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Penn State myth or fact...

i was driving home from the Miami Heat game tonight and i was listening to the radio when i heard a billy idol song come on the radio.  hearing this it reminded me of a story i heard from someone about him coming to penn state around the halloween timeframe of 1995-1998.  as the story goes, billy played somewhere, or was in state college for some reason, and went to the lions den for a drink and someone came up to him and yelled... ''dude, awesome billy idol costume'' as the story goes he just kind of went along with his night and no one bothered him.  either it was because no one knew him or what not, but yea....   not sure if this is for real but maybe someone is just making it up but add your own two cents. 

we've all heard the cata bus thing about free tuition but is there any other hidden stories such as the billy idol story....

by the way...  my shift keys don't work so i can't make question marks or capital letters....  bear with me, thanks

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Tim McGraw and Faith Hill went on their first date in State College. A BJC staff member loaned them his jeep. A few years ago, Faith Hill bought the guy’s jeep for Tim as an anniversary gift.

by MrBrianPSU on Mar 3, 2009 5:45 AM EST reply actions  

That is correct

and they also own a home somewhere in the State College. Im not sure of the exact location or how often they frequent the area but I know they own it.

by LIONHEAD2477 on Mar 3, 2009 9:56 AM EST up reply actions  

I might have the wrong country singer

But I believe McGraw’s father owns a house in Media, Pa, right down the road from me in Springfield.

by dawsonPSU10 on Mar 3, 2009 2:00 PM EST up reply actions  

His father is Tug McGraw, former Phillie, but he died a few years back. The family might still own it, though.

by Screen Name 20 on Mar 3, 2009 2:14 PM EST up reply actions  

we’re talking about his dad here, I think he lives close to my hometown

by dawsonPSU10 on Mar 3, 2009 3:52 PM EST up reply actions  

The CATA bus thing?

Please to enlighten the ignorant…

There is a tractor in the parking lot, West Virginia license EIEIO. Your lights are on.

by leeharvey418 on Mar 3, 2009 7:23 AM EST reply actions  

if you get hit by a cata bus

you get free tuition or something obnoxious like that.

it’s clearly not true. =)

Meadville, PA born and raised.

by mikeissurreal on Mar 3, 2009 8:11 AM EST up reply actions  

I think it started as

if you get hit by a cata bus, you sue the hell out of them, then pay your tuition bill with the money. But people just started leaving the details out of it.

BSD

by KevinHD on Mar 3, 2009 10:41 AM EST up reply actions  

maybe that would explain why my friend

was mad at me one time when I pulled her back to prevent her from stepping out into the street right in front of a CATA bus. (and no, she wasn’t suicidal, just rather oblivious)

by The JuggerNitt on Mar 3, 2009 12:49 PM EST up reply actions  

There is also one that the obolosk (sp?, aka the tall pointy thing near Old Main that has a piece of rock from all of the PA counties) can detect people who lie about their virginity. If you walk by it and it falls, you are one who “likes to give it away” frequently

by MrBrianPSU on Mar 3, 2009 8:46 AM EST reply actions  

You're on the right track

but missing a few details. The Obelisk will crumble if a student who happens to be a virgin ever walks by.

However, depending on which version of the tradition you adopt, that will never happen because (a) PSU will eventually screw you if you’re a student or (b) due to the party atmosphere, there are no virgins.

by Tailgate Shogun on Mar 3, 2009 8:57 AM EST up reply actions  

1997

Yianni fingerbanged a girl backstage at BJC after his performance.

by InScoresOfOtherGames on Mar 3, 2009 10:11 AM EST reply actions  

Knowing that guys music...

…she was probably wanting his fingers in her ears.

by Cairo on Mar 3, 2009 10:16 AM EST up reply actions  

The girl that Yanni fingerbanged sounds...

Um, does anybody who actually thinks as such want to complete that thought?

There is a tractor in the parking lot, West Virginia license EIEIO. Your lights are on.

by leeharvey418 on Mar 3, 2009 2:56 PM EST up reply actions  

[shudder]

I knew I could count on somebody.

There is a tractor in the parking lot, West Virginia license EIEIO. Your lights are on.

by leeharvey418 on Mar 3, 2009 3:31 PM EST up reply actions  

The park behind Hammond Building

the rumor is that it was a Superfund-eligible site, so they just greened it over.

by Cairo on Mar 3, 2009 10:22 AM EST reply actions  

Hey now

That park was the senior gift from my class!

I bet it’s a parking lot within 10 years.

by BSD on Mar 3, 2009 11:57 AM EST up reply actions  

Different Zip Codes for University Park and State College

Back when President Dwight Eisenhower was in office, his brother was President at Penn State. At this time, there was only 1 zip code. However, that all changed during the holidays when for the last time, President Eisenhower (of penn state) recieved his mother’s christmas cookies late, and stale. So he asked his brother, the President of the United States(who recieved his cookies on time), to fix that. So Dwight issued the change, making State College and University Park 2 different zip codes. The following year, both Eisenhower’s recieved their cookies on time.

by MrBrianPSU on Mar 3, 2009 11:18 AM EST reply actions  

Myths

I always heard there was an underground tunnel that ran through the heart of campus from somewhere around Whitmore labs to Pond or Burrows building. It would have been nice on really cold or rainy days, but I could never find it.

by BSD on Mar 3, 2009 12:03 PM EST reply actions  

I can tell you that is true

My uncle was an electrician on campus for years and said there is an underground tunnel system through most of the pre-60s campus.

Success without honor is like an unseasoned dish, it will fill you up but it won't taste good. - Joe V. Paterno

by carolinaeasy on Mar 3, 2009 12:07 PM EST up reply actions  

that is awesome

"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.

by millzners on Mar 3, 2009 12:13 PM EST up reply actions  

Same

I always wanted to find it and see where it took me, but my friends and I never made it happen. But we did explore the underground maze in East Commons that could take you from building to building.

by STU Boy on Mar 3, 2009 12:08 PM EST up reply actions  

I had heard this

But I thought it was total bullshit

by dawsonPSU10 on Mar 3, 2009 12:54 PM EST up reply actions  

Ok, I do remember this

“An interesting side effect that shows evidence of these tunnels is that in some cases, you can see the snow melting from the steam beneath the road,” Paul Ruskin, Office of Physical Plant spokesperson, said.

I used to occasionlly notice these wide “paths” where a small amount of fresh snow had melted away in the areas surrounding Old Main. I always assumed there was a steam pipe or something, but this kind of ties it all together.

"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.

by millzners on Mar 3, 2009 1:04 PM EST up reply actions  

On really cold or rainy days?

You mean, October-March in State College?

by Screen Name 20 on Mar 3, 2009 1:47 PM EST up reply actions  

Me and one of my buddies

spent many a evening running around those tunnels. There was a sidewalk grate with a broken lock on Shortlidge across from the White building. I don’t know how he found it, but we would go out in the middle of the night and see where all the tunnels went. We would pop up in the boiler rooms of buildings thoughout campus. The main exit we used was the pedestrian tunnel running under Shortlidge at Pollock.

Since they were tunnels where the steam pipes ran, it was hotter than hell under there. You also found out real fast how hot those pipes were when you accidentally touched one and left some skin behind.

pinkertonpark.com

by rahpsu92 on Mar 3, 2009 2:29 PM EST up reply actions  

Excellent story

"The sea was angry that day, my friends." G. Costanza

by NJ lion on Mar 3, 2009 6:52 PM EST up reply actions  

Yeah but

What if you were the one who killed your roommate?

by BSD on Mar 3, 2009 1:50 PM EST up reply actions  

Did he need killin'?

…or is that defense only valid in Kentucky?

There is a tractor in the parking lot, West Virginia license EIEIO. Your lights are on.

by leeharvey418 on Mar 3, 2009 2:48 PM EST up reply actions  

Bill Clinton and the Cardinal Sins of the Creamery

I once heard that Bill Clinton visited the old creamery one time and committed both cardinal sins associated with the Creamery- don’t go in the out door; and don’t order two different scoops on a cone. Story goes that the kid working at the time was so confused whether or not he/she should serve him that he/she asked the manager for advice.

by The IC Lion on Mar 3, 2009 1:07 PM EST reply actions  

True

This one is true (this was Borland Creamery before they moved). They let him go since he was a president, but yes, two different scoops, and in through the out door (great Zeppelin album btw)

by dawsonPSU10 on Mar 3, 2009 1:11 PM EST up reply actions  

Theresa Heinz Kerry

is the only other person that was allowed to do this, when she was on campus for a campaign speech for her husband, she had a entourage that included G-Span

by MrBrianPSU on Mar 3, 2009 1:29 PM EST up reply actions  

I was watching something on the travel channel about ice cream in the US and they had the Creamery as a feature segment and they said that Clinton was the only one who ever was able to get 2 scoops in one cone

by bone man on Mar 4, 2009 8:47 AM EST up reply actions  

Must have been an old show, I was a junior when she was there, a buddy of mine was working the day she came in.

by MrBrianPSU on Mar 4, 2009 5:27 PM EST up reply actions  

For the bonus points-

Name the two flavors enjoyed by President Clinton…

Peachy Paterno and White House.

There is a tractor in the parking lot, West Virginia license EIEIO. Your lights are on.

by leeharvey418 on Mar 3, 2009 2:50 PM EST up reply actions  

Check out this site of PSU myths.
Myth: There are no sorority houses at Penn State because of an old Pennsylvania law that defined a dwelling that housed a certain number of unrelated women as a brothel.

Fact: Sorority houses did exist on the University Park campus, and there is no such state law nor any University prohibition against sorority houses per se. The first sorority house on campus was Stone House (a former faculty residence), which in 1928 became home to a womens social club, Nita-Nee, which became Kappa Alpha Theta in 1930 and occupied the house until 1949. Other sororities also had campus houses but, like KAT, moved out of these aging structures soon after World War II and into newly available suites in residence halls. The sororities rented the suites from the University as they continue to do today. The advantages of residence hall suites and the high cost of private housing in the post-war era discouraged off-campus sorority houses, although the borough of State College, in its zoning laws, makes no distinction between sorority and fraternity houses.

http://www.psu.edu/ur/about/myths.html

by Cairo on Mar 3, 2009 1:20 PM EST reply actions  

Fargin' Bastages!

I was told that by one of those backward-walking charlatans who call themselves the Lion Ambassadors when I went for a campus visit back in ’92.

There is a tractor in the parking lot, West Virginia license EIEIO. Your lights are on.

by leeharvey418 on Mar 3, 2009 2:51 PM EST up reply actions  

A lot of those stories (not all false) are told on tours for the entertainment factor. Usually one tour guide blurts out the facts and statistics about each building, while the other finds unique stories to tell about certain parts of the campus.

by MrBrianPSU on Mar 3, 2009 5:37 PM EST up reply actions  

Bell Tower

The Bell in old main is a recording. Back in the day when the original bell was placed in the tower, people would removed the center piece\stick during cold weather. When it was known was the Farmers High School, that bell was the sign for the change of class. At one point, that crucial piece of the bell was never returned. Years later during the demolition of an old apartment building, the missing bell piece was found inside the wall. Further research indicated that only faculty lived in thats building.

Moral of the story: Even faculty didnt want to do to class.

by MrBrianPSU on Mar 3, 2009 1:34 PM EST reply actions  

i used to tell ppl that story

when i gave tours of the bell tower when is was an AO. or about how they got Coalie up but not down the bell tower,

i think that the bell tower is my fave place on campus.

"From here on out, the Steelers are bird exterminators. It doesn't matter if it's the Ravens, Eagles, or Cardinals." ~random Steeler Fan!

by amandakt on Mar 7, 2009 12:22 AM EST up reply actions  

I heard that

Coach Paterno passed in 1996 and he has actually been converted to a very convincing robot by the South Korean government to continue coaching PSU and to keep tabs on the US government from a close, but not too close position.

by Roland86 on Mar 3, 2009 1:49 PM EST reply actions  

Myth or Fact

I heard that people who are working late in Pattee Library sometimes get bored and … you know

by Aaron PSU on Mar 3, 2009 2:36 PM EST reply actions  

Ghosts

I wonder if it’s the ghost of that girl that got murdered in Pattee that drives men wild and makes them want to do stupid things in the library. Maybe we should start spreading around our own PSU myths.

by dawsonPSU10 on Mar 3, 2009 3:57 PM EST up reply actions  

i heard that Ben and Jerry's

went to PSU and got a C in their ice cream class…

is this actually true???

"From here on out, the Steelers are bird exterminators. It doesn't matter if it's the Ravens, Eagles, or Cardinals." ~random Steeler Fan!

by amandakt on Mar 7, 2009 12:26 AM EST reply actions  

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