This picture was taken at the finish line of the 2012 Beaver Stadium Run, seconds after Franco Harris (right) had admonished me to “Finish strong, son!” The Penn State community lost a great ambassador today.
Category: Penn State
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This picture was taken at the finish line …
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What “Unrivaled” Means for Penn State in 2016
I’m so jealous of Ohio State fans this week. Not because of their team’s success, recent or historical. It has nothing to do with their head coach, or their quarterback, or any of the monstrous playmakers and future NFLers that make up their secondary. No, I’m jealous of Ohio State fans because they wake up…
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Hail To The (New and Improved?) Lion
Let’s start our discussion of Penn State’s new academic logo with critiquing the work itself, before we dive into critiquing the process. The mark itself? It’s… boring. Corporate. Safe. Could be a bank, could be a hospital. The rendition of the lion itself is fine. I don’t love the 2-Color approach, and that’s going to…
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Now what?
The first Penn State memory I have was the stein. It proudly sat on the bookshelf in the family room. “Class of 1972,” it read. I had no idea what the words meant… but somehow I knew what the stein itself meant. My next memory? January 2, 1987. The Fiesta Bowl. Second time I ever…