Penn State, State College Noon News & Features: Friday, Feb. 24

State College, Penn State and Centre County are in the news all over cyberspace. We post links to the most noteworthy local stories every weekday in Noon News & Features.

Here is Friday’s offering:

NEWS

• Inquirer: Penn State Subpoenaed for Information on Sandusky, Spanier, Others – StateCollege.com

• Who’s Open, Closed for State Patty’s Day 2012? Bars, Restaurants Set Their Plans – StateCollege.com

• Police: Man Knocked Unconscious in Atherton Street Collision – StateCollege.com

• Striking a Tone: How THON Acknowledged the Penn State Crisis, Kept a Four Diamonds Focus – StateCollege.com

• More Chances to See ‘The Joe We Know’ Film – Onward State

• Foster-Foreman Conference Features Two Pulitzer Prize Winners – Penn State Live

• State Patty’s Day Opposition Could Curb the Popular Holiday – Daily Collegian

• Funding Ends for Housing Program – WTAJ TV

• LionHearts Plans State Day of Service – Daily Collegian

• PSU Campus Tours Canceled This Weekend – Centre Daily Times

• Former Player Lydell Mitchell Said Joe Paterno Wanted Penn State to Reach Out to Him – WJAC TV

• State College Smoke Shops Closed, under Investigation – Daily Collegian

• State College Weekend Plans: Friday, Feb. 24, to Sunday, Feb. 26 – StateCollege.com

COLUMNS and OPINION

• Russell Frank: 50 Ways to Leave a Message: A Columnist Culls His Wardrobe – StateCollege.com

• We Are Not State Patty’s – Onward State

• Students, Reconsider Celebrating State Patty’s Day – Daily Collegian

• In Response to ‘What THON Meant to Me’ – Onward State 

• Positive Side of State Patty’s Day – Daily Collegian

• Movin’ On Lineup: Staff Reactions – Onward State

• Penn State Football Will Not Crash and Burn Because the Players Can Grow Beards – Patriot-News

• Great Alternatives to State Patty’s Day – Onward State

SPORTS

• Penn State Football: Quarterback McGloin Is Excited about Billy Ball – StateCollege.com

• Penn State Football Coach Bill O’Brien Walks the Walk on Pennsylvania Recruiting – Patriot-News

• Penn State Football: Rochester Junior Dooley Drawing Lots of Interest – SJ-R.com

• Penn State Women’s Basketball: Lady Lions Volunteer Time at Pink Out Day – StateCollege.com

• Penn State Basketball: Freshman Lewis Could Return Against Northwestern – Daily Collegian

• Penn State DBs Coach John Butler Eagerly Anticipates Spring Practice – Patriot-News

• No. 17 Women’s Lacrosse Visits Lafayette on Saturday – GoPSUsports.com
  

• Penn State Icers Close Out Season Against Kent State – Daily Collegian

• Nittany Lion Baseball Travels to UNC Greensboro This Weekend – GoPSUsports.com

YESTERDAY’S HEADLINES

• Penn State, State College Noon News & Features: Thursday, Feb. 23 – StateCollege.com