State College residents looking to put up new statue of Joe Paterno
Source: Centre Daily Times
Its approaching two years since Penn State, in the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, took down the Joe Paterno statue and carted the likeness of the legendary football coach off into nearby Beaver Stadium.
The universitys been tight lipped since then about what became of the statue, and hasnt said much more than that publicly about how it plans to treat Paternos legacy moving forward.
Tired of waiting, several State College residents say they are moving forward with plans to bring their own statue of the man to downtown State College.
This is something we can do on our own schedule, said Ted Sebastianelli, a candidate for the Penn State board of trustees and one of the locals behind an effort to create a new Paterno statue. We dont have to wait.
Read more: http://www.centredaily.com/2014/04/23/4147421/group-looking-to-put-up-new-statue.html
charlives
(34 posts)that's it, just an extra curricular coach. Not a teacher. Why don't they consider putting up a statue of a real teacher?? No really good history or science teachers at Penn St to memorialize? Pathetic.
rurallib
(62,448 posts)I was going to go off in another direction, but you really made me think.
With all the money and fame that surrounds the big time sports, in the end he was a very well paid coach.
And he was not even really in control of what he should have been.
KansDem
(28,498 posts)Last edited Wed Apr 23, 2014, 07:34 PM - Edit history (1)
...then a statue of said teacher will be erected.
iandhr
(6,852 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)tabasco
(22,974 posts)'nuff said.
DRoseDARs
(6,810 posts)Fixed the article title for you.
...
Because seriously, fuck those people.
zonkers
(5,865 posts)geomon666
(7,512 posts)At least the birds will have something nice to shit on.