Penn State, State College Noon News & Features: Tuesday, May 31

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

• State Senate Advances CCSG-Backed Amnesty Plan (Onward State)

• Penn State Greater Philadelphia Innovation Cluster: Building Retrofit Initiative Finds Home (Centre Daily Times)

• Methods of Relieving Delirium are the Focus of $2.4 Million NIH Grant (Penn State Live)

• Q & A with winner of America’s Next Top Model, Brittani Kline (Daily Collegian)

Columns/Opinion

• Mike Poorman – Penn State Football: We Are … Not Going to Mention Ohio State (StateCollege.com)

• Joe Bastardi – Ironic Family Ties (StateCollege.com)

Sports

• Even With Pay Cut, Paterno Highest-paid Employee at Penn State (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

• Nittany Lions Eye Duquesne’s Basketball Coach (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

• Volleyball: Little Lions Hope to Serve up More Success (Centre Daily Times)

• Track and Field: Nittany Lions Advance 14 to NCAA Outdoor Championships (GoPSUsports)

• Gadowsky to Coach Penn State Icers in 2011-12 (GoPSUsports)

• Hofstra Wrestling: Penn State’s Vallimont Named Assistant Coach (Examiner.com)

• Penn State to Host Special Olympics Pennsylvania (Daily Collegian)