The September 15 "Rally for Resignations" materialized due to an incredible grassroots effort by event organizers, which largely relied on social media to publicize the rally. However, soon after the rally began on Saturday morning at Old Main, the group's Facebook and Twitter accounts were compromised by someone who clearly won't be wearing any Joe Paterno t-shirts anytime soon.
Victim 1, the 18-year old whose allegations of sexual abuse sparked the investigation of Jerry Sandusky that eventually led to his conviction, will be releasing a book, according to his attorney Michael Boni.
For the third time in ten months, students had the opportunity to address Penn State administrators at an open Town Hall Forum. Marianne Alexander, an alumni-elected trustee, is the first trustee to attend one of these sessions. Students, and others, asked the administrators about the Freeh Report, NCAA sanctions, and the University's relationship with the Commonwealth.
The Daily Collegian ran an editorial yesterday vilifying those calling for the Board of Trustees to review the Freeh Report and urging the board to simply move forward and enact the recommendations for the university that were laid out in the report. I took issue with the editorial's assertion -- not because it went in complete circles and not because each sentence got its own paragraph -- but because of the flawed premise that the writer based his or her argument on.
This winter may feature not one, but two trials involving former Penn State officials.
On Monday afternoon, the attorney for former vice-president Gary Schultz motioned to have his client's trial severed from Tim Curley. A court spokeswoman that a similar motion is expected to be filed by Curley.
In exactly three weeks, on October 9th, Jerry Sandusky will be sentenced at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte. He was would guilty on 45 of 48 charges on June 22nd, and faces up to 442 years in prison.