Columns
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Online Local News Publisher to Testify Against Monopolistic PA Public Notice Bill
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A Pennsylvania House committee will hear testimony Monday from online news publishers regarding HB 1291, which would unfairly restrict digital public notices to legacy newspaper companies.
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PSUPoorman’s Top 10: Under Dan Lanning, Oregon Was Everything Penn State Was Not
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Post-White Out double-overtime, I had a choice to make: James Franklin’s post-game press conference and the inevitable explanation of an unexplainable 4-21. Or Dan Lanning’s, and hear what college football’s most dynamic coach had to say. Forty-four years ago, I was faced with kind of the same choice, in the same stadium: On Nov. 14,…
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Local Historia: Murder by James Munks
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James Munks probably would not have made the history books had it not been for an infamous crime, subsequent confession and very public execution. Nor would his name evoke such mystery if paranormal claims had not been published about him escaping the grave and even being resurrected.
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How BIG Is the Penn State-Oregon White Out in Beaver Stadium on Saturday?
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BIG. There is no other way to describe the White Out in Beaver Stadium on Saturday, when third-ranked Penn State faces BIG Ten Conference foe sixth-ranked Oregon at 7:30 p.m. on NBC. How BIG? This BIG… BIG RANKINGS: Penn State is No. 2 in this week’s Coaches poll and No. 3 in The Associated Press…
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Battista: Family Adventures Are Priceless
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If I could do it all over again, the advice I would give my younger self as a parent would have been to stretch our family budget, just a little more, and find a way to take the family on a few more adventures. Having just returned from an amazing nine-day trip out west to…
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PSUPoorman’s Top 10 ‘College GameDay’ Guest Pickers for Penn State vs. Oregon
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Who will be “College GameDay’s” celebrity guest picker when the ESPN college football traveling road show hits campus? The top brass at ESPN is already brainstorming and making some preliminary calls. Their goal: Have the picker locked down by Thursday. I have my own ideas about who it should be. (See No. 9.) We already…
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A Pivotal Moment for Free and Independent Journalism in PA
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Free and fearless reporting is a bedrock of a free society, and it needs your support now.
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Paterno: Ending WPSU Will Silence Important Voices and Connections
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Last Friday morning, I got in my car and turned on the radio. I was driving to the Bryce Jordan Center for that day’s Board of Trustees meetings. My mind was on the day’s agenda as I sipped from a cold can of Fresca. A few beads of condensation fell as I lifted the can.…
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Are We Really Just Going to Walk Away From WPSU?
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For a little light reading over the weekend, I visited the web page that breaks down Penn State’s budget allocations for fiscal years 2026 and 2027. The list covers 41 units. The ones set to receive the most 2026-27 money are: 1. Commonwealth Campuses ($315 million)2. Physical Plant ($262 million)3. IT ($174 million)4. College of…
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PSUPoorman’s Top 10: After Penn State’s Preseason, There’s No Ducking What’s Next
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OK, the party’s over. Penn State football’s preseason schedule of essentially home exhibition games against three non-Power 4 teams, and very non-powerful opponents, has ended with the Nittany Lions 3-0. Counting their 52-6 victory over Villanova in Beaver Stadium on Saturday, the Nittany Lions manhandled their opening three foes 132-17. Now, it’s those opponents’ turn…