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Ask Your Elders About Their Lives Before It’s Too Late
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RIGA, LATVIA – A wall bearing the names of the 70,000 Latvian Jews who died in the Holocaust stretches the length of the courtyard of the Riga Ghetto and Latvian Holocaust Museum. I make for the “F’s”: My paternal grandparents came from here. They left long before Hitler’s rise so I’m not looking for their…
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What’s That Charge? Getting a Handle on My Apps and Subscriptions
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Yesterday was Labor Day, the annual fall rite of passage in this country that signals summer vacation is over and schools are back in session. Although it is now celebrated on the first Monday in September, the first Labor Day holiday was observed on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City. The U. S.…
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For the Next 40 Days, It’s Home Cooking and Non-Conference Cupcakes for a Hungry Penn State Football Team
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Shortly after defeating West Virginia 34-12 on Saturday night in Morgantown, the Penn State football contingent loaded a fleet of buses and headed east back home to State College, arriving at the Lasch Building just before midnight. It was the Nittany Lions’ last road trip for a while. A long while. Four home games while.…
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You Can’t Get Here From There: Despite Challenges, International Students Arrive and Thrive
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In my opinion, no segment of Penn State’s student body can match the determination of its newly-arrived international students. I know, I know, the wrestlers and the football players—maybe all the athletes—put themselves through near-torturous workouts. But their pursuits don’t measure up to the multi-faceted gauntlet of challenges that our new students from faraway lands…
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Penn State Storms Past the Mountaineers: It Was That Kind of Day
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MORGANTOWN, W.VA. — Penn State’s football game here Saturday at Milan Puskar Stadium started at 12:06 p.m. It was sunny. The winds were 6 mph from the southwest. It was 85 degrees. Did I say it was sunny? The game ended at 5:59. It was muggy, cloudy and all of 74 degrees. But Penn State…
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Coach Walz Is Deserving of the Title
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Highlighted during vice presidential candidate Tim Walz’s introductory bio and speech at the Democratic National last week was the Minnesota governor’s career as a high school football coach. As the crowd held up signs that said “COACH”, President Trump posted on social media: “Walz was an ASSISTANT coach, not a COACH.” On behalf of countless men…
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Me and My Anger Gene
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Why must you be such an angry young man when your future looks quite bright to me?— “Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man),” Styx, 1977 Do you ever find yourself getting angry over things that just really don’t matter or things you have no control over? What do you do when you feel your inner volcano…
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11 Defining Numbers for Penn State Football in 2024, from 0 to $70 Million
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For most people, Penn State football’s numbers in 2024 add up to 10-2 for the regular season. That sounds about right. But, there are some hidden numbers, stats and dollar figures that may impact a few things along the way. Like: The Nittany Lions’ inexperience along the offensive line, runner-receiver-returner Nick Singleton’s potential for a…
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Penn State’s Dani Dennis-Sutton Will Be the Best Defensive End in College Football. Just Ask Him
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Dani Dennis-Sutton is one confident 6-foot-5, 272-pound physical specimen of a defensive end. Correction: Not “a” defensive end…The Best Defensive End in College Football. “I’ll say right now I’m in the best shape I’ve been in physically and mentally,” the third-year Nittany Lion said after practice on Tuesday, 11 days before Penn State’s 2024 season-opener…
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Irvin Moore’s Goal: A Penn State Diploma at 80
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Some students take a gap year after high school. Irvin Moore took a gap half-century. It wasn’t by choice. Moore went to prison on a murder charge at the age when many kids graduate from college. He walked out 52 years later, not just older, but infinitely wiser. Next week, at the age of 78,…