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Penn State Football: The Dollars & Sense of Playing in 2020
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Will there be Penn State football in 2020? The answer is starting to come into focus: It’s unlikely. Neigh, nearly impossible. The sense of playing does not add up. (And, as we’ll show, increasingly neither do the dollars.)
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My Highly Exclusive Shark-Free Swim Club
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We decided to splurge on a membership in an exclusive swim club. How exclusive? Since we joined, we haven’t seen another soul. And the amenities are top-drawer: full bar, current issues of magazines, ready access to yummy snacks. The best part, though, was the membership fee: $50.
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At 60: Much Accomplished, Much Still to Do
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At 60, you reach another milestone birthday that is supposed to make you feel different. In reality, this one does for me. But in a positive way. I am excited for all the possibilities that await (as long as I stay healthy) as I enter the fourth quarter or, in hockey terms, the 3rd period…
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The Stages of Pandemic Grief
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This is definitely grief, regardless of how it fits into the tidy boxes or stages. We as a society are grieving. The future holds so many questions and unknowns. We long for the days when getting together with friends or a hug was something we took for granted. Each of us, on our own path,…
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Change, and What’s Next, in a COVID-19 World
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In the last four months, things have changed drastically around the world. The COVID-19 pandemic took the United States from full unemployment to a 14.7% unemployment rate in 30 days. The markets dropped precipitously in March, hitting a low on March 23. However, the second quarter saw stocks post t
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Chiropractor Roy Love: Making Great Adjustments to Local Causes
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Good Day Café was certainly the best place to meet Dr. Roy Love for coffee. After all, it was his idea to create this Strawberry Fields enterprise to provide jobs for adults with intellectual disabilities or mental health diagnoses. And he continues to be one of the café’s key boosters.
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Nature’s Ways: The Common Day-Lily Brightens July Days
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Day-lilies are reaching full bloom and it is difficult to drive for more than a couple miles in any direction without seeing their bright orange blossoms. This sun-loving wildflower brightens up the roadsides during late June and July and it can be a good natural food.
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Penn State Athletics: Where Can Sandy Barbour Cut?
in Columns, Community & Entertainment, Latest Penn State News, Local & Penn State Sports, Local News, Penn State Football, Penn State Sports, Sports News, State College, StateCollege.com—
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In advance of Sandy Barbour’s press conference on Wednesday, here’s a detailed breakdown of where Penn State intercollegiate athletics gets — and spends — its money.
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Setting the Scene in the Age of Zoom
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Forced isolation has caused our use of video chat tools to increase exponentially, which means we now have to think about how we present ourselves on camera.
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College Football 2020: What If? And at What Cost?
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We must ask ourselves: what costs are we willing to bear to get college football back this fall? Or more to the point what costs are we willing to ask players and coaches to bear to get college football back this fall?