn State Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Sandy Barbour will explore the NIL policy adopted by the NCAA in 2021. Barbour, who spent more than 40 years in college athletics before retiring in July, will take a…
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Letters: Proposed Amendments Are ‘Cowardly’; GOP Hypocrisy; Remember Casino Actions When Casting Ballot; Democracy on the Line
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By now you’ve probably seen full-page ads in your newspaper announcing “Proposed Amendments to the Constitution of Pennsylvania.” And you’ve probably ignored them. Don’t. These proposed amendments are the latest Republican attack on life as we know it in Pennsylvania. If enacted these amendments will: • remove any right for women’s reproductive freedom in Pennsylvania.…
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Traffic, Parking Changes Set for Penn State Homecoming Weekend, White Out Game
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Penn State’s Homecoming celebration is back, and with it comes a handful of parking and traffic changes before Friday’s parade and Saturday’s football game.