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Posted on 11/09/2011 10:11:46 AM PST by abb
Penn State University President Graham Spanier will either resign or be voted out by the end of today, a source close to the board of trustees told The Express-Times.
An interim president, most likely Executive Vice President and Provost Rodney A. Erickson, will be appointed and a nationwide search for a permanent replacement will begin, according to the source who requested anonymity.
Spanier was made aware in 2002 that a graduate assistant coach had seen former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky allegedly sexually assault a young boy in a shower in the Penn State locker room, according to grand jury testimony. Spanier did not involve police, according to testimony. Spanier has not been charged, but there have been many calls for his resignation.
Sandusky has been charged with 40 counts of sexually abusing children.
Two university administrators -- athletic director Tim Curley and Vice President Gary Schultz -- face charges related to a cover-up. Spanier, who was named president in 1995, in recent days has shown his support for the administrators.
Head coach Joe Paterno, the winningest coach in Division I history, announced this morning he will retire at the end of the season.
Good. Joe Paterno should be gone today too. But I guess football is more important than child rape.
>Spanier has not been charged,
Why not?
He’s not a bishop.
http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2011-11-09/penn-state-trustees-allegedly-silenced-board-president-in-sex-abuse-case
Penn State trustees allegedly silenced board president in sex abuse case
http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/homepage-feature/item/29656-corbett-breaks-silence-on-penn-state
Corbett breaks silence on Penn State
Corbett oversaw the investigation while he served as state Attorney General, before becoming governor.
He says on one hand, there’s the legal question of how allegations of sexual abuse were handled, and on the other hand, there’s the moral issue.
“I was, I am personally disappointed in the lack of action and had to contain that for the last two plus years,” said Corbett. “The board is going to address that.”
Golden parachute no doubt to accompany departure.
Spanier brought the era of homosexual tolerance to Penn State after he did the same at UNL.
This is the radical homosexual agenda on display -— there is no such thing as pedophelia.
For ALL responsible:
Loss of job.
Jail time.
And worst of all (and most UNLIKELY in the fault-free Royal Court of Big Academia/Jockland), loss of pension and benefits.
Ray GricarThe DA who went missing while investigating this.
hey what is wrong with everyone - is Penn State supposed to follow rules like the Boy Scouts? I thought gay marriage is all the rage in blue states and that gays in the military can’t possible harm the mission. Someone help this poor guy are we for or against gays having fun at work? Are we for or against gays in scouts? After all the Philly city council kicked the scouts out of their building because they don’t let gay men treat young boys like play toys. /sarcasm on this topic is not proper, but how do we change the rules when all I said is allowed to go unchallenged - until some gay man gets caught and his “gay loving friends” cover it up.
How do they name the EXISTING Exec VP and Provost as interim president? This guy new NOTHING about all these charges/investigations? Doesn’t compute..
Here is what happened in 2002.
McQueary tells Paterno he saw Sandusky with a boy in the showers having sex.
Paterno has McQueary tell Curley and Schultz, who tell Spanier.
Spanier gets Sandusky in and asks him if the sex with the boy was consensual. Sandusky says “yes” and the matter is closed.
Spanier tolerates radical homosexuality, including the concept that minors can give consent.
Good ridence. There has been a lot of moral and ethical decay at PSU scince this scumbag signed on.
“Spanier tolerates radical homosexuality, including the concept that minors can give consent.”
From Wikipedia:
“Spanier graduated from Highland Park High School (Highland Park, Illinois), and earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Iowa State University where he was honored with the Distinguished Achievement Citation by the ISU Alumni Association in 2004.[2] He earned his Ph.D.. in sociology from Northwestern University where he was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. While a researcher, he contributed to the publication of ten books and over 100 scholarly journal articles. As a family sociologist, demographer, and marriage and family therapist, he was the founding editor of the Journal of Family Issues.[3] Spanier was also an author of a study in the Archives of Sexual Behavior concerning the practice of mate swapping, or “swinging”.[4]”
I assume you are speculating, or is there a source for this?
Former PA Gov. Tom Ridge is rumored to be his replacement.
Next to Graham Spanier he suddenly looks like Barry Goldwater.
See 14.
‘Spanier brought the era of homosexual tolerance to Penn State after he did the same at UNL.’
Yes, and part of principled tolerance of the sodomite lifestyle is winking at pedophilia. The “lifestyle” and pedophilia are closely connected.
The sodomite lifestyle should be recriminalized.
“Spanier brought the era of homosexual tolerance to Penn State after he did the same at UNL.”
Please elaborate...
Paterno announced today that he will retire at the end of this season. That may not be good enough to take the heat off.
Like they say, it is an ill wind that blows no good.
Spanier should do the right thing and fire Michael Mann while he is at it.
You got this right. As an alum his homosexual agenda at Nebraska was & continues to be why I will never contribute to that university again. Finally after some 6 calls they got the message. As far as Penn State the fish stinks from the head down & that place is decadent.
Spanier will probably retire with a mega public pension and benefits much of it paid for by taxpayers. He and others like him who live like kings on the public dole should lose their pensions when incompetency and potential criminality leads to public abuse or costs. We have too many of Spanier’s ilk running publicly (and private) funded institutions of higher education in America that will cover up crime on campus for the reputation and their football programs.
She has said that Paterno is not a target.
Regular expert genius.
The board of regents for the University of Nebraska are in the process of approving the “Plus One” benefit which allows benefits for same sex partners. This is necessary in order to get the “Best Faculty” and be competitive with other Universities. (Gay is better than Straight?) While Spanier would approve, it it well beyond his watch.
Regular expert genius.
;-)
JoePa, What did you know?? I believe that JoePa is the innocent victim in this.
Luke 10:25-37
King James Version (KJV)
” 25.And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
26.He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
27.And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
28.And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
29.But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
30.And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
31.And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
32.And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.
33.But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
34.And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
35.And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
36.Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?
37.And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
the parable of “the Good Samaritan” seems a good fit here ...
Get serious.
Spanier is a liberal, homosexual advocate.
Obama considered Spanier as his Secretary of Education in 2008.
Spanier advanced the LGBT agenda at UNL and at Penn State.
If you embrace the homosexual agenda to its fullest extent, you must embrace the concept that minors can give consent.
I think the roots of the Sandusky cover-up is an extreme tolerance for the homosexual agenda that was spearheaded by Spanier.
I have not seen that reported anywhere.
Completely innocent no.
But I question where the “moral” responsibility ends. If I make a report to my supervisors based on a report from my subordinate, that I did not witness, as required by company policy, am I also “morally” expected to go outside of that policy and call the police? Before they can even investigate the report?
Why does the man who reported to Paterno get off free? Where did his moral responsibility end?
What about the parents? None of them knew or suspected anything? If any of them contacted PSU officials without a satisfactory response did they then follow up with a call to the PSP? Why not? Where is their moral responsibility.
Things were done wrong here and I don’t excuse Sandusky or the PSU administration, but expecting Paterno to personally pursue the man to the gates of hell and light the fire before he left is a slippery slope.
Did Paterno meet the letter of the law? Perhaps yes.
Did he meet the moral obligations expected of someone of his stature and tenure? The verdict is still out on that, but the facts of the case as known now indicate he did not.
The issue is that Joe saw NOTHING was done after he told Curley. He knew that rapist was still raping. What did he do. He kept quiet.
Why does the man who reported to Paterno get off free? Where did his moral responsibility end?
Most here totally agree that McQueary wimped out.
What about the parents? None of them knew or suspected anything? If any of them contacted PSU officials without a satisfactory response did they then follow up with a call to the PSP? Why not? Where is their moral responsibility.
A mother went to the authorities in 1998. They got Sandusky cold. The DA wouldn't prosecute.
The mother that finally broke this even had her son's school officials urging her not to report it. Fortunately she did.
What did Joe do. Nothing.
Perhaps yes. He knew that the 2002 report was never filed with child services thus he knew that school officials were knowingly violating state law. He knew that PSU was knowingly harboring a sex offender in his facilities.
Paterno is toast.
I can think of no excuses for JoePa not following up on the information he relayed to his superiors. More will come out in time and maybe there’s a rationale why he didn’t follow up. Maybe he was lied to by his superiors. They lied to the grand jury so they were proven liars.
If there’s not a rationale, then Joe will have to live the rest of his life with the knowledge that he had the means to stop a pedophile and did not. And many boys will suffer for the rest of their lives because he failed them.
He needs to go now - not at the end of the season. Every game from now on is going to be an ordeal for all involved, even the fans. If the big donor alumni started making a stink, this would get resolved pretty fast.
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