• Paws for empowerment 

    Lydia Glenn  Contributing Writer Paws for Empowerment, which was started and run by Grace Colman, was established in 2011 to help victims of domestic violence. She started the program when she rescued a dog from her local animal shelter. She stated that she wanted to give her new pet a sense of purpose and a…

  • World Series

    Matt Mathias Sports Editor mcm5909@psu.edu The Atlanta Braves are one game away from winning the 2021 MLB World Series as they lead against the Houston Astros, three games to two. In this best of seven matchup, game six will be played in Houston, Texas on November 2.  In game five, the Astros’ bullpen dominated. All…

  • NHL

    Matthew Bores Contributing Writer mdb5896@psu.edu The NHL is now officially back and that brings back new things to talk about! The biggest story this week comes out of Chicago and the abuse of Kyle Beach. Beach and Commissioner Bettman talked about how they can better protect players from this happening. In other news, the only…

  • Incident at PSU White Out Game

    Amy Love Opinion Editor aml7458@psu.edu During Penn State’s White Out game on September 18, there was an incident that occured in the student section of the stadium. Five students of Penn State reported to University police that they were inappropriately touched during the game against Auburn.    Liam Kirk, who is from Valley Forge, Pennsylvania,…

  • GWOT threatening to take on Paul

    Courtney Balcombe News Editor clb6264@psu.edu On October 1st, Claressa Shields challenged Youtuber turned boxer Jake Paul to a match in which she claimed she could beat him.   “I wasn’t talking s**t about Jake Paul yesterday.” Shields told TMZ Sports. “What I was speaking was facts. Jake Paul gets inside a boxing ring with me,…

  • Stan Bowman, Joel Quenneville step down amid sexual assault scandal

    Dan Sanford Sports Editor das6267@psu.edu Chicago Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman and Florida Panthers head coach Joel Quenneville have resigned from their positions amid a scandal in which a former Blackhawks prospect brought to light that he had been sexually abused in 2010 with inadequate action taken to correct the issue. At the time, Quenneville…

  • Behrend Sports

    Matt Mathias Sports Editor mcm5909@psu.edu Women’s Volleyball continues to roll as they defeated Medaille last Tuesday by a score of 3-0 and again defeated Mount Aloysius 3-0  as well. With their two victories last week, the Lions have been able to acquire the number one seed in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference tournament. Against Medaile,…

  • The War On Drugs bring brilliant throwback

    Dan Sanford Sports Editor das6267@psu.edu Philadelphia indie rock band the War on Drugs have been on the cusp of overwhelming alternative success for some time now. It also has been four years since their previous full-length release, A Deeper Understanding, which scored the band their first number-one hit on the Billboard Adult Alternative Charts with…

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