he Lasch Building has been a con-
struction zone for the duration of
the summer.
Its players auditorium is already com-
pletely overhauled, words like
ATTI-
TUDE,
WORK ETHIC, COMPETE and
SACRIFICE plastered on its walls. Brand
new leather chairs allow for comfortable
seating while viewing the room's au-
dio/video system. In the back of the
building, where most of the Nittany Li-
ons come in and out multiple times a
day, a fully stocked "snack bar" is being
built to meet the NCAA's new provi-
sions for food.
A state-of-the-art facility when it was
erected nearly two decades ago, Penn
State's football headquarters will be
gleaming and impressive again in the
not-too-distant future.
But right now? At this moment? Well…
honestly, it's kind of a disaster zone.
Sheets of plywood separate the usable
parts of the facility from the construc-
tion zones, as workers in hard hats move
in and out of the building. Blue tarps
wrap fences along the exterior walls
that face the parking lot outside of Hol-
uba Hall. McKean Road is intermittently
closed to allow other crews to continue
their work on the former Greenberg Ice
J U DG M E N T CA L L
T
LEADING MAN
Hackenberg is Penn
State's biggest asset
heading into his third
season as starter.
Photo by Steve
Manuel
