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Anonymous wrote:In discussions with friends this weekend, people speculated that pay-offs had been going on for years to the victims and their families and for whatever reason, they all stopped at some point, which is what led to the grand jury investigation and this going public. Does anyone else think this? Also, do you think it is coincidental that this story came to light just after JoePa reached the goal of "most winning coach in NCAA history?"

Truly, this story gets sicker by the day. I found the football game at PSU yesterday to be absolutely nauseating.

Now that's just ridiculous. So now you're holding the entire PSU community culpable? The team, the students, the professors, the administrators who are not remotely connected to this tragedy? Yes, it's unspeakable, yes, it's horrible... but guess what? Life goes on. They've caught the monster. The healing has to start somewhere.

I'm holding the entire PSU community culpabale for drinking so much koolade about the worthiness of this "fine institution" that they were willing to construct a situation that a football coach held the legitimate administrators of the school hostage, in effect, in so many ways, for years. And the "healing" that was on display was further evidence of the denial that they are all in.

So a 19 year old female art history major who doesn't drink and who would rather sit in her dorm room and read Jane Austen than go to a football game, and is at Penn State b/c she is a PA resident and a legacy, is a guilty of this tragedy as an administrator in the athletic department? Because this is where your logic is going when you say the "entire PSU community."

Of course she is not "as guilty." But she is guilty (stupid?) of choosing to attend a school that clearly has its priorities in the wrong place.

Has anyone ever told you that you are a total nut job? Be honest.

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Anonymous wrote:In discussions with friends this weekend, people speculated that pay-offs had been going on for years to the victims and their families and for whatever reason, they all stopped at some point, which is what led to the grand jury investigation and this going public. Does anyone else think this? Also, do you think it is coincidental that this story came to light just after JoePa reached the goal of "most winning coach in NCAA history?"

Truly, this story gets sicker by the day. I found the football game at PSU yesterday to be absolutely nauseating.

Now that's just ridiculous. So now you're holding the entire PSU community culpable? The team, the students, the professors, the administrators who are not remotely connected to this tragedy? Yes, it's unspeakable, yes, it's horrible... but guess what? Life goes on. They've caught the monster. The healing has to start somewhere.

I'm holding the entire PSU community culpabale for drinking so much koolade about the worthiness of this "fine institution" that they were willing to construct a situation that a football coach held the legitimate administrators of the school hostage, in effect, in so many ways, for years. And the "healing" that was on display was further evidence of the denial that they are all in.

No. And has anyone ever told you that you live with your head in the sand?


So a 19 year old female art history major who doesn't drink and who would rather sit in her dorm room and read Jane Austen than go to a football game, and is at Penn State b/c she is a PA resident and a legacy, is a guilty of this tragedy as an administrator in the athletic department? Because this is where your logic is going when you say the "entire PSU community."

Of course she is not "as guilty." But she is guilty (stupid?) of choosing to attend a school that clearly has its priorities in the wrong place.

Has anyone ever told you that you are a total nut job? Be honest.

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Anonymous wrote:In discussions with friends this weekend, people speculated that pay-offs had been going on for years to the victims and their families and for whatever reason, they all stopped at some point, which is what led to the grand jury investigation and this going public. Does anyone else think this? Also, do you think it is coincidental that this story came to light just after JoePa reached the goal of "most winning coach in NCAA history?"

Truly, this story gets sicker by the day. I found the football game at PSU yesterday to be absolutely nauseating.

Now that's just ridiculous. So now you're holding the entire PSU community culpable? The team, the students, the professors, the administrators who are not remotely connected to this tragedy? Yes, it's unspeakable, yes, it's horrible... but guess what? Life goes on. They've caught the monster. The healing has to start somewhere.

I'm holding the entire PSU community culpabale for drinking so much koolade about the worthiness of this "fine institution" that they were willing to construct a situation that a football coach held the legitimate administrators of the school hostage, in effect, in so many ways, for years. And the "healing" that was on display was further evidence of the denial that they are all in.

So a 19 year old female art history major who doesn't drink and who would rather sit in her dorm room and read Jane Austen than go to a football game, and is at Penn State b/c she is a PA resident and a legacy, is a guilty of this tragedy as an administrator in the athletic department? Because this is where your logic is going when you say the "entire PSU community."

Of course she is not "as guilty." But she is guilty (stupid?) of choosing to attend a school that clearly has its priorities in the wrong place.[/quote


I was a fine arts major at a big sports school (Syracuse / basketball and lax are our big ones) and I refuse to feel "guilty" or "stupid." While I took my studies very seriously, sports added to the fun and pride. It was not mandatory to attend games, and you could be involved or uninvolved as you wanted to be.

Oberlin is not right for everyone.