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What Could Have Been… and What Could Be
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The entire football-loving Nittany Nation was feeling confident with a 17-3 lead midway through the second quarter in the battle of unbeatens between No.3 Iowa and our own No. 4 Penn State. Then the football gods threw the proverbial curveball our way and we watched our team, especially our defense, valiantly struggle to hang on…
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Penn State Football: Roberson’s Baptism Under Fire Doesn’t Go Well
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IOWA CITY, Iowa – It was 4:32 p.m. here — Central time; it was 5:32 back in State College – when backup quarterback Ta’Quan Roberson stepped onto the field at Kinnick Stadium for Penn State. Number 2 – and QB2 – was about to become QB1 for the No. 4 team in the country. Ready…
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Penn State Football: How Do James Franklin and Mike Yurcich Fare in Big Games?
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You know the disclaimer, which usually runs with at the of financial services commercials: “Remember that past performance may not be indicative of future results.” But that’s not only true when making an investment. It could also pertain when attempting to determine the outcome of a high-stakes college football game between two high-ranked teams –…
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Bereaved Parents Need Understanding and Support After Pregnancy and Infant Loss
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Humans in general find many things to worry about in their lives. Young people, especially, find things to worry about that gain outsize importance as they make their way through each day — things like fitting in, what their peers think about them, grades, family issues, the future, finding a partner and getting a good…
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Penn State vs. Iowa: What James Franklin Thinks, What His Players Saw on TV, and Their Memories of Kinnick
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Penn State tight end Brenton Strange was tuned into FS1 on Friday night, inside the team hotel a few miles away from Beaver Stadium. Strange watched as Iowa ripped apart Maryland, in a 51-14 destruction on national television where the Hawkeyes scored 31 points in the second quarter as the shell-shocked Terps’ offense turned over…
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Penn State Football: Podcast QBs McGloin and Hackenberg Weigh in Clifford
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Every week this fall, I spend over two hours with Matt McGloin and Christian Hackenberg. We walk on campus, hike in the woods and talk Penn State football. OK, I walk and hike, and they talk — and I listen. And learn. The two former Nittany Lions are quarterbacking a pair of new podcasts that are…
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Nature’s Ways: Butter-and-Eggs Brighten Fall Days
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The brightly-colored butter-and-eggs loves late September and early October weather. This beautiful wildflower is around all summer, but seems to get a second life in mid-September. Butter-and-eggs, as its common name suggests, is a buttery yellow flower with a large orange spot, about the color of an egg yolk, in the center. This snapdragon-like flower’s…
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Must Be Small-Fry Season at the IRS
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Talk about a tempestuous relationship! In the past month I’ve gotten a demand, a threat, a thank-you note and an apology. My torrid affair, you may as well know, is with the Internal Revenue Service. Our correspondence began with a CP11 notice informing me that there had been a “miscalculation” on my tax form. “As…
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Tribal by Nature: For Better or Worse
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For as long as human beings have inhabited this big blue marble in space, there has been a deep burning desire to belong. We desire to be part of families, groups or teams. We are obsessed with finding others who share our beliefs, interests, vocations and passions. Anthropologists and sociologists around the world have proven that…
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Still Celebrating 50 Years After Finding Purpose and Hope on the HUB Lawn
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Few Happy Valley residents had reason to circle September 29, 1971 on their calendars. It was an ordinary Wednesday with unremarkable weather that produced little in the way of headlines. Only the Pittsburgh Pirates made big news by starting their game with a history-making lineup of nine Black players. For me, however, that day stands…