Riot police were deployed in State College, Pa., late Wednesday as thousands of Penn State supporters vented their anger at the firing of head football coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham Spanier over the school's handling of child sex abuse allegations against a former coaching assistant.
Hundreds of students gathered at the HUB-Robeson Center, the student union, to watch the board of trustees' news conference on a big screen. When the announcement came that Paterno would not coach again at Penn State, students gasped and hushed. Women began to weep.
I also read that the students protesting were chanting, "One more game! One more game!" That amazes me - so the importance of "one more game" outweighs that of the sexual abuse of minors?! I think nothing can excuse the crimes committed, but at least, my God, put something bigger at stake, like a bowl game.
Stay classy, Penn State . . .
Hundreds of students gathered at the HUB-Robeson Center, the student union, to watch the board of trustees' news conference on a big screen. When the announcement came that Paterno would not coach again at Penn State, students gasped and hushed. Women began to weep.
I also read that the students protesting were chanting, "One more game! One more game!" That amazes me - so the importance of "one more game" outweighs that of the sexual abuse of minors?! I think nothing can excuse the crimes committed, but at least, my God, put something bigger at stake, like a bowl game.
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These rioters ought to read the grand jury report on the abuse. It's sickening.
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