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EDITORIAL: MARCELLUS SHALE
Tax necessaiy to benefit Pa.
A liaison from Penn
State Marcellus Center
for Outreach and
Research recently gave a
talk at Penn State about
the benefits of Marcellus
Shale drilling, namely the
economic benefits to the
surrounding area.
The talk echoes a heat
ed debate surrounding
natural gas drilling in
Pennsylvania and whether
or not governor elect,
Tom Corbett, will impose
a severance tax on
drilling.
Though he pledged not
to impose another tax on
Pennsylvanians during his
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lo future Penn State students
Meet our coach, Joe Patemo
By Alex Cohen
I don’t know who your foot
ball coach is right now as
you attend Penn State, but
let me tell you a
little bit about
who my coach
was. You may
have heard of
him, his name
was Joe
Paterno. He
came to Penn
State in 1950 as
an assistant
coach and became the head
coach in 1966
MY OPINION
Yes, this is the same Patemo
that the football field is named
after. No, not Jay, Joe.
Joe had an immense amount
of success while he coached at
Penn State. He won three
national championships (yes, I
said three), and he still holds the
record for the most wins by a
head coach in college football
history. If he were still alive he’d
tell you that each win was the
same. He’d say that the records
he continues to hold to this day
don’t mean anything to him. He
would say that win No. 1 was
just as important as 100,200,
300, and 400.
However let me tell you about
No. 400.
No. 400 came on a crisp
November evening back in 2010.
Penn State was 5-3, and having
a turbulent season. People were
calling for Joe to step down even
before that season. They were
saying that the game had
passed him by his old ways
couldn’t lead to success any
more.
Typical Joe, though, would
just smile and laugh at all the
critics. People had been trying
to push him out of the door for
years. His first season as head
coach he went 5-5 and people
didn’t think he’d last long. Forty
four years later, even after all
campaign, we think Cor
bett should consider
implementing the sever
ance tax.
The tax will help keep
drilling business in the
state, giving its own citi
zens jobs rather than giv
ing the jobs in collecting
our states resources to
larger drilling companies
from out of state.
Regulations are also key
in the success of Marcel
lus drilling. This venture
has the opportunity to cut
back on dependence from
foreign resources and
boost Pennsylvania’s
economy, but none of that
ME
his success, they were saving
the same thing. "Some things
never change," Joe would tell
you. He knew he still had it in
him to coach. He didn’t play golf,
or fish.
Without coaching, he'd just be
waiting for life to end. and that's
no way to live.
So amidst tons of criticism.
Joe took the field that
November evening looking for
the 400th win. Northwestern
was in town, and immediatelv
jumped out to a 21-0 lead. With
about a minute to go in the first
half Penn State got the ball,
backed up to their own goal line.
Logic would tell you to just run
the dock out and regroup
start preparing for the second
half.
Though at 83 years old, Joe
didn't have time for logic. No, he
had quarterback Matt McGloin
(yes, the same Matt McGloin
that won a Heisman for Penn
State) drive down the field with
one timeout remaining. Penn
State went into the locker room
down 21-7.
They came back out for the
second half, and scored a touch
down on four consecutive drives
on their way to a 35-21 victory,
and No. 400.
It was the largest comeback
Joe’s team ever had to win a
game at home.
After the game, Joe was put
up on two players’ shoulders
and carried off the field. The fol
lowing week, everyone was ask
ing Joe what 400 meant to him.
He wasn’t focused on 400,
though. He was more focused on
the team’s upcoming game
against Ohio State (which Penn
State won for £No. 401).
Numerous people other than
Joe were also asked what it
meant to them.
Everyone you could imagine
was asked to share what 400
meant.
At the time I was president of
will matter if people’s
water sources are tainted
by poor drilling and the
environment is additional
ly stressed. After the BP
oil spill earlier this year,
we are wary to put our
trust in a drilling project
in our own backyard with
out strict regulation.
We ask governor elect
Corbett to consider the
needs of Pennsylvanians
and the state’s fertile
environment, rather than
campaign promises or the
interests of the drilling
companies when he
decides about the Marcel
lus Shale tax.
Paternoville. It was this tent city
outside of the stadium where
students would camp out to get
the best seats for games. I had
never met Joe. and had never
spoken to him. However, I felt as
if I was a keeper and guardian of
the Paterno name.
I come from a Penn State
family. My parents were stu-
dents for wins 102-141, and I saw
wins 363-404. When win No. 400
came, my parents and I saw it
as an emblem of the Penn State
bond we shared.
Joe was just as much a Penn
State symbol as Old Main or the
town of State College itself.
When he got win 400, every
Penn Stater felt as if they got
win 400, too. Whether you played
for Joe, coached with him, were
a student, a teacher or just a
fan, everyone felt as if they won
their 400th game that night.
Joe's title may have been
head football coach, but in his
eyes, he was more of a teacher
than a coach.
When he died they named the
football field after him. If he
were alive to see the field take
his name, he’d tell everyone he
didn’t want it. He’d say that he
was more proud of his name
being on the library than the
football field.
Joe was a teacher of life, and
we were all his students. He
once said, “Believe deep down
in your heart that you’re des
tined to do great things.” Joe
himself did great things, but the
greatest thing he did was not
win more than 400 football
games.
The greatest thing he did was
teaching everyone around him,
that it’s not what you do, but
how you do it.
Alex Cohen is senior majoring in mar
keting and is the president of Pater
noville. He is The Daily Collegian's Fri
day guest columnist and his e-mail is
awcso72@psu.edu.
The Daily Collegian
LETTERS
Avoid climate misinformation
Wednesday’s letter, "Embrace climate
skepticism,” is riddled with misinformation
and is based on opinion and bias, not fact.
According to the letter, the "public” has
adopted a skeptical position on global
warming. Considering a recent survey con
ducted by Yale University shows that 63
percent of adults in the United States
believe climate change is real, I have to
wonder what "public” is so skeptical of cli
mate change?
The letter goes on to assert that an
assignment seeking to determine the credi
bility of climate change was biased in sup
port of the topic. Oddly enough, the original
article stated that alternative arguments
were presented, specifically those of cli
mate change skeptic and U.S. Sen. Jim
Inhofe.
The letter goes on to misconstrue the
peer review process, suggesting that the
same conspiring climatologists review
every climate change-related article and
reject alternative views. In reality, the sci
entists who contribute to climate research
come from a multitude of scientific disci
plines, and many peer-reviewed articles on
climate change are not published in specif
ic climatology journals. Perhaps it isn't
obvious, but ' colluding for political purpos
es" is an impossible feat when dozens of
distinct scientific disciplines are purported
ly involved. The letter further displays a
lack of factual basis when it is suggested
that "Climategate" stands as evidence of
corruption among climate scientists. In
reality, three separate investigations have
found the scientists involved in
"Climategate" to be innocent of scientific
misconduct.
While I applaud the author and his
organization for striving to identify bias in
controversial topics. 1 humbly suggest that
in the future, the Young Americans for
Freedom look for bias in their own words
and deeds before thev turn their ire
towards others especially when they are
misrepresenting a field with over a centu
ry's worth of data backing their science.
Gilman Ouellette
senior-climatology and physical geography
Alumni should not complain
The past few weeks have brought
numerous complaints from alumni about
our student section at Penn State football
games. Though I understand their disap
pointment, I'm not sure that it's completely
valid. First off, we never anointed ourselves
the "best in the country," Kirk Herbstreit of
ESPN did this in 2005.
Second, the point of a student section is
to be loud and create a fun atmosphere in
Beaver Stadium, as well as support the
football team on the field. The kids who
show up do that very well. You don't hear
us complaining that the rest of the stadium
is seated and quiet for the majority of the
game. We also generate most of the noise
throughout the course of games. Therefore.
I have a suggestion: Complaining does
nothing. Take an initiative to make the rest
of the stadium louder.
If people have a problem, stand up and
make noise instead of sitting back all game
waiting for the big play. If 19,000 of the
21.000 students in the student section show
up for games, that is still bigger than most,
if not all. of the college student sections in
the country. Let's be thankful for the great
student support we have at Penn State.
Don't persecute the majority for the per
ceived sins of the minority.
Alumni are misplacing blame
I am tired of alumni letters after every
football game. Our student section does not
fill up because of the outrageous ticketing
system that we are forced to use. not
because of a lack of student enthusiasm.
Also. I am a junior, but I sit in the sopho-
more section with my friends. Therefore, it
is not fair to blame the juniors and seniors
for empty seats.
Alumni, stay off our backs. If you have a
problem with empty seats in the student
section, contact the athletic department
and ask them to change the student ticket
policy. A weekly student criticism is not the
answer.
FOOTBLOG
Sit-down with McGloin
Redshirt sophomore quarterback
Matt McGloin had a sit-down interview
with ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit in State
College on Hiesday.
“It went real well,” said McGloin
about the meeting with the former Ohio
State quarterback “Herbstreit is a
great guy, and we had a lot of fun with
the interview yesterday.”
Just weeks ago, before the Michigan
game, Herbstreit an ESPN College
Game Day analyst doubted Penn
State's ability to win with a walk-on
quarterback
McGloin, in a way to poke fun at
Herbstreit, said he was gunning for the
commentator in a post-game on-field
interview with ESPN’s Holly Rowe after
throwing for 250 yards and a touchdown
in the win.
“Why not go out there and fire a shot
back,” McGloin said Wednesday. “I fig-
ured I'd have a little fun with it.”
Brendan Monahan
Football reporter
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Joe Miele
Class of 2009
Bill Zammarrelli
junior-life science