Former chairman of the Penn State Board of Trustees, Steve Garban, has resigned, the Centre Daily Times reports.
Temple University, though completely unrelated to any of the events at Penn State, has taken it upon itself to review and possibly implement some of the recommendations made by the Freeh report to Penn State.
What many have yet to realize is that this scandal will always be a part of our lives. Penn State will always be linked to this scandal, which is certainly a tragedy. But instead of complaining about the constant bombardment of questions and arguments from those on the outside, take your frustration and fuel it to do something for a victim. Write a letter of support, buy a "blue out" t-shirt, volunteer for the Centre County Women's Resource Center, or help out with a local hotline for reporting abuse.
Whatever you do, though, think of the victims first. It's time for Penn State to become a leader again.
Three Penn State students decided it would be productive for them to set up a tent by the Paterno statue late Wednesday night, with a sign that said "Protect the Paterno statue."
It would be insensitive for me to claim that the good that Paterno did outweighed the bad. It certainly isn't any solace to all the boys who were abused by Sandusky over the last 14 years after Paterno and the other three let him off the hook. I'm just asking Penn Staters to find a middle ground when trying to explain Paterno's legacy. It is possible to be a good man and make a tragic mistake. But don't make a fool of yourself and try to defend that mistake with the illusion that Paterno is something that he wasn't.
In light of the release of the Freeh Report last week, the once squeaky-clean name and reputation of Joe Paterno has been further tarnished. Penn State is not the only institution distancing itself from the late coach. The Providence Journal is reporting that Paterno’s alma mater, Brown University, has revoked Paterno’s name from a yearly student award presented to the year’s outstanding freshman male athlete.