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LA Dodgers and New York Yankees to play World Series
After almost three weeks of games, the LA Dodgers and the New York Yankees are now set to play a total of seven games to determine the 2024 World Series Champion. Despite a strong showing from the Kansas City Royals in their games against the Orioles, they were still unable to defeat the Yankees, who…
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Letter to the Editor: The Importance of Voting
This letter was submitted by Penn State Alumni Ted Nickles. As a Penn State undergraduate in 1968 I was looking forward to the opportunity to cast my first vote in a presidential election. While the jobs market for graduates was sound, the times were tumultuous. There were protests and riots as the country dealt with…
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Penn State 2024 Homecoming Football Game
Ethan Callaghan Penn State Athletics Photographer
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Season’s frontrunners take shape in NFL Week Five
The NFL early season has begun to take shape, with week five cementing the early dominators as well as those who have already started to falter. While the Dallas Cowboys managed to beat out the Pittsburgh Steelers with only twenty seconds remaining on the clock, it’s clear neither franchise is quite ready to rise above…
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Race to World Series heats up as Semi-Finals begins
With the end of this year’s baseball season in sight, let’s look at the standings so far after the initial playoffs, and who the remaining teams will be competing against. The Tigers won their bout against the Astros, taking a clean two out of three sweep in the round. They won 5-2, scoring four runs…
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NHL Central Division: Offseason remains quiet
The NHL season is less than a week away from starting. Here is how the Central Division shaped up in the offseason. Chicago Blackhawks: The Blackhawks had a very quiet offseason again. That is not really surprising considering that they are still in the middle of a rebuild. They are working on adding more prospects…
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MLB Wild Card Playoffs: Mets continue momentum, Tigers upset Astros
The Major League Baseball playoffs began October 2, 2024, with four games in the three-round wild card standoff. The Detroit Tigers won over the Houston Astros 3-1 with Tarik Skubal pitching for the Tigers. They scored all three of their runs in the second inning, and managed to stave off the Astros, who only scored…
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Scientists able to image head of ancient insect for the first time
Research published in Science Advances have now revealed a speculative shape for an ancient arthropod head. This comes after studying and extrapolating on juvenile subjects that may have a strong indication of what the adult head may have looked like. Anthropleura, the ancient arthropod in question, was a centipede-like creature that lived in the Carboniferous…
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