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Because it was summed up so well i felt the necessity to repost:
Dear Non-Penn Staters:
“Final points. I have seen a lot of people who are not part of the Penn State community make comments about the Penn State scandal. They think it is ridiculous that students and alumni are pissed off. Let me try to explain. If you clearly read the Grand Jury report, you would know a Penn State GA (Mike McQueary) witnessed Jerry Sandusky sexually assaulting a victim 2. Instead of calling the police, he reported it to his supervisor, Joe Paterno, the next day. Joe Paterno then set up a meeting with his supervisor, Tim Curley. The meeting took place on a Sunday in Joe Paterno’s home. Paterno also reported what he knew to the campus police. Tim Curley and Gary Shultz, then met with Mike McQueary to discuss what he saw. Curley and Shultz never reported the incident further. Their reports to the grand jury were not credible. No where in the report does it say anything about Joe Paterno knowing about the crimes and not doing anything. So why are we mad? We’re mad because the media found a scape goat in Joe Paterno. We’re mad because they blamed him instead of Mike McQueary, Tim Curley, Gary Shultz, and Jerry Sandusky. We’re mad because when you search “Penn State scandal”, Joe Paterno’s picture comes up. We’re mad because after 61 years as a Penn State employee, the Board of Trustees fired him over the phone. We’re mad because they admit that all the facts are not present yet. We’re mad because the school let Tim Curley take a leave, Gary Shultz resign, and Mike McQueary keep his job. This is issue is bigger than football; Joe Paterno is bigger than football. He is man that has raised millions of dollars for my school. He is a symbol of the community.I have literally felt awful during all of this. I feel awful for the kids that had to go through something that nobody should endure. I pray for them, and all children that are treated poorly. I feel awful about how people are portraying Penn State, and The Second Mile. I pray for the victims, and hope they find peace. I pray that nothing like this happens again.”
i find it disgusting the media condemned an otherwise innocent man before getting all the facts. i find it unprofessional that the board of trustees fired a coach who spent the majority of his life coaching at their institution - winning a multitude of titles and awards , bringing in an unmentionable amount of money to the institution through ticket sales and the like - over the phone, not allowing him to retire at the end of the season as he planned. i find it unfair a man who did exactly what he was supposed to do takes the fall while the guilty parties get off basically scott free. i find it an embarrassment that i considered myself a PennState fan for the 19 years i’ve been alive, because the respect i show for the blue and white clearly is much more than the board of trustees do.
It quite the unhappy day in “happy valley” i imagine.
See , I love study hall. Where else is it possible to pretend to do something for two hours and get away with it?
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The #OccupyWallStreet / “We are the 99%” slogan is as follows:
We are the 99 percent. We are getting kicked out of our homes. We are forced to choose between groceries and rent. We are denied quality medical care. We are suffering from environmental pollution. We are working long hours for little pay and no rights, if we’re working at all. We are getting nothing while the other 1 percent is getting everything. We are the 99 percent.
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