Jay Paterno
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Impact Awards Showcase Penn State Alumni Athletes Making a Difference Off the Field
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Penn State is the world’s leading service -oriented University. It is most evident in THON, the world’s largest student-run philanthropy. But it is also evident in acts big and small, including community service projects of Penn State alumni chapters around the world. For decades, Penn State football and Penn State athletics have also championed service…
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Guns In America: The Status Quo Promises More of the Same
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Another school shooting in America, and rather than argue over politics in death’s aftermath, let’s for a few moments acknowledge what these shootings mean. More young children dead.More teachers and adults who cared for those children dead.More empty offers of thoughts and prayers. More candlelight vigils.More weeping families and parents.More promising lives cut short. More communities left…
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America: We and Us Prevails over I and Me
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For hundreds of years, people around the world have pointed to the United States as a land of opportunity. A land born with the ideals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. A land with the aspirational desire that began with the words that “all men are created equal.” The fuse that lit the…
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State Patty’s Day: Reflection of Indiscretions
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Two weeks ago at a Penn State Trustee meeting, a number of us who are of a “more advanced” age were discussing some of the traditions at Dear Old State. By chance, one of the very first columns I’d written for StateCollege.com discussed those times in light of State Patty’s Day. Back then State Patty’s…
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Live from THON on Saturday Night: A TV Showcase of Penn State’s Best
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About eight years ago, Penn Stater Doc Sweitzer approached me to try getting Penn State’s Dance Marathon (THON) on TV. He wanted to highlight the most important event that takes place on our campus. We also thought a TV broadcast would drive donations and awareness. But mostly, we wanted to showcase Penn State’s incredible students…
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Politicians Need to Stay Out of Classrooms
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From governors to university trustees, public pressure is mounting to dictate curriculum in the classroom and get involved in micromanagement of education. Much of this has come from a political party that used to espouse the ideas of limited government and local control of education. What we’re seeing now is hardly the stuff of limited…
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Words, Deeds and Patriotism
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Each year on Martin Luther King Day, people take to social media and post quotes from Dr. King. Mostly they cherry-pick something that represents their stand on something political. But the actions of what some politicians have done and will continue to do run counter to the ideals espoused by Dr. King. Many of these…
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Now More Than Ever, College Football Players Need Collective Bargaining
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This column was started last weekend watching the physical toll the college football semifinal games were taking on players. That was before watching Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin collapse on the field Monday night. That put this column into even more perspective. NFL and major-college football players have become our modern-day gladiators. Football is often…
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Integrity, Loyalty and Compassion Guided Franco Harris
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Every athlete dreams of a fateful moment of truth. They face fourth down and game, or a full count with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, or free throws with the game on the line. And for the fortunate few that do face that moment, even fewer come through to win the day…
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State High Football 2022: Someday, the 13 Will Outweigh the 1
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State College Area High School’s undefeated football season came to an end on Dec. 3 with a loss to Harrisburg in the state semifinals. As the senior players walked around the field after the game, for most of them the realization that this will be the last football game they played began to take hold.…