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Penn State Football Still Searching for Answers Heading into Michigan Game
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Nine games into the 2021 football season, Penn State is 6-3 and seems to have more questions today — heading into its contest against Michigan in Beaver Stadium – than answers. Definitely more questions than when it opened the season. And, certainly, more questions than after the Nittany Lions opened the season 5-0 and ranked…
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Of Sport and Sportsmanship: An Hour at the Soccer Tournament
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Kris Shakes, a student in one of my classes, tends goal for the Penn State’s men’s soccer team, which is why I decided, if Sunday’s weather was fine, to attend the Big Ten tournament quarterfinal match against Michigan State. Well, the weather was finer than fine. As soon as I sat down and felt the…
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The Coming Global Energy Crisis and How to Address It
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Wanted: Leaders with the courage to find realistic solutions to both the global energy crisis and the climate change challenges who won’t be beholden to lobbyists, big money corporations, unions and those who simply bark the loudest. Hey, I can dream, can’t I? There is a global energy crisis looming and not enough people are…
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10 Downs Inside the Red Zone with the Penn State Defense
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COLLEGE PARK, MD. – When teams get inside Penn State’s red zone in 2021, like the Terrapins did five times here on Saturday, the Nittany Lions’ defense stiffens. Gets stingy. Then usually decides that they want it more than the other guy. It just…feels…different when their backs are literally against the wall. “I feel like…
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Maryland Is the Acid Test That Penn State Football Needs
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Penn State’s game at Maryland on Saturday is a BIG Big Ten Conference (and confidence) game – win, lose or draw…er, scratch that – win, lose or nine overtimes. The Terps on the road is a gut check for James Franklin and the Nittany Lions, who have gone more than a month without a win,…
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Nature’s Ways: Red Squirrel — Common in Cone-Bearing Forests
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A machine-gun-like chatter echoing through the mixed hemlock, beech and maple forest is the scolding that a deer hunter gets when he enters the territory of a feisty red squirrel. Weighing approximately 6 ounces and measuring only a foot long — half of which is tail — the little squirrel packs a large vocal punch.…
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Give Me the Candy, but You Can Keep the Scares
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Halloween is over. The celebration that, for many of us, marks the beginning of the holiday season has concluded. We’re past the days of full harvest and more than a month into our descent to darkness in the northern hemisphere – days when the hours of sunlight are overshadowed by the hours of night. Many…
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Penn State Football: Clifford’s Night in The Horseshoe Was a Loss, But He’s Still the Leader
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – It was an emotional farewell here for Sean Clifford. It was just after 12:30 a.m. early Sunday morning when the Penn State quarterback said his good-byes to a small circle of friends and family — one of them wearing a red sweatshirt — and walked through the iron gates in the southwest…
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When Should You Ignore Conventional Retirement Advice?
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In certain cases, taking a less traditional route may be a better financial fit. It’s human nature to want to take mental shortcuts, but when it comes to important retirement decisions, relying on general advice instead of getting tailored recommendations from a credentialed professional can lead to less-than-ideal outcomes. Here, we explore three scenarios where…
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It Will Be a Year and a Day Since the Last Time Penn State Played Ohio State; It Seems Longer
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It’s been a long football season. Already. Make that two seasons: By 11 p.m. on Saturday night, Penn State will have played 17 games in 53 weeks. By Nov. 27, Penn State will have played 21 games in a little more than 13 months. None of them bowls. That’s a ton. And only now is…