The alma mater includes the line "May no act of ours bring shame." I've been hearing people quoting that all day as a way of saying that Paterno should resign because he didn't live up to that ideal. But the students in front of his house are singing it now. I have no idea what they're trying to say with it.
Book: Afraid I might be needing a preacher. Mal: That's good. You lie there and be ironical.
'Safe'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Hil R. - Nov 08, 2011 1:56:42 pm PST #5473 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Jesse - Nov 08, 2011 2:10:02 pm PST #5474 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
"PENN STATE FUCK YEAH" maybe?
I am so sad about Heavy D! Damn.
And a big gold star for Amy! (You just have to imagine it.)
Amy - Nov 08, 2011 2:13:32 pm PST #5475 of 30001
Because books.
I can totally see it!
I had no idea about any of that with Penn State. That's horrifying.
Strix - Nov 08, 2011 2:15:40 pm PST #5476 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Jilli, I did a Jaw-dropGaspDROOL when I saw the pic of your boots! SO. JEALOUS.
Those are gorgeous, and just perfect for you.
Hil R. - Nov 08, 2011 2:18:54 pm PST #5477 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Some video of Paterno coming outside to talk to the fans on his lawn. [link]
§ ita § - Nov 08, 2011 2:23:39 pm PST #5478 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I didn't know about the Penn State thing either. That's awful.
javachik - Nov 08, 2011 2:34:05 pm PST #5479 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
that poor grad student.
Re: that grad student -
Two people familiar with the investigation confirmed the identity of the graduate assistant as Mike McQueary, now the team's wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator.
brenda m - Nov 08, 2011 2:48:33 pm PST #5480 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
That poor grad student also didnt follow up, and was promoted not long after. He repeatedly over the next nine years saw Sandusky attending games and stuff with boys of the same cohort.
I think he stopped being "poor grad student" about 48 hours into this all. Ugh.
Hil R. - Nov 08, 2011 2:51:08 pm PST #5481 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Oy. Someone just pointed out that the new child care center on campus, which just opened a few weeks ago, is named for one of the administrators who's charged with failure to report and perjury.
askye - Nov 08, 2011 2:58:24 pm PST #5482 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
I'm reading more about this. And it's just so...heartbreaking and maddening. I think Paterno should resign. He was told about this, he knew about it, and he just passed the buck like everyone else.
I think everyone who passed the buck should resign/be fired.
If I'm understanding this correctly (and someone please tell me if I've got it wrong) a grad student told school officials he saw Sandusky raping a 10 year old in the locker rooms. And the officials just told Sandusky "don't bring kids on campus anymore" and that was it.
Paterno was made aware of the fact that Sandusky was molesting and raping children and he told someone but didn't fire Sandusky or remove him for his position or anything else.
Also it wasn't just the grad student who witnessed abuse, there was a janitor who witnessed Sandusky raping another boy orally (I mean, he was seen performing oral sex , I don't know how to word it right). Did that janitor report anything?