The Lion Sleeps Tonight: Sheep on 2 Years as Mascot
For the past two years, James Sheep has donned the heavy fur suit more than 600 times, delighting football fans and first graders along the way. Come May 16, Sheep graduates and hangs up the suit. With his days as the Lion numbered, Sheep took some time to reflect on “life in the suit.”
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Voila! C’est La Vie Online
Warning! Look at La Vie, 1890–2000, online at your own risk. Delving into Penn State history can be habit-forming. Who was the football team playing in 1930? It’s in there. Coeds had their own section called “The Girls?” Check out the 1922 La Vie. Like little time capsules, old La Vies reveal interesting information from bygone eras. Read on for more examples of what you can find.
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5 More Penn Staters in TV and Film
Following last month’s story on the Top 10 Penn Staters on TV, AlumnInsider readers wrote with suggestions of other Penn State alums for our list. They include people in front of and behind the camera, and some whose award-winning work stretches from stage to screen.
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Penn State’s Fab 5: Professors on the Edge
From a diet guru who’s figured out how to eat more and weigh less to a Nobel Prize-winning singing professor who explains earthquakes and tsunamis to the tune of Johnny Cash’s “Walk the Line,” Penn State’s professors are involved in some interesting stuff. CSI or apiaries more to your liking? They’ve got that covered too.
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