{"id":1821,"date":"2007-02-10T14:10:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-10T14:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/02\/passing-through-nepa.html"},"modified":"2007-02-10T14:10:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-10T14:10:00","slug":"passing-through-nepa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/02\/passing-through-nepa\/","title":{"rendered":"Passing through NEPA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wfyurasko\/sets\/72157594527741864\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/127\/385440205_6a15b57044.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yesterday, I went skiing the Poconos with my friend <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Wiley<\/span>. I&#8217;ll write about the skiing after I get photos from my disposable camera (I&#8217;m not taking a digital one on the slopes) developed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the ride up from Wiley&#8217;s in York, we drove up I-81 past the campus that we both started our college careers, Penn State <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Hazelton<\/span> Hazleton, aka &#8220;the old school.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ride was the closest I had been to Hazleton (the homeland of <a href=\"http:\/\/runupthescore.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Run Up The Score!<\/span><\/a>) in nearly ten years. My time there was interesting, but ultimately a culture shock for the locals as much as it was for me. The professors were pretty good, but the overall academic climate was lacking and the dominant ideology of the region was bad, a fact I may have pointed out <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">once or twice<\/span>. 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