Penn State Ranked Among Top LGBT-Friendly Colleges

My alma mater - The Pennsylvania State University - has just received a perfect 5 stars in Campus Pride's annual survey which ranks colleges on their LGBT friendliness.  GO PENN STATE!!

I must say, I'm a little surprised.  When I was a big-ole closet case during my 6 (count 'em!) years at Penn State, the university and the student body at large were not particularly tolerant of gay people.  There was a Gay & Lesbian Student Alliance (and a gay bar across from campus), but that's about it.  In fact, while I was closeted I can't remember meeting any openly gay people in all of my travels.  Of course I encountered (cough cough ... SO TO SPEAK) many other closet cases like myself - and after graduation I learned that many of my closest "straight" friends in college were actually gay.  But none of us felt comfortable enough to come out during our time at Penn State.

I'm really happy to see things have changed.

Penn State - NIT Champions!

Congratulations to Penn State for winning its first-ever basketball tournament. My Nittany Lions beat Baylor in the National Invitational Tournament at Madison Square Garden tonight, 69 - 63. Before I watched the game on ESPN, I walked past the Garden and scoped the pumped-up Penn State fans entering the arena. Thirty-six buses filled with students and fans (including legendary football coach Joe Paterno) left campus this morning - headed toward NYC. Madison Square Garden was packed with Nittany Lion fans as a result.


I don't follow basketball at all, but I should have - since some of the Penn State players were HOT. First of all, I present to you the MVP of the game ... big man Jamelle Cornley...


And his little buddy, the adorable Talor Battle...

WE ARE ... PENN STATE!!

Penn State Sucks Balls In Rose Bowl

What happened to my Nittany Lions? Penn State lost in the Rose Bowl to the USC Trojans, 38 to 24 this evening. And just to rub salt in my wounds, the Trojans were led to victory by their hottie quarterback, Mark Sanchez...