As a first year student at Penn State I will be honest, I am not all Ho ha Joe Pa like everyone else seems to be. I highly appreciate everything he has done for the school and all the positives that have occurred because of him. That being said I actually believe the penalty was well deserved. I believe Jon Stewart actually did a great job of driving the point home. As everyone was very upset with the firing of the coach, it is almost disgusting how the victims were forgotten. I hated how Joe Pa became the scapegoat for the whole scandal while others were forgotten. Joe Pa caught so much heat only because of how prominent he is in the nation. Everyone knows who Joe Paterno is. Everyone knows who Penn state is. It was a university full of prestige and wonder. Now it seems like Penn State is a place which has a huge dark cloud hovering over top. It seems like this storm is going to be here for a long time so get your raincoat and umbrella.
There is something that has been on my chest since this scandal started and now for the first time I am writing it down. In a way, I feel wronged. I did not sign up to attend scandal University. I signed up to attend what used to be debatably the greatest university in the nation. Before I could wear my Penn State hoody and sweats with pride beaming through me. You could almost feel an aura about you that just emanated from your being. Now I think three times before I throw on my state gear. I’m not even sure if I want to stay here anymore. For the rest of my life, I will be asked where I attended school. If I stay for four years, I will say Pennsylvania state university. No matter who I tell that too, in the back of their mind they will think of “the scandal”. Most of the time it will probably be followed up by, “O yeah didn’t Joe Pa rape that kid?” I don’t want to live my life hearing this. I want to speak of a university and the person to give me respect. I want to be able to be proud of my university. I believe anyone that remotely knew of any info of sandusky’s actions should be cut from the university.
I am not even sure how the students could have rioted. I thought the act was disgusting and could not believe the stories that were pouring into my phone. “Dude a van just got flipped”. That text from my friend stunned me. A man sexually abused children, many authority figures at the university learn of the actions, almost nothing is said or done. And a van is flipped because the people that did it got what they deserved? Disgraceful.
As sad as I am from this scandal I am still unsure about everything
We are Penn state, but is that a good thing?
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