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Mann’s ideology doesn’t belong here

On Thursday, Penn State sponsored an address by disgraced Climategate figure Michael Mann. The fact that this speech was allowed and tacitly endorsed by Penn State officials, via the university’s Forum Speaker’s Series, should serve as a red flag to taxpayers and voters of the commonwealth.

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    Letter: Return dignity to PSU

    Joe Paterno’s legacy is evident. What an inspiration. He was one of kind.

    3 days ago

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    Leadership is lacking

    It is embarrassing living in a state where the governor is such a hypocrite.

    3 days ago

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    Missed opportunities

    Like many residents concerned with educating our children and our workforce, we waited with dread for Gov. Tom Corbett’s budget to appear. This year, his decisions were even worse than expected.

    3 days ago

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    Projects are snowballing

    At about 5 p.m. Monday and 5 a.m. Tuesday, a large PennDOT truck made its run past our place in both directions. This is not the first time this has occurred during decent weather. Are they making practice runs for when we get snow?

    4 days ago

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    Have a heart and jump

    Fifteen years ago, one of the now retired elementary physical education teachers, Rebecca Robinson, started a jump-rope program in her classes. It has grown into an activity for all the elementary students from second to fifth grades in the State College Area school district.

    4 days ago

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    Traffic stopper

    I’ve had a homemade, bright orange “Impeach Obama” sign on my car for a while now. I considered replacing it with a fancy model, but a friend advised that mine helped personalize the message.

    4 days ago

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    Development disappoints

    Those who live in the existing quiet residential neighborhoods that will border the proposed student housing project, The Retreat, are dealing with a sense of shock and disbelief that the College Township Council would approve, by a 3-2 margin, the continuation of the process by the developer.

    4 days ago

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    Clarity

    Today I had an invasive procedure to see whether I needed prostate surgery. I didn’t, but the interesting thing about the examination was the total abstraction of the object body so examined from my personality and social life than defines it.

    4 days ago

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    Paterno paved the way

    Noticing the very light volume of traffic Saturday on U.S. Route 322, it occurred to me that someone — an alumnus, an alumni organization or even a billboard company — might post a billboard along that route this fall that says, “If it wasn’t for Joe Paterno, this would still...

    4 days ago

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    A casualty of recession

    In response to Michael Straw’s Jan. 18 letter, in which he said, “every township in the region has pulled back on growth and development”: If, by growth and development, he means new housing contraction, the facts don’t support his argument.

    4 days ago

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