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NC_Skins 07-19-2012, 10:17 PM One BoT stepping down.
Penn State Nittany Lions trustee Steve Garban steps downs after Jerry Sandusky scandal - ESPN (http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/8182621/penn-state-nittany-lions-trustee-steve-garban-steps-downs-jerry-sandusky-scandal)
Steve Garban, a longtime and influential member of Penn State's Board of Trustees, resigned Thursday, bowing to pressure by some of his fellow trustees who were angry at him for failing to alert them about the Jerry Sandusky criminal investigation in April 2011.
Sad thing is, they'll replace him with a JoePa apologist. :doh:
SmootSmack 07-20-2012, 11:12 AM Some people now speculating the statue will be taken down this weekend
12thMan 07-20-2012, 11:22 AM Kimberly Jones just reported they're removing the statue this weekend.
HailGreen28 07-20-2012, 11:28 AM Some people now speculating the statue will be taken down this weekendWhether it's this weekend or later, I bet the reason PSU claims is "controversy over the statue" rather than any shame of Joe Pa permitting Sandusky.
NC_Skins 07-20-2012, 11:59 AM Kimberly Jones just reported they're removing the statue this weekend.
I still would like to volunteer to remove this. My way would be much cooler and make for a better youtube experience.
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SmootSmack 07-20-2012, 08:07 PM Franco Harris and I must have read completely different reports
Exclusive interview: Franco Harris defends Paterno, bashes PSU... | www.wpxi.com (http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/local/exclusive-interview-franco-harris-defends-paterno-/nPzPm/)
NC_Skins 07-20-2012, 08:15 PM Franco Harris and I must have read completely different reports
Exclusive interview: Franco Harris defends Paterno, bashes PSU... | www.wpxi.com (http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/local/exclusive-interview-franco-harris-defends-paterno-/nPzPm/)
Matty is my new PR rep on the subject.
Anyone who is still defending Joe Pa at this point just needs to stick a gun in their mouth.
Pretty much.
NC_Skins 07-20-2012, 09:55 PM Some people now speculating the statue will be taken down this weekend
Joe Paterno statue call to be made by Penn State Nittany Lions president - ESPN (http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8184260/joe-paterno-statue-call-made-penn-state-nittany-lions-president)
Various tweets Friday morning said the board had voted and/or made a decision about the statue and that it would be removed this weekend. However, if the board had taken a vote during the call, it would have violated state law, which prohibits votes from being taken outside of declared board meetings.
The trustees who spoke Friday morning said board members did discuss possibilities for the statue, including moving it from the stadium area, perhaps to the library on campus that bears the Paterno name, or the Penn State All Sports Museum near the stadium. Board spokesman David LaTorre declined to comment Friday morning
Move it to the library? These assholes really don't get it. Anything Joe Paterno needs to be removed from that campus ASAP in order to start fresh. Anybody associated with that scandal need all traces removed from that campus.
JoeRedskin 07-22-2012, 09:51 AM It's coming down. Not b/c Paterno enabled a child molester but b/c:
"[C]ontrary to its original intention, coach Paterno's statue has become a source of division and an obstacle to healing in our university and beyond," University President Rodney Erickson said in a statement.
The 900-pound bronze statue, outside Beaver Stadium, will be stored in a "secure location."
"I believe that, were it to remain, the statue will be a recurring wound to the multitude of individuals across the nation and beyond who have been the victims of child abuse[.]"
Meanwhile the library will remain named after him b/c:
The library remains a tribute to Joe and Sue Paterno's commitment to Penn State's student body and academic success, and it highlights the positive impacts coach Paterno had on the university[.]
University: Paterno statue to be removed - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/22/us/penn-state-paterno-statue/index.html?hpt=hp_t1)
... and Mussolini made the trains run on time. Sorry, They just don't get it. The culture fostered by Paterno in his last couple of decades at PSU, and the abuses it clearly hid, more than counter any "positive impacts" that culture created. You don't get to claim credit for creating great citizens if it comes at the expense of intentionally covering up and enabling the torture of young children.
I cannot say enough bad things about PSU and its defenders right now.
JoeRedskin 07-22-2012, 09:52 AM What happens to people who stood up to Paterno?
Politi: Meet Vicky Triponey, the woman who stood up to Joe Paterno at Penn State | NJ.com (http://www.nj.com/collegefootball/index.ssf/2012/07/politi_meet_vicky_triponey_the.html)
Triponey lived it. She took the job at Penn State in 2003 and, within a year, started butting heads with Paterno over disciplining his players. The general student population had one set of rules, she said, that didn’t apply to the football team — and any attempts to challenge that were not just met with resistance, but anger.
Her e-mail exchange with former university president Graham Spanier and athletic director Tim Curley, among others, created national headlines when it was uncovered last fall.
“I must insist that the efforts to put pressure on us and try to influence our decisions related to specific cases ... simply MUST STOP,” she wrote. “The calls and pleas from coaches, board members and others when we are considering a case are indeed putting us in a position that does treat football players differently and with greater privilege ... and it appears on our end to be a deliberate effort to use the power of the football program to sway our decisions in a way that is beneficial to the football program.”
Penn State, at the time, had earned the nickname Penitentiary State for a rash of off-field problems, including a 2007 brawl at an off-campus apartment involving a half dozen players that led to serious injuries. Triponey wanted suspensions. Paterno wanted to discipline the players himself, making them clean the stadium after games. The coach got his way.
It ran deep folks.
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