Penn State, State College Noon News & Features: Monday, July 25

State College, Penn State and Centre County are in the news — locally, nationally, internationally and in cyberspace. We post the latest sampling of stories of note, with links, from our site and across the Web every weekday in Noon News & Features.

Here is Monday’s offering:

News

• Atherton Street: The Automobile Changes Forever the Street Named for Penn State’s ‘Second Founder’ (StateCollege.com)

• Social Media Has Schools on Defense (Business Insurance)

• Freshman 101: Gym Memberships (Onward State)

• Penn State Is a Party School That Pays (Onward State)

• NY Post Pushes Fracking Study Without Noting Industry Funding (Media Matters for America)

• Staying Cool Underground in Pennsylvania (Washington Post)

Columns/Opinion

• Adam Smeltz: As Anti-Drilling Push Unfolds, Penn State Campus Could Land in No-Drill Zone (StateCollege.com)

• Dennis McNamara: An Open Letter to Penn State’s Secret Societies (Onward State)

Sports

• Spikes Excel on All Fronts to Beat Cyclones (State College Spikes)

• Olympic Wrestler, Reality TV Star Helps Out at Kids Camp (Daily Collegian)

• Mauti and Moye Named to Athlon Sports Pre-season All-Big Ten First Team (GoPSUsports)

• Potential Breakout Players for Penn State Football: Gerald Hodges (PennLive)

• Panel (Including Jay Paterno) Has Ideas to Fix College Football (Fox Sports)

• Penn State’s Greatest Games of the Big Ten Era: Joe Paterno’s 400th Win (SBNation Pittsburgh)

• It’s 1970, And Penn State Still Needs A Starting Quarterback (Black Shoe Diaries)

• Council Rock South Diver Picks Penn State (Bucks County Courier Times)

• Hockey: Mercyhurst’s Holmstrom Transferring to Penn State (College Hockey News)