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[[Image:OldMain.jpg|thumb|left|200px|<ref name="OldMain">[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Penn_state_old_main_summer.jpg Attributed to:] George Chriss. 7 July 2006. [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0]. Retrieved 18 February 2010, from <nowiki>http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Penn_state_old_main_summer.jpg</nowiki></ref>]]<br/>
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[[Image:OldMain.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Old Main Building, as it looks from College Avenue.  <ref name="OldMain">[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Penn_state_old_main_summer.jpg Attributed to:] George Chriss. 7 July 2006. [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0]. Retrieved 18 February 2010, from <nowiki>http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Penn_state_old_main_summer.jpg</nowiki></ref>]]<br/>
  
 
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[[Image:parade.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Homecoming Parade as it passes the intersection of College Ave & South Allen St]]<br/>
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[[Image:Diamond.jpg|thumb|right|150px|The Panhellenic/Interfraternity Council Dance Marathon, which benefits the Four Diamonds Fund.]]<br/>
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[[Image:greeksingA.jpg|thumb|left|250px|A performance at Greek Sing - one of the competitions during Greek Week.]]<br/>
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[[Image:marathon.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Participants at the Panhellenic/Interfraternity Council Dance Marathon, performing their traditional, hourly dance.]]<br/>
 
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Revision as of 09:11, 2 March 2010

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The Pennsylvania State University
Old Main Building, as it looks from College Avenue. [1]








Beaver-stadium.jpg






Athletics and Tailgating
Tailgate.jpg








Fraternities and Sororities


Homecoming Parade as it passes the intersection of College Ave & South Allen St


The Panhellenic/Interfraternity Council Dance Marathon, which benefits the Four Diamonds Fund.


A performance at Greek Sing - one of the competitions during Greek Week.


Participants at the Panhellenic/Interfraternity Council Dance Marathon, performing their traditional, hourly dance.



















Pike's fraternity video



Intersections with LGBTQA Communities

Other Anti-LGBTQA Events in Happy Valley

Other Anti-LGBTQA Events in Happy Valley
(1988, Apr) Anti-Gay Posters Appear Around Campus
(1989) Conservative Independent Newspaper, "The Lionhearted" Founded
(1989, Mar) The Whitehead BITNET/NEWSNET Incident
http://collegian.psu.edu/archive/1990/12/12-04-90tdc/12-04-90dnews-10.asp
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/1992/07/07-07-92tdc/07-07-92dops-letter-1.asp
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/1999/03/03-26-99tdc/03-26-99dnews-2.asp
http://vcoiad.net/writings/990326.html
(1995, Oct) Anti-Gay Posters Advertise "National Going Back Into the Closet Day"
(1997, Mar) USG Approves Charter for STRAIGHT Group
(1999, Mar) STRAIGHT Group to Disband for Lack of Membership Interest
(2005, Feb) Kovalchick's Letter to the Editor

References and Sources

  1. Attributed to: George Chriss. 7 July 2006. Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0. Retrieved 18 February 2010, from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Penn_state_old_main_summer.jpg


Contact Information

Name: Eric V. Patridge, Ph.D.
Email: eric.patridge@gmail.com