Opinion
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Opinion: 7 Penn State Trustees Call Fellow Board Member’s Behavior ‘Intolerable,’ Disagree With Injunction
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As trustees of Penn State, we are outraged that a verified claim from a junior female staff member has been dismissed as nothing more than a “joke.” The thorough investigation […]
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Fixing a Hole — in the Ceiling and the Workforce
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Living here in Happy Valley we’re lucky to be among a very educated populace. According to the United States Census Bureau, almost 71% of the State College Borough’s population aged […]
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Op-Ed: Don’t Be Distracted by ‘Inactivists.’ Solar Is the Present and Future
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Last week, this outlet published Josh Portney’s misguided and ill-informed opinion piece on the regional solar power purchase agreement (SPPA). Portney presents himself as a sleuth and advocate for the […]
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Op-Ed: No Apologies for Standing Up for the Taxpayers
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The author of this op-ed, Josh Portney, is a member of State College Borough Council. At the Sept. 9 State College Borough Council meeting, in a rather unprecedented and unsettling […]
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First They Came for the Newspaper Racks
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I’ve just spent the past 24 hours locked in a campus storage closet. I was standing around the Willard Building minding my own business when, like a lifeguard rescuing a […]
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Letter: Transparency, Accountability Urgently Needed for Penn State’s Board
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Penn State’s $4.57 billion endowment is invested under the supervision of a small group called the Penn State Investment Council. The council’s activities are very closely held, and most of Penn State’s Board receives […]
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Letters: Unwelcoming Homecoming for PSU Alumni; Wrong on Project 2025; Not Again, Glenn; Elect Womer
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With Penn State Homecoming weekend upon us, I am disgusted by our university’s hateful actions toward alumni. The board has recently ended our democratic elections for trustees, a practice established […]
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Op-Ed: Who Needs Democratically Elected Penn State Trustees Anyway?
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Now that we’re all back for another school year, it’s time to catch up on things that happened over the summer. Did you see that the Penn State Board voted […]
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Pet-Eating Immigrants: Something Borrowed, Nothing True
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Newcomers make old-timers nervous, especially if the newcomers are different from the old-timers, whether those differences are skin-deep, culinary, linguistic, religious or cultural. When I moved to California’s Sierra Nevada […]
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Letters: What Will Be Lubert’s Legacy at Penn State?; Project 2025 a Disaster for Public Education
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In the latest reader letters: Casino will be Lubert’s Penn State legacy if it moves forward; Project 2025 spells disaster for public education.