Legendary high school football coach Herman Boone, made famous by the Disney movie Remember the Titans spoke to a crowd of admiring attendees at Eisenhower Auditorium last night. The evening opened with the scene from the movie where Denzel Washington has his team run through the woods at 3am until they reach the battlefields of Gettysburg ending with a speech from the coach that would ultimately cause the union of a team divided.
With State Patty's Day quickly approaching, we explain what the difference will be between "asshole" and "non-asshole." Check out our sweet infographic after the jump.
Step out of the real and into something much more dramatic this week with the Penn State School of Theatre's play, the Beaux' Stratagem. Held in the Playhouse Theatre in Penn State's Theatre building, the play's opening night is this Thursday at 7:30 p.m. The show will run through the weekend and close out on March 2nd. Tickets are still available and can be found from all the usual suspects.
We all know this will be a busy week, and especially weekend, for uh, studying. If you aren't a fan of wearing green nor public intoxication, PSMA has a few ideas to give you something to do.
Between the march against tuition, the crazy preacher (as opposed to the Willard preacher) relocating to outside of the HUB, and more tour groups than usual, you may be noticing many different things around campus today. However, you may or may not know that today is the 156th birthday of Dear Old State. To celebrate this, Penn States Lion Ambassadors are in the HUB giving out free stuff. So stop by and wonder how PSU has persisted all these years as you enjoy a free cookie or cupcake.
Another video submission from David Adewumi. Check out his interview with Penn State President Graham Spanier during the final hours of THON 2011. You should also check out the two videos Adewumi submitted to us earlier.