Statue Limitation
It’s been 10 years since Penn State removed the Joe Paterno statue from outside Beaver Stadium, but even a decade hasn’t erased all of the memories. In June a state...
College Football Analysis
Money, Money, MoneyPenn State heading to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for a football tussle in September. UCLA visiting Michigan in November. In two years, these geographically curious matchups won’t just be...
My Evolution of Running
When I was 6, I slept with a baseball glove under my pillow. I begged my parents, siblings and neighbors to throw me towering pop flies and wonky ground balls...
Young Polyglots
Elementary students use the summer vacation to learn another language and get a head start on future studies.Round and round the students walked, playing musical chairs in an elementary school classroom. But when the song stopped, finding an open seat was only the first test. To remain...
On the Lighter Side
Everyone’s sense of humor is different. I feel the need to preface this month’s piece with that and also to warn you that my teenager accuses me of having none....
Healthy Tailgating
Outside stadiums across the United States, tailgating is as much a part of game day as the game itself. A great tailgating experience brings people together around food and fun...
August Abundance
Dishing Columnist Carolyne Meehan bids farewell to this monthly column and reflects on food writing while spending the morning working at Plowshare Produce Farm.On Tuesday evenings, I scoop up my crop-share from Plowshare Produce Farm at its pick-up location off South Atherton. On a recent pick-up I measure a heaping quart of red-skinned...
Viognier’s Slow Simmer
Back in the late 1990s, partially in response to the ABC (“Anything But Chardonnay”) movement, a floral, almost perfumy, Rhône varietal bounded onto the American wine scene. Hailing from a...
The Letter Editor
The Football Letter is older than the Nittany Lion Shrine by four years but it has had only three editors including founder Ridge Riley, who mimeographed and mailed the first...