Penn State, State College Noon News & Features: Tuesday, June 28

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 Tuesday’s offering:

News

• Pennsylvania Budget Unfolds Amid Drilling, Higher Ed Debate (Associated Press via Forbes)

• New Anti-Bias Proposals Emerge for State College Schools (StateCollege.com)

• Discovery Space Reaches Out to Centre Region Municipalities for Funds (StateCollege.com)

• Locals Question Beaver Ave. Tree-Replacement Plan (StateCollege.com)

• Police: Bicyclist to Face DUI Charge after State College Crash (StateCollege.com)

• Southern Kitsch and Sweet Tea at Cracker Barrel (Onward State)

• South Hills Grads Join Together for Ceremony (Centre Daily Times)

• Penn State Altoona Sponsors First Regional Alumni Reception (Penn State Altoona)

• Tasmanian Devil Genome Sequenced to Fight Contagious Cancer (Wired.com)

Columns/Opinion

• Joe Bastardi: Can America Last? Only If We Use the Lessons of the Past (StateCollege.com)

• Paul Sokoloski: Austin Scott Still Looking for an Opening to a Glorious Past (Wilkes-Barre Times Leader)

Video

• A Tribute to Frank Clemente (Facebook via Onward State)

Sports

• Spikes Fall, 2-1, After Late Scrappers Rally (State College Spikes)

• Penn State’s Blair Brown Selected as ESPY Nominee (StateCollege.com)

• ‘Difference Makers: Life Lessons With Paterno and Krzyzewski’ Airs Thursday on ESPN & ESPNU (StateCollege.com)

• Daly Completes Penn State Basketball Staff (GoPSUsports)

• Chad Duernberger Joins Men’s Soccer Coaching Staff (GoPSUsports)

• Howe, DeGol to Play Second Round at U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship (GoPSUsports)

• Second Penn State Day of Summer on BTN Set for Wednesday (Penn State Live)

• Penn State Already Has Rivalry with Nebraska (Omaha World-Herald)

• Johnson and Dowrey Are Not ‘Plan B’ Recruits (Black Shoe Diaries)