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)
