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alp227

(32,023 posts)
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 06:40 PM Apr 2014

State College residents looking to put up new statue of Joe Paterno

Source: Centre Daily Times

It’s 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 university’s been tight lipped since then about what became of the statue, and hasn’t said much more than that publicly about how it plans to treat Paterno’s 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 don’t have to wait.”

Read more: http://www.centredaily.com/2014/04/23/4147421/group-looking-to-put-up-new-statue.html

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charlives

(34 posts)
1. He was a team coach...
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 06:46 PM
Apr 2014

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

(62,414 posts)
3. Welcome to DU - that is a most interesting take
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 06:57 PM
Apr 2014

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)
4. Perhaps when the highest-paid public employee is a "real teacher"...
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 07:04 PM
Apr 2014

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)
2. Honoring someone who protected a child molester I guess that don't matter if you win football games.
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 06:55 PM
Apr 2014
 

DRoseDARs

(6,810 posts)
7. Child molesters looking to put up new statue of Joe Paterno
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 08:47 PM
Apr 2014

Fixed the article title for you.

...

Because seriously, fuck those people.

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