It's over.
After just over 21 hours, the verdict is in. Jerry Sandusky has been convicted of 45 counts stemming from child abuse committed over the last two decades.
At 9:57 p.m., the jury foreman slowly approached the microphone, and delivered the verdict.
On June 11 in the Centre County Courthouse, one of the most anticipated trials in Pennsylania history -- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Gerald A. Sandusky -- began. Onward State will be in the courtroom for its entirety, frequently updating this page with our updates and reactions, as well as the @OnwardState Twitter feed, as courtroom regulations allow.
It stands to reason that anyone sympathetic to Jerry Sandusky might be a little uneasy right now during jury deliberation, considering the fact that Mr. Sandusky faces 48 counts of sexual abuse -- charges that most people think will put him in jail for the rest of his life.
Not Karl Rominger.
Well what do you know, Penn State picked up another meaningless party accolade.
The Board of Trustees has officially invited representatives from the three major Penn State student governments to sit in on private committee meetings that are held the day prior to the general public board meetings. Four seats will be available for the three presidents of the University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA), the Council of Commonwealth Student Governments (CCSG), and the Graduate Student Association (GSA), with the fourth seat rotating each year between UPUA and CCSG.
Penn State students are engineering an innovative and simple design for clipboards to incorporate smartphones or the iPad called Clipboard+. Using Kickstarter, the students are hoping to raise $10,000 for the project before July 18th.