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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with the PPs that PSU students both shouldn't and are unlikely be to tainted by the situation with Sandusky/Paterno.

I DO think, however, that the tragedy reflected some larger truths about Penn State: the idolatry of football, the lack of ethics and critical thinking skills among the students (the cheering and near-rioting for JoPa during the scandal was appalling), and a calcified bureaucracy that prioritizes athletics and $$$ over education and student/community safety. Is it all that different from other big state football/party schools? I don't know, but I won't encourage my high school junior to apply there. It would disgust me to give them my hard-earned money.

--PSU grad, with 5 others in my immediate family and more than a dozen in my extended family

(FWIW, yes, most of us are at least moderately successful in our careers. About half of us were excellent students going in, but couldn't afford to go elsewhere. The rest of us were mediocre high school and/or college students who have nonetheless done pretty well.)[/quote]

This. I'm from PA but went to Pitt, so maybe I'm biased. But I have plenty of family/friends who went to Penn State and will defend Joe Paterno to the end, no matter what. Idolatry is a very good way to describe it. Pitt was not like that at all. I went to football games and my boyfriend was on the team, but that idol worship just did not happen at Pitt. [/quote]

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