It was unmistakably the longest Board of Trustees meeting in recent memory, but few could say the nearly five hours spent at the Penn Stater Friday afternoon were anything but exhausting. To recap about every inappropriate comment, every snicker, and every interruption -- from the audience and trustees alike -- would be a monumental task, but there were two central takes that came out of today's circus of a meeting: a compromised governance reform package finally passed and Penn State tabled discussions about potentially joining Jake Corman's lawsuit against the NCAA.

There was a time about three years ago when Rodney Erickson promised to host a town hall forum with students at least once every semester during his tenure as president. To my recollection, with the exception of one semester, Erickson kept that promise. His successor Eric Barron is picking up where he left off, holding the first town hall of his tenure last night at the Hintz Alumni Center.