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Following the 2011 Penn State child sex abuse scandal, there were widespread calls for the statue to be removed, including by Paterno's friend and longtime Florida State coach Bobby Bowden. [4] At one point, an anonymous individual chartered a plane to fly over State College for several hours with a banner that read Take the Statue Down or We ...
The students were subsequently brought before Syracuse University's student court, but the case was dismissed as a simple college prank. The Daily Orange published an editorial lauding the students and helped organize a fund of student donations to pay for the sandblasting required to remove the paint from the Nittany Lion statue, a task which ...
Penn State football coach Hugo Bezdek shakes hands with the Nittany Lion in the 1920s. The mascot was the creation of Penn State senior H. D. "Joe" Mason in 1904. While on a trip to Princeton University, Mason had been embarrassed that Penn State did not have a mascot. Mason did not let that deter him: he fabricated the Nittany Lion on the spot ...
The mural will be made up of thousands of photos of Harris with the people he interacted with through the years. You can be part of a mural commemorating legendary Penn State RB Franco Harris ...
After finding a small earthen dam to be inadequate, the T. Chalkey Hatton firm was commissioned to build a large concrete gravity dam across the valley. The dam was 50 feet (15 m) high and 540 feet (160 m) long, and cost $86,000 to construct, (nearly $3,000,000 today adjusted for inflation). [ 1 ]
The Stop of Hooker's Band in East Hartford before Crossing the River: Alton Tobey: 1940 Winner of the 48-State Mural Competition: Enfield: Thompsonville, Connecticut: Saul Berman: 1938 oil on canvas Fairfield: Tempura Mutantur et Nos Mutanmur in Illis or Times Change and We Change With Them: Alice Flint: 1938
Penn State is a win away from the national title game. The No. 6 Nittany Lions jumped out to a 14-0 lead and held on for a 31-14 win over No. 3 Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl. PSU advances to the ...
No. 6 Penn State held Ashton Jeanty in check and overcame some questionable play-calling on offense to beat No. 3 Boise State, 31-14, in the quarterfinals of the College Football Playoff.