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		<title>Yes, That was a Mule on the HUB Lawn</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Kaplan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A constant flow of visitors peering from the Bell Tower, tug-of-war outside Old Main, and a mule grazing the grass of the HUB lawn. It was a unique day at Penn State, indeed. Wednesday was the annual Old Main Open House, a day to celebrate Penn State’s history. The event &#8212; which also featured free [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pennstatermag.com&#038;blog=4812288&#038;post=22751&#038;subd=pennstatermag&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Singing Valentine&#8217;s Day Tradition</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Kaplan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jen Espinosa arrived at 102 Thomas on Tuesday afternoon expecting to take a Bio 411 exam. She sat in her seat, a couple rows from the back, and took out a No. 2 pencil. Her professor, James A. Strauss, began handing out scantrons. Then five male students wearing suits walked into the lecture hall. And [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pennstatermag.com&#038;blog=4812288&#038;post=20839&#038;subd=pennstatermag&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Some Almost Alumni Look Back</title>
		<link>http://pennstatermag.com/2011/04/29/some-almost-alumni-look-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though the free food at Thursday’s Senior Sendoff was enough to please any college student (days before finals week, no less), the warm, sunny weather certainly didn’t hurt. At the annual event sponsored by the Alumni Association, hundreds of seniors gathered on the Hintz Alumni Center lawn, and I spent some time mingling with the soon-to-be alumni, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pennstatermag.com&#038;blog=4812288&#038;post=16206&#038;subd=pennstatermag&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts on My First THON</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If an alien from another planet visited Penn State this weekend, earthlings sure would&#8217;ve had a hard time explaining THON. Yesterday, I was that alien. As the Penn Stater’s newest staff member and a State College resident for about two months, I had only a vague idea what this THON thing was all about. My [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pennstatermag.com&#038;blog=4812288&#038;post=15165&#038;subd=pennstatermag&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Follow Along During THON</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori Shontz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier today, a couple of us were trying to figure out what percentage of the student body is participating in THON, which officially gets underway at 6 p.m. Friday&#8212;in a little less than two hours. We&#8217;re not sure, but we&#8217;re guessing between a third and a half of the students at the University Park campus [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pennstatermag.com&#038;blog=4812288&#038;post=15121&#038;subd=pennstatermag&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Alma Mater Remains Unchanged</title>
		<link>http://pennstatermag.com/2010/05/24/the-alma-mater-remains-unchanged/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 12:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, Alumni Association executive director Roger Williams ’73, ’75g, ’88g received a letter from Brian Canada ’99, a doctoral candidate in the University&#8217;s Integrative Biosciences Program. Canada&#8217;s letter proposed updating the Penn State alma mater—written in 1901 by Fred Lewis Pattee and tweaked in 1975 to reflect gender equality—to remove what he [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pennstatermag.com&#038;blog=4812288&#038;post=10652&#038;subd=pennstatermag&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nittany Lion Documentary Makes Debut</title>
		<link>http://pennstatermag.com/2009/12/03/nittany-lion-documentary-makes-debut/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori Shontz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As if the super-cool ESPN Magazine feature on the Nittany Lion weren&#8217;t enough, here comes another in-depth look at the mascot, Heart of the Lion. The documentary, which will premiere at 8 tonight on WPSU (Channel 3 in State College), traces the mascot&#8217;s history back to 1939 and follows eight students as they try out [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pennstatermag.com&#038;blog=4812288&#038;post=7446&#038;subd=pennstatermag&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Penn State&#8217;s &#8216;Men of ’47,&#8217; In Print and Online</title>
		<link>http://pennstatermag.com/2009/11/05/penn-states-men-of-%e2%80%9947-in-print-and-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If they haven&#8217;t already, Alumni Association members should be receiving their copies of our Nov./Dec. issue in the next few days, and I imagine most will notice the unusual (for us) cover design—that&#8217;s it on the right. The corresponding feature, written by Michael Weinreb ’94, tells the story of the post-World War II football teams [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pennstatermag.com&#038;blog=4812288&#038;post=6935&#038;subd=pennstatermag&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Senior Class Gift: Arboretum Boardwalk</title>
		<link>http://pennstatermag.com/2009/10/28/2010-senior-class-gift-arboretum-boardwalk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori Shontz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And the winner is &#8230; The Arboretum at Penn State. Voting for the Class of 2010 senior gift ended Monday, and the overwhelming choice was the Marsh Meadow Boardwalk and Overlook at the Arboretum. The final totals, announced Tuesday: 1,965 for the boardwalk, 435 for a public sculpture and endowed sculpture, and 418 for an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pennstatermag.com&#038;blog=4812288&#038;post=6770&#038;subd=pennstatermag&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Tough Choice: Voting for the Senior Class Gift</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori Shontz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senior Class Gift has been a Penn State tradition since the Class of ’61&#8212;that&#8217;s 1861! &#8212; donated a portrait of Evan Pugh to hang in Old Main. Among the more notable gifts through the decades: the Allen Street Gates (thank you, Class of 1916), the Celebration Garden at Rec Hall (great call, Class of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pennstatermag.com&#038;blog=4812288&#038;post=6714&#038;subd=pennstatermag&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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