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A story in the Post-Gazette, Penn State Creamery is as good as it gets answers why Penn State’s Creamery ice cream is not sold off campus:
Opening ice cream stores elsewhere would force the Creamery — the largest university creamery in the nation — to compete with graduates of its own course.
And that would clash with [...]

Longtime radio broadcaster Pat Boland dies – CDT
Pat Boland, a name and voice familiar to the Penn State and State College communities succumbed to brain cancer. He was 42. I remember Boland mostly for his radio work with Phil Grosz of Blue White Illustrated and pre- and post-game of Nittany Lions games.
h/t @scrappled

UPDATED 07.06.2011
Radio reporter [...]

THON total grows, tops $9.5 million – The Collegian
Penn State Dance Marathon raised $9,563,016.09 for the Four Diamonds Fund to fight pediatric cancer and support those families facing it. Over $1.5 million more than last year’s total was raised. Wow.
Good work Penn State, now be keep being transparent about where the THON money goes. [...]

PSU bans logo from shot glasses – The Collegian
Penn State University will no longer license its name, brand, logo, seal, whatever on shot glasses. Apparently, the university feels that Penn State shot glasses could be seen as encouraging dangerous drinking. That is a silly argument, but I understand the perceived conflict of interest. State College [...]

Penn State Week on Big Ten Network Begins Monday – Intercollegiate Athletics
Starting next Monday, the Big Ten Network has lots of Penn State programming:
Monday, July 26 (all times ET)
2:00 p.m. – 2009 Big Ten Cross Country Championships
5:00 p.m – Making The Blue Band documentary
8:00 p.m. – 2006 FedEx Orange Bowl – Penn State vs. Florida [...]

Penn State vs. Nebraska is something I can get excited about, but there is more expansion ahead methinks.

Yup, it was about the wings, always the wings at the State College hooters.

THON breaks previous record – The CollegianPenn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon just completed another recordbreaker — $7,838,054.36 raised for the Four Diamonds Fund. Four Diamonds provides financial support to families of children with cancer treated at Penn State’s Milton Hershey Medical Center as well as research.
Good job, now hopefully THON will retain and expand its [...]

Public radio show This American Life visited Penn State over the final football weekend of 2009 (vs. Indiana) and examined the drinking culture. They picked Penn State because the Princeton Review said it is the #1 party school in the country. The program’s portrayal of the students is harsh.
The program is 100% accurate too.
It [...]

THON 2009 data divulged – The CollegianPenn State’s Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon released a summary a 2009 fiscal year summary. You may recall that back in February, I wondered where the THON money goes. I am glad they have given us an answer — 94.55 percent — $7,093,777.66 goes to the Four Diamonds Fund. That [...]