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Mt. Pleasant’s Scott Giacobbi retires after 19 seasons coaching girls basketball
A military man, Scott Giacobbi is saluting the Mt. Pleasant girls basketball program one last time. The longtime authority of the Vikings is retiring from coaching and teaching. He became coach in 2005, and his career spanned 19 seasons, 13 of which saw the Vikings reach the WPIAL playoffs. Mt....
Penn State alumni claim university's Greek life policies border on harassment
Penn State alumni are calling out the university for the way they say they’ve treated Greek organizations over the last several years. They say Penn State has been "violating student and property rights" when it comes to governing its Greek organizations since the tragic death of former Penn State student Timothy Piazza in 2017. They say they want to work with the university, but there’s been a lack of communication from Penn State.
Penn suspends four students involved in recent campus activism, local pro-Palestinian groups say
This story is developing and will continue to be updated. Penn has suspended four students involved with on-campus pro-Palestinian activism — including the Gaza Solidarity Encampment — according to an Instagram post from the Freedom School for Palestine. The post states that the students received semesterlong or yearlong...
Mritika Senthil | The startling impact of Penn's open expression guidelines
“A decree imposing temporary restrictions on the freedom of the press was signed … and it was stipulated that the Committee was to concern itself with only the press in general and was not to intrude in censorship matters.”. You’re probably familiar with this excerpt. After all, it very...
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