The Penn Stater Magazine

Going Green for Flight 93

Mary Murphy — Fri, 18 May 2012 20:26:47 +0000

In the 10 years since the 9/11 attacks, the area surrounding the Flight 93 crash site in Somerset County has been stark and barren. But that’s about to change—thanks in part to some Penn Staters. On April 20, about 150 volunteers—including five faculty members and 15 students from the environmental studies and honors programs at [...]

Photographic Memories

Mary Murphy — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:16:20 +0000

We love when readers tell us that one of the archival photos featured in the magazine has sparked a memory for them. And because some of these photos are perplexing (remember this one?), it’s even cooler when a reader can explain just what’s going on in the shot. In our latest issue, we printed this [...]

Taliaferro, Lubrano, and McCombie Win Trustees Election

Lori Shontz — Fri, 04 May 2012 22:14:08 +0000

Exactly six months after the grand jury presentment was leaked—it was late afternoon, Nov. 4, when the charges made against Jerry Sandusky ’66, ’71g became known—the most contested Board of Trustees election in Penn State’s history ended. Adam Taliaferro ’05, Anthony Lubrano ’82, and Ryan McCombie ’70 will begin their three-year terms in July. Everything [...]

Mr. O’Brien Goes to Washington

Ryan Jones — Wed, 02 May 2012 06:24:54 +0000

He signed 21 autographs. He posed for 68 photos. He shook 101 hands. That was the tally—part of it, anyway—for Bill O’Brien Tuesday night in Washington D.C., on the fourth stop of the Penn State Coaches Caravan. For about 40 minutes—from the time he entered the ballroom at the Washington Hilton until the time he [...]

The Bill & Patrick Show

Ryan Jones — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:36:47 +0000

I’m back on the bus now between Baltimore and Washington, en route from the third to the fourth stop on the Penn State Coaches Caravan. As has been the case for every leg of our trip so far, Bill O’Brien and Patrick Chambers are posted up in the back of the bus, each habitually working [...]

Blair Thomas Joins the Caravan in Drexel Hill

Ryan Jones — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:17:05 +0000

The second stop on the Penn State Coaches Caravan came Monday night in Drexel Hill, a short drive from downtown Philadelphia. Patrick Chambers and Char Morett were buzzing about being in front of a hometown crowd, while Bill O’Brien brought out the PowerPoint presentation he put together to outline his philosophy for the Penn State [...]

Watching Bill O’Brien

Ryan Jones — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:48:15 +0000

I’m doing double-duty of sorts on this Penn State Coaches Caravan bus trip, which left State College bright and early Monday morning and continues on tonight in Drexel Hill, Pa. I’m doing this, obviously—blogging and tweeting when the WiFi cooperates to share the scene as Bill O’Brien and the other coaches on the trip get [...]

Big Macs and Bio

Emily Kaplan — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:04:12 +0000

Where’s the only place at Penn State you can study for finals and snag free refills of sweet iced tea? McDonald’s—an unlikely study spot, for sure. On the Sunday afternoon before spring finals week, I took a quick walking tour of campus to check out where students were studying. Some of the locations are obvious—all [...]

On the Road with the Penn State Coaches Caravan

Ryan Jones — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:59:51 +0000

It’s a beautiful morning for a bus trip. And the bus isn’t too shabby, either. I’m one of a dozen or so people on this impressively customized Fullington Trailways bus en route to Philadelphia for the first stop on the Penn State Coaches Caravan. Bill O’Brien and Patrick Chambers are on board, and more coaches [...]

More Underwater Photos from Jeremy Cohen

Mary Murphy — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:21:55 +0000

Early last year, we featured some of Jeremy Cohen’s underwater photography in our Jan./Feb. 2011 issue. (Remember that funky-looking reef squid on the cover?) We got lots of feedback on the photos, and readers loved Cohen’s up-close-and-personal look at creatures we don’t often see. Now there’s another opportunity to check out Cohen’s work. A photo exhibit, [...]