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Centre Safe Honors Sexual Assault Awareness Month With Theme ‘Together We Act, United We Change’
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As part of April serving as national Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Centre Safe will spread awareness and education throughout Centre County, emphasizing the theme of “Together We Act, United We Change.”
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James Franklin on Penn State Football’s New DC Knowles: ‘I’m Impressed’
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Jim Knowles doesn’t have to make immediate changes or a big flashy impact on his new employer right now, only 65 days on the job and just four official spring practices into his tenure as Penn State’s newest defensive coordinator. What really, truly matters is how Knowles and his Nittany Lion defense do on Sept.…
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Coach Franklin’s Staff Accidentally Texted Me Their Game Plans
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Penn State football coaches included me in a group chat about its next game against Ohio State. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started getting caught for touchdowns.
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New Trash Hauling Service Begins for 5 Centre County Townships. Here’s What to Know
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This is for real. Today is the first day of automated refuse collection in the Centre Region townships (and Benner Township). After 33 years of refuse haulers getting in and out of their vehicle at every stop and hand carrying refuse-laden bags, cans and bundled materials to a compactor compartment on their truck, today our…
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Hook: Closing the Department of Education Might Have Some Financial Positives, but With a Big Catch for Schools Like Penn State
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Let’s talk about education. Education is one of those great bipartisan issues in this country in that everyone agrees it is a good thing, right? And here in Happy Valley, education is what pays the proverbial bills. The name of the town is “State College” for gosh sakes. Since its founding in February 1855 as…
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House Money: How Much Will Penn State Football Pay its Players in 2025?
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If U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken approves the House v. NCAA titanic settlement next Monday in Oakland, it will mean a big payday for tens of thousands of college athletes — past, present and future. And that includes former Nittany Lion stars and current student-athletes, who will literally be on the Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics official…
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Bring the Noise: The Art of Picking Closer and Walk-Up Songs
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Major League Baseball’s official opening day is today and hope “springs” eternal for fans of our nation’s pastime. From Fenway Park to Dodger Stadium and everywhere in between a new season will carry us from the chill of early spring through the heat of summer to the drama of October baseball. One of the best…
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New Faces and a Trace of the Familiar for Penn State’s Football Coaches on the First Day of Practice
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Something old… …but he’s still five months shy of his 30th birthday. So, let’s just call Trace McSorley “familiar.” The former Penn State quarterback, who went 31-9 as a starter and was a huge catalyst for the return to prominence of Penn State football in 2016 under James Franklin, was on the field and working…
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Battista: It’s a DOGE Eat DOGE World
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Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE): Its stated goal is “modernizing federal technology and software to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity”. I’m going to cut right to the chase and provide the solution to the national debt crisis right up front. “What the world needs now is love, sweet love. It’s the only thing that there’s…
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Ironhead Reviews a Stellar Season for Penn State Wrestling, Offers NCAA Predictions
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The sporting side of his life is paradoxical. On the one hand, Jeff Byers is a lifelong fan of the Pittsburgh Pirates, the team that seems stuck at the bottom of the National League Central division due to baseball’s economics. But lest you grieve too much for Byers over the pitiful performances of his Pirates,…