What makes a lion "Nittany," anyway? According to the Penn State website, before 1904, the school didn't even have a mascot, save for a work mule named "Old Coaly" that helped in construction ...

Black squirrels — frequently found all over Penn’s grounds — were likely introduced over 200 years ago, and are now part of ...

The time it took from when the Nittany Lion mascot pressed the ceremonial detonator ... it had in many ways become an embarrassment for Penn State in the nation's second-largest stadium in terms ...