August 2021
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Centre County Adds 23 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 3,637 New Positives
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Centre County reported 23 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday to bring its total to 17,399, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Pennsylvania surpassed 3,000 cases for the second time in three days, a mark last reached in late April. The 3,637 added on Saturday were the most since April 28 and bring the statewide…
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Penn State Athletics: No Proof Of Vaccination Status or Negative COVID-19 Test Required To Attend Events
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Penn State Athletics will not require proof of vaccination status or a negative COVID-19 test in order to attending sporting events – including games at Beaver Stadium this upcoming season. During a Saturday afternoon media session with reporters, Penn State Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics Sandy Barbour reiterated that the department has no plans to…
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Faculty Group to Host ‘Zoom-In’ Protest at Start of Penn State’s Fall Semester
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Updated at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 20, 2021 with comment from Penn State. A group of Penn State faculty members will take part in a “Zoom-In” protest at the start of the first week of fall semester classes to take “further action” due to a lack of a university vaccine mandate, among other safety precautions. Organized…
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Penn State Shares Preliminary On-Arrival COVID-19 Testing Data
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Penn State announced on Thursday that just five University Park students have so far produced positive COVID-19 tests through the university’s on-arrival testing program. Tests were administered to 1,050 of the 4,664 students who moved into on-campus housing between Monday and Wednesday, resulting in a positivity rate of less than one half of one percent. “We’re encouraged by…
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Ordinance Creating State College Community Oversight Board Will Go Into Effect Without Mayor’s Signature
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The recently approved ordinance establishing a Community Oversight Board for the State College Police Department will become law, but without Mayor Ron Filippelli’s signature. While Filippelli said in a statement to StateCollege.com on Friday that he supports the creation of the COB, he objected to the inclusion of critical race theory as one of the…
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Ferguson Township’s Nedd Named National Constable of the Year
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Ferguson Township Constable Council Nedd II has been named the national Constable/Marshal of the Year by his peers. Nedd received the honor from the National Constable and Marshals Association during its 48th annual training conference on Aug. 12 in Allen, Texas. He is the first Pennsylvania constable to receive the award since the 1980s. “It…
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Centre County Adds 25 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 2,128 New Positives
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Centre County reported 25 COVID-19 cases on Friday to bring its total to 17,376, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Pennsylvania added 2,128 positives to increase the statewide total to 1,261,903. The county also reported 83 negative test results for a total of 74,510. Statewide, there were 7,902 new negatives for a total of…
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Penn State Men’s Hockey Announces New Volunteer Assistant Coach Hire
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Penn State men’s ice hockey team announced the hiring of Matt Morrow as volunteer assistant coach for the 2021-22 season this week. Morrow replaces Andrew Magera in the same role. Magera is set become the Director of Scouting and an Assistant coach for the Fargo Force Morrow, who earned his master’s degree from Penn State…
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Two Weeks from Penn State Football and a Season of Emotions
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Despite all the excitement, it’s not going to be an easy year. For James Franklin it’s something he contemplates as we make our way past Beaver Stadium on a walk across campus earlier this summer. People might buy tickets, there’s little doubt about that – but will they show up? Franklin quips that someone is…
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Boal Museum Rescues Victorian Greenhouse
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“For decades, since I was an undergraduate here at Penn State, I would drive by (and see) this beautiful Victorian greenhouse just falling down,” Robert Cameron says. Fast-forward a few years and Cameron is now museum director of the Boal Mansion Museum in Boalsburg, and he’s realizing his dream of giving the neglected greenhouse —…