Jay Paterno
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Graduation Thoughts, A Message for the Newest Members of the Penn State Community
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Penn State’s graduation weekend has come and gone, even without the traditional “Senior Week” lead-in for the second straight year. Suddenly it is quiet in Happy Valley, evidenced by the shorter lines at Chipotle, and the emptier sidewalks along College Avenue and the slower pace of life here. Over the past few years, I’ve…
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College Football Playoff Feels More Like a “Plus One”
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The name has been criticized for being dull, but the genius of the name is it implies this is truly a playoff rather than a Bowl System Plus One game.
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The Boston Marathon Bombing: Is This the Price of Freedom?
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Events like the one in Boston force us to renew the conversation within our own mind, and with our fellow Americans about where exactly we want to go and what kind of society we want to have. Whatever the source of the Boston bombing we have realities to face.
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Penn State Board of Trustees Election: Do We Need Independent Observers?
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I am not a conspiracy theorist, but I am not naive either. Familiarity with technology and elections gives insight into how electronic elections work and more importantly how they can be easily and effectively manipulated.
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Don’t Boo, VOTE!
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For decades we voted for trustees when and if we remembered to do it. This election is about the future of Penn State. No matter how you feel, act on those feelings. The future of this university is too important.
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Jay Paterno: Time For Downtown’s Wake-Up Call
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Now that The State Payoff Day’s holiday is over, it is time for reasoned, rational discussions about the future of Downtown State College. The payoff approach seems to have been a mild success with $170,000 buying the Borough of State College fewer arrests than last year.
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Jay Paterno: The Real Soul of Penn State
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Charity and philanthropy are and have always been core values at Penn State. Events such as Coaches vs. Cancer, Lift for Life, The Pink Zone and THON’s whopping $12.374 million total last year show the country the real soul of Penn State, Jay Paterno writes.
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Jay Paterno: 10 Reasons to Believe in Penn State Basketball
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This is a great time for our fans and for recruits to get on board. There comes a time when the dawn is coming, when the first rays are starting to break the darkness over Mount Nittany. There are bright days just over the horizon, Jay Paterno writes.
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Jay Paterno: What was Old is New Again
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The option was never big in the NFL because everyone feared getting the franchise quarterback injured. That fear is well-founded. Just ask any Washington Redskins fan. But there is a happy medium where the quarterback is enough of a threat but not a workhorse ball carrier.
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Jay Paterno: The Crimson High Tide Explained
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Why has Alabama exploded into a dynasty at a time when the rules in college football are set up to try and level the playing field. Using Big Ten math, here are the 10 (14) reasons why Alabama has separated themselves, Jay Paterno writes.