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Penn State Cult (Joe Knew)

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I noticed this during the final moments of Thursday's Illinois game, but does any other school allow those long tailgating flags/flagpoles -- or any flags -- inside their arena for basketball games?

Someone had a tailgating flag during the Illinois game.
 
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Penn State?s Trustees Recount Painful Decision to Fire Paterno

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The trustees also laid out what they said were three key reasons for firing Paterno: his failure to do more when told about the suspected sexual assault in 2002; what they regarded as his questioning of the board?s authority in the days after Sandusky?s arrest; and what they determined to be his inability to effectively continue coaching in the face of continuing questions surrounding the program.

The trustees, who had not spoken publicly in any detail since the firings, also disclosed that, while having fired Paterno, they were still honoring the terms of his contract and are treating him financially as if he had retired at the end of the 2011 season.

To some trustees, Paterno failed in not reporting to the police what he had been told of Sandusky?s suspected assault. Some of the trustees were also upset that Paterno was seen leading ?We are Penn State? cheers on his lawn with students and fans who had gathered after Sandusky?s arrest, which some board members viewed as insensitive.

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...the reactions from a rational alum...

The Penn State Board of Trustees Should Not Have To Defend Itself for Firing Joe Paterno

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Since the scandal broke in November, I have been as dismayed as many outsiders by my fellow alumni?s reaction. Reports from three town hall meetings with alumni, held by the new university president, suggest that the focus was not the football program?s virtual license to operate with impunity, or how the university will change in the future to ensure that allegations of child sexual assault or other serious misconduct can will be given full, proper attention and investigations, though these topics were raised. Rather, alumni were still incensed by the perceived mistreatment of Paterno, with one woman tearing up at a New York town hall meeting while asking about the football coach.
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...meanwhile the faculty is starting to realize that the fix is in:

Faculty Council unhappy with inquest

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Freeh's investigative report into the worst scandal in Penn State's 156-year history will be made public after the second draft is reviewed by the board, he told the Faculty Council. Freeh's report will include recommendations for changes.

Freeh told the faculty members that only the Board of Trustees' special committee would be given the chance to review his draft reports, according to the faculty members who attended the meeting. Freeh said he would not share the draft reports with anyone else, they said.

"It was very easy to become suspicious about how fair this investigation is going to be," said one of the participants in the meeting, who spoke on condition of anonymity. "I find it very difficult for a contractor who is essentially hired by the Board of Trustees to do a thorough investigation of the Board of Trustees, especially if they are given the chance to look at a draft report and suggest changes that will be made before the report is released to the public."

A second faculty member who attended Freeh's meeting with the Faculty Council, an executive committee of Penn State's Faculty Senate, said the former FBI director's presentation "left questions in many of our minds just how independent his investigation or report are going to be."

In interviews with "Outside the Lines" this week, both senior faculty members referred to notes they had taken during the meeting with Freeh.

They both said Freeh repeatedly referred to the work he was doing on behalf of his "client," which is the Special Committee of Penn State's Board of Trustees. The special committee is chaired by Kenneth Frazier, chief executive of Merck & Company, and a member of Penn State's Board of Trustees.
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OSUBucks22;2092927; said:
I like the dude in that thread that says he'd take O'Brien and staff over Meyer and staff any day... :biggrin:
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Meyer, Schutt, Spence, O'Connor, Williams... Penn State has dodged more bullets in the last 8 weeks than Neo did in three Matrix movies.

TDunk;2092948; said:
What do you have against Guyana??
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Wikipedia

Jonestown was the informal name for the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, an intentional community in northwestern Guyana formed by the Peoples Temple led by Jim Jones.
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I assume you know the rest.
 
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jlb1705;2092954; said:
I assume you know the rest.
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