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BCS Computers Riot Following Penn State Loss to Iowa

November 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Computers in happier times, before they found they can rule the world. 
State police computer tech support broke up an unruly gathering of BCS computers following Penn State’s heartbreaking loss to Iowa on Saturday.
“How ya like me now!” said a Dell laptop, as it chastised a collection of Penn State students. “Computer can’t pick no champion, […]

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Tags: Education · Entertainment · Penn State · Sports · State College · sports

Acid Rock Legends Iron Butterfly to Help Christen I-99

October 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

 
PennDOT prepares stage for upcoming Acid Rock Stock. 
PennDOT announced that the full complement of heavy metal and acid rock tie-dye-hards will be on hand when the transportation agency opens its own Acid Rock Highway, I-99. The highway is slated to open, “some time in the near-distant future or thereabouts.”
Paul Preston, publicist for the I-99 project, said […]

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Tags: Local Politics · Penn State · Penndot · State College · Tyrone

Smoking Ban Hurts Non-Cool Kids Odds Of Fitting In

September 15th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Ban means shot at coolness goes up in smoke for nerds, geeks, and social rejects.
Clyde Ferndexter sits alone in a State College bar as other better-dressed, better-looking and better-named Penn State students gyrate to music and the internal rhythms of profound intoxication and other forms of over-indulgences.
Normally, Ferndexter would light up a Marlboro and be […]

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Tags: Culture · Penn State · Recreation · Rendell · State Politics