We all knew this day would come, as it will for all of us, and we knew that day seemed near as Coach Paterno's cancer and subsequent treatments appeared in the news. Yet, none of us truly know how to react to the loss of a man whose impact we cannot measure, a man that we knew so well yet barely knew at all.

The "Board of Trustees" has been thrown around in conversation very generally as if to explain an omnipotent identity when for the most part, its actual structure and power dynamics are overlooked. It is the purpose of this article to explain the bigger picture, to answer the questions "What is the Board of Trustees?" and "What makes one eligible to be on the board?".

Spray-painted graphics depicting the face of Joe Paterno appeared across campus Tuesday. The graphics also contained the word "remember," but is that the appropriate call to action?