GoLocalProv.com interviewed 20 members of the Brown University football team to see how they felt about removing Paterno’s name from the prestigious athletic award. Even after the release of the Freeh report, 14 of them thought that keeping his name would be the right thing to do.
Tom Corbett spoke in Harrisburg this morning, and offered his preliminary two cents on the findings of the Freeh report, released last Thursday.
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."