<![CDATA[CentreDaily.com -- Your Letters]]> http://www.centredaily.com/330/index.html CentreDaily.com, State College, PA en-us Copyright 2012 - CentreDaily.com Your Letters 60 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:23 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss MI RSS Burninator 2.0 bheisse@centredaily.com (Bob Heisse) <![CDATA[Develop incentive for youth]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3089715/develop-incentive-for-youth.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3089715/develop-incentive-for-youth.html News Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:01 EST In response to John Wainright’s letter Thursday: It’s not residential development; the bureaucracy involved with that is a mess and appalling. But it’s development that will keep our youth here.

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]]> <![CDATA[Choosing the next hero]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3089563/yourletters.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3089563/yourletters.html News Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:01 EST I have always thought of Penn State, my alma mater, as a solid rock. If the present trustees continue, I feel our rock could crumble.

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]]> <![CDATA[Editor’s pick: Not so democratic]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3089561/editors-pick.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3089561/editors-pick.html News Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:01 EST Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia recently said that what sets the United States government apart from banana republics is not the Bill of Rights but the separation of powers: legislative,

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]]> <![CDATA[Mann’s ideology doesn’t belong here]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/11/3088649/manns-ideology-doesnt-belong-here.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/11/3088649/manns-ideology-doesnt-belong-here.html News Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:00 EST 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…

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]]> <![CDATA[Letter: Return dignity to PSU]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/10/3085360/return-dignity-to-psu.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/10/3085360/return-dignity-to-psu.html News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:01 EST Joe Paterno’s legacy is evident. What an inspiration. He was one of kind.

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]]> <![CDATA[Leadership is lacking]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/10/3085359/leadership-is-lacking.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/10/3085359/leadership-is-lacking.html News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:01 EST It is embarrassing living in a state where the governor is such a hypocrite.

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]]> <![CDATA[Missed opportunities]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/10/3085100/yourletters.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/10/3085100/yourletters.html News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:01 EST 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…

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]]> <![CDATA[Projects are snowballing]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/09/3083865/projects-are-snowballing.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/09/3083865/projects-are-snowballing.html News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:01 EST 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…

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]]> <![CDATA[Have a heart and jump]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/09/3083864/have-a-heart-and-jump.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/09/3083864/have-a-heart-and-jump.html News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:01 EST 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…

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]]> <![CDATA[Traffic stopper]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/09/3083863/traffic-stopper.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/09/3083863/traffic-stopper.html News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:01 EST 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…

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]]> <![CDATA[Development disappoints]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/09/3083862/development-disappoints.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/09/3083862/development-disappoints.html News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:01 EST 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…

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]]> <![CDATA[Clarity]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/09/3083861/clarity.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/09/3083861/clarity.html News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:01 EST 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…

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]]> <![CDATA[Paterno paved the way]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/09/3083860/paterno-paved-the-way.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/09/3083860/paterno-paved-the-way.html News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:01 EST 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 —

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]]> <![CDATA[A casualty of recession]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/09/3083683/yourletters.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/09/3083683/yourletters.html News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:01 EST 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…

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]]> <![CDATA[Conservation is the key]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/08/3082600/conservation-is-the-key.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/08/3082600/conservation-is-the-key.html News Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:01 EST As the drilling of natural gas continues, we remain collectively unable to address the reality underlying the discussion. In a Jan. 12 U.S. Department of Energy study, the available reserves…

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]]> <![CDATA[Waning influence not so bad]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/08/3082599/waning-influence-not-so-bad.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/08/3082599/waning-influence-not-so-bad.html News Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:01 EST There’s no need to get agitated about America’s world influence waning. When that happened in Britain after World War II, money once used on being the world’s policeman was used…

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]]> <![CDATA[Ram Centre can make a difference]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/08/3082334/yourletters.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/08/3082334/yourletters.html News Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:01 EST In my15 years as principal of Penns Valley High School, I sat on numerous committees that were formed to find ways to provide recreational space for the youth in our…

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]]> <![CDATA[Don’t shoot down our freedoms]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/07/3081278/dont-shoot-down-our-freedoms.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/07/3081278/dont-shoot-down-our-freedoms.html News Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01 EST In response to Leonard Pitts’ statement in his Jan. 29 column that “We need meaningful background checks. ... A mentally unstable man should not have legal access to a gun,

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]]> <![CDATA[Where’s the outrage?]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/07/3081277/wheres-the-outrage.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/07/3081277/wheres-the-outrage.html News Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01 EST I cannot understand why the residents of Pennsylvania are not raising a collective howl against Gov. Tom Corbett’s taxation policy regarding the Marcellus Shale gas extractors. The idea of a…

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]]> <![CDATA[Taking back the ‘holiday’]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/07/3081276/taking-back-the-holiday.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/07/3081276/taking-back-the-holiday.html News Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01 EST As a Penn State student and a homeowner in State College, I applaud all the constituencies taking action against State Patty’s Day.

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