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Beyond National Volunteer Month: Sustaining Engagement
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By ANN ECHOLS/Volunteer Centre County As April comes to a close, the emphasis on promoting volunteerism may wane, but this shouldn’t stop actual volunteer engagement. Motivation to volunteer should increase after April. Nonprofits often ramp up their activities after April because the weather warms up. So, outdoor activities like community clean-ups, youth camps, gardening and…
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Commit to Your Data Privacy in Retirement
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As we wrap up tax season, it’s a good time to consider your data and privacy. Often, data collectors say that the vast amount of information they take in is tightly secured or anonymized before it is packaged and resold. However, MIT researchers discovered in 2018 that individuals could be identified by combining two anonymized…
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Local Historia: The Walter L. Main Circus Train Wreck Tragedy
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In the early morning hours of May 30, 1893, Engineer “Red” Cresswell attempted to bring Walter L. Main’s circus train—full of exotic animals, expert performers, employees, equipment and Main himself—down one of the most treacherous stretches of railroad in all of Pennsylvania. Despite his reservations about the ability to control the oversized railcars, pressures from…
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College Donations: Philanthropy No More
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“Am I therefore to become your enemy because I tell you the truth?” –St. Paul to the Galatians. Last year I was talking with a friend who’d done well in his career and was sharing his good fortune with others through charity. His projects reached some of the most vulnerable people on the planet. He…
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What Is a Spring Day If Not a Poem in Your Pocket?
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As I walked up the mall last Wednesday, a sign caught my eye: “Free Poems.” Adjacent was a folding table on which were displayed a plate of cookies; pens and notebooks; and four piles of poems that had been printed and cut to a size small enough to fit in one’s pocket. Thus did Penn…
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What Defines You?
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If you are paying any attention to the news these days, then you know that Iowa women’s college basketball star Caitlin Clark has been dominating the sports headlines for the past few months. If you are a golf fan, you would also be well aware of the dominating performance of the world’s top ranked men’s…
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How to Bring the Noise to Rec Hall Next Wrestling Season
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In three days the 2024 U.S. Team Trials for wrestling will be hosted by Penn State at the Bryce Jordan Center. These trials will determine the United States’ wrestlers for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, and there are 19 wrestlers with ties to Happy Valley who have qualified to take part. Two days of amazing…
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Penn State Football Quarterbacks are All(ar) Around; Where Will Drew Fit?
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There were quarterbacks, quarterbacks everywhere in Happy Valley on Saturday. And not just on the playing field. Matt McGloin (13-9 as a Penn State starter) was outside Beaver Stadium, at the corner of Curtin and Pollock roads. He was there campaigning for a spot on the Penn State Board of Trustees with Alvin de Levie,…
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Former Buckeye Is Happy in State College; Ready for Olympic Trials and Unique Worship Service
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OK, boys and girls, now that our community has become the undisputed throne room for American wrestling, I want to make sure you’re well-informed fans. So here’s a wrestling trivia question which really isn’t so trivial. Of all our local grappling heroes, which State College resident has earned the greatest collection of awards as a…
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Op-Ed: Transition and Gender-Affirming Care Is Well-Documented Medical Fact
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We at Centre LGBT+ are concerned about an upcoming visit to our community from an anti-transgender activist who espouses a dangerous narrative about the trans community and the experience of “de-transitioning.” We would like to present a research-supported look at the experiences of transgender people, their medical care and why some trans people de-transition. Gender-affirming…