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		<title>Remembering &#8220;Dr. Mel&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tina Hay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mel Goldstein, an iconic New England meteorologist who publicly and cheerfully battled cancer for more than 16 years, has died. &#8220;Dr. Mel,&#8221; as he was known, died yesterday at Yale-New Haven Hospital. He was 66. I first learned of Goldstein ’67 back in 2002, when the Alumni Association&#8217;s receptionist at the time, Kay Tomczuk, showed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pennstatermag.com&amp;blog=4812288&amp;post=20168&amp;subd=pennstatermag&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reflecting on Two Months—and Two Scandals</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My mom didn’t get it. In our phone conversation on Nov. 11, it was clear she didn’t understand the weight of the allegations against Jerry Sandusky, the firing of Joe Paterno, the nuclear fallout that was Penn State in those first few days. “Imagine this happening at Syracuse,” I said. She instantly understood. I’m not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pennstatermag.com&amp;blog=4812288&amp;post=19585&amp;subd=pennstatermag&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Guaranteed to Cheer You Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tina Hay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our former Alumni Association colleague Sara Jones, who now works at Michigan State, passes along a wonderful video that I feel fairly certain you will love. &#160; If you go to the website for the video, you can read a bit more detail about how this guy Chris set up the situation with Danielle. Or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pennstatermag.com&amp;blog=4812288&amp;post=19771&amp;subd=pennstatermag&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Obituary: Former Ebony Editor Herbert Nipson</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tina Hay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of Penn State&#8217;s most prominent journalism grads, Herbert Nipson ’40, has died at the age of 95. Nipson spent 38 years at Ebony magazine, the last 15 of those as executive editor. He started as an associate editor there in 1949 and was named editor in 1972, so he was on staff throughout an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pennstatermag.com&amp;blog=4812288&amp;post=19729&amp;subd=pennstatermag&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Am I Too Late for a Gift Suggestion?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tina Hay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re a fan of folk, bluegrass, or Appalachian music—and maybe even if you&#8217;re not—you might enjoy checking out a new holiday CD called The Gathering. The project is the work of five musicians, including Mike Compton (known for his work with John Hartford and with the Nashville Bluegrass Band), Rhiannon Giddens (of the Grammy-winning [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pennstatermag.com&amp;blog=4812288&amp;post=19444&amp;subd=pennstatermag&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More on Sam Griffith</title>
		<link>http://pennstatermag.com/2011/12/20/more-on-sam-griffith/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tina Hay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I heard from Maj. Erik Orient ’99, a Penn State Naval ROTC instructor who knew Sam Griffith ’97, the Marine officer killed in Afghanistan last Wednesday. Erik sent along a note from the pilot who flew Griffith&#8217;s body from an airport near where he was killed to Kandahar, the first stop on Griffith&#8217;s final [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pennstatermag.com&amp;blog=4812288&amp;post=19570&amp;subd=pennstatermag&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Penn Stater, Sam Griffith, Killed in Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tina Hay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my Alumni Association colleagues forwarded to me an email the other day with some sad news: A 36-year-old Penn State grad, Maj. Sam Griffith ’97, has been killed in Afghanistan. Griffith, a Marine fighter pilot by training who was serving a tour of duty with the reserves, was shot and killed last Wednesday, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pennstatermag.com&amp;blog=4812288&amp;post=19540&amp;subd=pennstatermag&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s a Random Assortment of Happy News</title>
		<link>http://pennstatermag.com/2011/12/14/heres-a-random-assortment-of-happy-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tina Hay</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Lobstering Life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update: It looks like the Daily Mail has removed the story about Ty Burrell already. I can&#8217;t even find a cached version to show you. It&#8217;s too bad, because the story and photos were pretty sweet. If anyone knows a way to view the article online, please let us know in the Comments section. —Tina [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pennstatermag.com&amp;blog=4812288&amp;post=19461&amp;subd=pennstatermag&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Your Letters on the Scandal</title>
		<link>http://pennstatermag.com/2011/12/09/your-letters-on-the-scandal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a teenager, I wrote a “Dear Abby” style column for my high-school newspaper. I, the advice guru, would respond to “Stressed Senior” or “Perplexed Prom Date” with a witty, convenient solution to the problem in 300 words or less. Truth be told, most of the letter writers were my friends, whom I’d convince to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pennstatermag.com&amp;blog=4812288&amp;post=19404&amp;subd=pennstatermag&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Campaign for RAINN Hits $500K Goal</title>
		<link>http://pennstatermag.com/2011/12/05/campaign-for-rainn-hits-500k-goal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Nov. 10, a group of Penn State alums launched ProudToBeAPennStater.com, a grassroots effort with two goals: help restore pride to Penn Staters everywhere, and support victims of child sexual abuse by raising $500,000 for RAINN, the Rape Abuse Incest National Network. This morning, the campaign hit $500K. The current total: $500,565. Also, the autographed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pennstatermag.com&amp;blog=4812288&amp;post=19344&amp;subd=pennstatermag&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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