cover of Sept/Oct '25 issue featuring photo of Jonathan Frakes by Cardoni
September / October 2025

Celebrating the Past and Future of Beaver Stadium

Features

Still Going, Boldly

Half a century into his career, actor and director Jonathan Frakes—best known as Commander William Riker from the USS Enterprise—looks back on his path from campus theater usher to Star Trek, unlikely social media fame, and beyond.
Jeff Rice '03 Com

Justice in the Balance

New evidence in a long-ago murder trial has given a Penn State Dickinson Law professor and his students the chance to revisit a life-altering outcome.
Savita Iyer

Big Gig

Four decades after his undergraduate days as a football student manager, Dwayne Rush is back at work in Beaver Stadium—this time, overseeing the colossal renovation that is transforming the famous structure for the future.
Ryan Jones '95 Com

Campus Life

The Suite Life

After starring on the field for the Lions, former national champion Bobby White works to give fans a premium experience on game days and the rest of the year.
Jeff Rice '03 Com

Home Field Advantage

A transformational gift from alum and lifelong Penn State fan B.J. Werzyn helps kick off a new era at Beaver Stadium.
Ryan Jones '95 Com

The Road to 107K

How Penn State’s home field has evolved from a humble patch of grass to one of the largest stadiums on Earth.
Ryan Jones '95 Com

Ten Lost Traditions

From our January/February 2005 issue: The pushball scraps and he-she dances of the early 1900s to the Gentle Thursdays and Phi Psi 500s of 25 years ago, Penn State’s past is rich with traditions that now survive only in memory, newspaper clippings, and old photographs. Here, we recall 10 of those traditions.
Dan Morrell and David Pulizzi

Ten Lost Traditions

From our January/February 2005 issue: The pushball scraps and he-she dances of the early 1900s to the Gentle Thursdays and Phi Psi 500s of 25 years ago, Penn State’s past is rich with traditions that now survive only in memory, newspaper clippings, and old photographs. Here, we recall 10 of those traditions.
Dan Morrell and David Pulizzi

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Ten Lost Traditions

From our January/February 2005 issue: The pushball scraps and he-she dances of the early 1900s to the Gentle Thursdays and Phi Psi 500s of 25 years ago, Penn State’s past is rich with traditions that now survive only in memory, newspaper clippings, and old photographs. Here, we recall 10 of those traditions.
Dan Morrell and David Pulizzi

Ten Lost Traditions

From our January/February 2005 issue: The pushball scraps and he-she dances of the early 1900s to the Gentle Thursdays and Phi Psi 500s of 25 years ago, Penn State’s past is rich with traditions that now survive only in memory, newspaper clippings, and old photographs. Here, we recall 10 of those traditions.
Dan Morrell and David Pulizzi

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