Jay Paterno
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A Sunday Hike as Winter Nears Stirs Thoughts of Joy and Sorrow
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This past Sunday the hiking trail opened to a plateau near the geographic center of this great commonwealth. In a distant mountain gap, fog sat over Bellefonte a few miles away. Gunshots pierced the silence. Down below and to my left I saw the orange vest and hat of a bird hunter. Into the open…
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The Morning After
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The world woke up as a very different place on Wednesday morning. I woke up as a white man who will be on the edge of old age when the next presidential election comes around. My rights haven’t been and likely won’t be curtailed. I won’t have to wonder if I’m being profiled. I won’t…
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Paterno: My Father Believed in Building, Not Bullying
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Jay Paterno can’t speak for what his father’s views might be on the current state of national politics, but he knows the values he believed in.
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A Quiet October
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Local residents awoke on Sunday morning to find a quieter town. Most fans had pulled out to head home after a glorious Happy Valley day of tailgating with friends and family that reminds you of how good it can be here. That quiet will be here for a while. On just the sixth day of…
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1994 Penn State Football Team Created Indelible Memories
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Speeding home Sunday on Route 322 on the first day of fall, the FM radio was tuned to a local station carrying the Steelers game. As they went to commercial break a voice said, “You’re listening to the Pittsburgh Steelers AUDIO network.” “Audio?” I thought to myself. “They used to say “Radio” network.” Given that…
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Coach Walz Is Deserving of the Title
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Highlighted during vice presidential candidate Tim Walz’s introductory bio and speech at the Democratic National last week was the Minnesota governor’s career as a high school football coach. As the crowd held up signs that said “COACH”, President Trump posted on social media: “Walz was an ASSISTANT coach, not a COACH.” On behalf of countless men…
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The Bittersweet End of Summer
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We’ve hit the midway mark of August; summer is drawing to a close. The end of summer is part of the natural order, and with it begins the annual migration of kids returning to college. When your kids have grown up and they’re off to college or they’re living elsewhere, those nights when you go…
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Paterno: Biden Chose Service Over Self
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In a moment of selflessness and political courage, President Joe Biden showed us that how one walks away matters.
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We’re in the Home Stretch Toward a Tough New Reality for College Sports
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For fans of college sports, these next 11 1/2 months mark the final march from the amateur sports model. Each day the system fans know receives another jolt as everyone tries to interpret what previous and future legal decisions will mean. And where that march will end remains unclear. The House v. NCAA case that…
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The Early Seeds of Influencer Culture at Penn State
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In the world of 2024 social media and marketing, the analytics and data devoted to measuring the true return on investment of influencers for corporations are staggering. Even universities are looking for unique ways to stand out in a crowded and competitive world of admissions. How do they reach prospective students still in high school…