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Penn State Football Kicks Off First Day of Practice for 2023 Season
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Penn State’s football team began summer camp late Wednesday afternoon in preparation for a 2023 season that is already highly anticipated. And heated, even though the temperatures never hit 80. The first four periods of Day One practice on the fields outside Lasch Building and Holuba Hall were open to the media (26 members were…
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Ol’ Rocking Chair’s Got Me
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I’m on my rocker. Well, not yet. My rocker awaits me in my office when I return from my summer travels. It’s my 25 Years of Service Award from my employer, the Pennsylvania State University. Yep, started in ‘98, the pre-tarnished days of Paterno, Sandusky and Spanier. The Jordan Center still had that new arena…
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Six Degrees of Separation, Penn State-Style
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Networking, as we all know, is a crucial skill and the research on happiness shows the more we are engaged socially, the happier and healthier our lives will be. Most of us are also familiar with the Six Degrees of Separation game that gained popularity because of actor Kevin Bacon. According to the blog New…
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Six Big Ten Teams in the Expanded College Football Playoff? James Franklin Could be Right
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James Franklin says he believes that when the College Football Playoff expands from four to 12 teams in 2024, the Big Ten Conference could get as many as six teams invited. That’s the 16-team Big Ten, which expands next season with the addition of USC and UCLA. That’s right — six. 6. As in a…
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Gangsters to Grandmothers: Prohibition in Central PA
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The ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 1919 was the culmination of temperance movements across the United States. Prayers and protests made in front of saloons during the Women’s Crusade would be answered with a nationwide prohibition of “the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors.” While Prohibition was founded upon good…
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Young Athletes Deserve Encouragement, Not Negative Predictions
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“Whoa! Ok! Ok! Ok! Ok! My turn. You don’t have a crystal ball. You can’t look at a kid and predict his future any more than I can. I’ve sat at those tables and listened to you tell those parents ‘When I know, I know. And when it comes to your son. I know.’ And…
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Rare Disease Diagnosis Offers Freedom, Support to Local Family
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Matthew James Campbell entered the world at Centre Community Hospital on October 13, 1972. His parents, Jim and Ellen Campbell, will never forget that date though 50 years have gone by. “Our hearts were overjoyed to begin our family with this firstborn son,” says Ellen. The little boy seemed normal and healthy at first, though…
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Front Porch Rantings
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“They say a kitchen is the heart of a house, but I believe the porch is its soul.” – Author Rick Bragg If that statement is true, this is the time of year when the porch of many homes is inhabited by slightly cranky old souls. Mine is no different. While society may define us…
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Move the Bench!
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We met up with friends on Allen Street for some arts festing last Thursday afternoon. We were between downpours, which meant it was hot and humid. The benches in the shade were occupied. The benches in the sun had vacancies. A couple of us grabbed a seat while, on stage, Richard Sleigh and Jerry Zolten…
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Weekend Warriors
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This past weekend we hosted the third annual Weekend Warriors Adult Hockey Camp in Sun Valley, Idaho. Attendees included high school best friends John and Colin, originally from Maryland, who met up to have a mini-reunion and play some hockey. We had a 72-year-old Vietnam War veteran, Phil, from Chicago reviving a dormant adult hockey…