willisdavis

Couple hundred . . . couple thousand . . . whatever. 90% of the students on the commons last night gave the rest a bad name. This stuff is indefensible. Protesting on behalf of Paterno (and I was a HUGE fan of Paterno prior to this) is a slap in the face to the victims. As an alum you should be ashamed and demand better. Yes a couple hundred. The overwhelming majority were just kids going outside to see what was going on. I don't defend the actions of those few at all and am embarrassed by their actions. I also blame the BOT for announcing this at 10:15pm after the whole town was waiting to hear them all night. At the end of the day, YOU NEBRASKA fans are the only ones who I ever hear that say that we are disrespectful in nature to guests. Ask everyone. I always welcome opposing fans to my tailgate and enjoy getting to know them. You are the only board in the last 5 years that I've silently trolled on that says we are disrespectful. Go ask the teams that we've played this year if they haven't been treated great. Every single one of them talks about how great it is. Perhaps your expectations of conflict leads to you being cold, defensive, and arrogant.

I'm trying to use restraint here, and not be a troll, but you're acting like State College has turned into Afghanistan. Sure, the town is hurt, confused, upset, but 98% of the people understand that this had to be done. The very small minority of drunken students that acted like idiots last night in no way embodies the school or what is actually happening at PSU. I have no doubt that you will all be treated with respect and be safe on Saturday. I've made my point twice now on your board and will stop trolling, but just understand that 100 drunken idiots makes better press than 100,000 who are putting the victims of this tragedy first.

While I won't speak for everyone in our community, let me clear a few things up for you people from my perspective: 1) All Penn Staters are saddened and shocked by the recent events. It's turned our community upside down. 2) Most Penn Staters believe that, although unfortunate, there was no other choice than to completely clean house ASAP, including Joe. 3) Paternoville, the tent community, more embodies the overall reaction of the student body, than the TMZ-esque coverage of a couple hundred drunken hooligans. The students at Paternoville raised almost $1000 for cancer research last night, and although saddened by recent events, have remained level headed. 4) The rest of the student body is planning a candlelight vigil for the victims after the pep rally Friday night. Child abuse ribbons will be worn on Saturday. Finally, the idea that your team/fans are in some sort of imminent danger is preposterous. You will be welcomed and treated with respect as all of our guests are.