Karen Walker
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The Making of a President: Neeli Bendapudi
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Dr. Neeli Bendapudi officially begins her tenure as Penn State’s 19th president on Monday. While she has spent the past few months working closely with retiring president Eric Barron, administrators, and trustees to get up to speed on the many complexities of this large university (“like drinking out of a fire hose,” she says), Bendapudi…
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Free Comic Book Day Returns to Comic Swap
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Over the past 20 years, Free Comic Book Day has become a holiday of sorts for comic fans across America. Although the pandemic caused it to be canceled in 2020 and delayed in 2021, this year it’s returning to its traditional date of the first Saturday in May — and John McComas, manager of the…
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New Local Music Festival Aims to Raise Funds for Charities
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When the Penn State spring semester ends each May, there is a palpable change in State College. As students head home for the summer, the whole town gets a little quieter, a little less crowded, and it feels like a new season is beginning. Scott McKenzie believes it is time for State College to start…
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Student’s State College Parking Meter Art Project Benefits THON
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A Penn State junior with a plan to add some color to the streets of State College has joined forces with the borough’s parking department to create parking meter art to serve as collection points for THON donations. As a child growing up outside of Pottsville, Amber Rupp remembers visiting the nearby town of Schuylkill…
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Rock the 80s Concert Returns to Benefit Bob Perks Cancer Assistance Fund
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Break out the fingerless gloves, the parachute pants and the Aqua Net: Rock the 80s is coming back home. After going virtual in 2021 due to the pandemic, the benefit concert for the Bob Perks Cancer Assistance Fund will return to the stage at The State Theatre for its 10th annual show on Friday, April…
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Art Project Aims to Spread Joy Through Gift Giving
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Pennsylvania winters can seem to drag on in a depressingly endless stretch of cold, grey days and nights, so when the first flower buds start to poke up through the ground, they often bring a sense of joy and hope that spring is really coming. That is a feeling that Alex Russell hopes to evoke…
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New Book Shines Light on Little Known ‘Father of Penn State’
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It’s a fairly well-known historical fact around here that Penn State was founded in 1855, and was first known as the “Farmers’ High School of Pennsylvania.” Townies and Penn Staters alike are also familiar with the names of many of the individuals who played important roles in the early years of the school — names…
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3 Dots Presents New Weekly Listening Series Exploring Eclectic Selection of Music
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Throughout February and March, 3 Dots and Gorinto Productions are offering the public a chance to combat the Monday blues and the winter blahs through a weekly deep listening experience of an eclectic selection of 20th and 21st century music. Each session will begin with a short orientation describing that week’s selection. Participants will then…
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Young Philanthropists: Local Youths Inspire and Impact the Community by Turning Passions into Purpose
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As headlines continue to focus on news of an ongoing deadly pandemic, economic challenges, or our divisive political climate, it is not hard to develop a sense of pessimism about the future. But if you’re hungry for some good news and a reason for hope, you need look no further than the youth of Centre…
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Tannenbaum Farms Opening for Its Final Season
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CENTRE HALL — When Tannenbaum Farms officially opens for the 2021 Christmas tree season on Nov. 26, it will be doing so for the final time. Craig and Martha Weidensaul have owned and operated the farm at 161 McCool Road in Centre Hall since they planted their first trees more than 50 years ago. It…