Spider’s Stories: One on One with

 a Penn State Sports Legend (Part Two)

A long-time teammate who never played

a single down - Brad "Spider" Caldwell

 

“I got the keys to Beaver Stadium, I died and went back to heaven. I just look out of my office and go ‘Oh my word!’” - Brad Caldwell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Emily Whitehead Story

A miracle trial that saved her life

 

“The Hershey doctors have run out of weapons       to fight Emily’s cancer and we were down to do you want to try this trial? Or take her home on hospice? Taking her home on hospice was not an option     for us.” - Tom Whitehead

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The March in Support of Scandal Victims

Kappa Delta Rho Fraternity Facebook Scandal

 

“We’re going about this in the wrong way.

We need to be more supportive of victims and hopefully more people will come forward.

67% of people who are assaulted don’t and

that’s an atrocious statistic.” - Jared DeLoof

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Blazing the Streets

 

During my time as a Production and Operations Intern for TheBlaze TV Network in NYC,

I worked to complete a final project where I went out on the streets of NYC with one camera man to see how Millennials obtain their news, what news is important to them and what they knew about big current issues. I produced, edited, graphically designed and scripted this piece.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nittany Lion Wrestlers Look Ahead

The No. 5 Penn State wrestling team trekked to No. 8 Oklahoma State after nearly upsetting No. 1 Iowa in a sold out dual at the Bryce Jordan Center

 

“After the first period it was tied 0-0 and I looked

over at the coaches and they were like this is fun,

they were smiling. That’s something I want to    

take forward for the rest of the year - 

just enjoy this time.” - Matt Brown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kappa Delta Rho Fraternity Scandal

The scandal took an ugly turn, while police and   Penn State’s President react

 

“Can the university always do more and are we attempting to do more to educate our students and prevent this from occurring, absolutely.

We are taking things very seriously, extremely seriously, we’re very concerned about the behavior and if we were to become aware of anything more like this we’d do the same.” - Danny Shaha

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Penn State Signature Event

The PSU community welcomed 25 Football Recruits 

 

“We take great pride in the state of Pennsylvania. We take pride in this region. We have tremendous respect for the teachers in this state and the teachers in this region in preparing our guys and getting them ready to come to Penn State and be successful academically.” - James Franklin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spider’s Stories: One on One with

a Penn State Sports Legend (Part One)

A one-on-one interview with the man known as “Spider,” on his 3 decades at Penn State

 

“How many programs could have survived

what we just went through? It was all about

each other.” - Brad Caldwell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Saved by the Bark

Bellefonte resident led to safety by his dog Buster

 

“He saved both of us. I was asleep 8:12AM according to my digital clock this dog landed on me. He’s a 130lbs. dog and normally you can’t get him into the bed. He doesn’t want to be up on it,

but he jumped up on the bed, rolled me over and we came outside.” - Tom Hester

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Four Diamonds Fund Social Workers

Guiding and supporting families as they face the fight against pediatric cancer head on

 

“The focus is meeting the family where they’re at because every family has a different set of

needs and concerns and how we can address

them is really based on where the family is at,

at that time and what their specific

needs are.” - Heather Hartrum