Everyone knows what has been going on at Penn State in the past week. This article, by Allen Barra, goes into detail about the issues that were discovered early this past week, and does well to shed some light on the situation. Everyone is aware of the child sex abuse scandal that has shocked the citizens of Pennsylvania, and more specifically the students and administration at Penn State University. Recently, protesters have hit the streets in frustration over long time football coach Joe Paterno was fired due to allegatoins. Supposedly, an assistant coach on the team witnessed one of the abusive acts and told Paterno, but the information was never brought to authorities. This detail was enough for the university board to fire Paterno. Like many people, I was angered by this action, as Joe Paterno IS Penn State football, and I really did not see it truly just to fire him on such allegations.
Barra's presentation of this article is one of interviews and first hand reports. He uses an interview with the vice chairman of the trustees as a basis for his article, but instead answers the questions himself, through his own point of view. This set-up turns into him angrily ranting about how some people are so angry about Paterno's firing, and uses the whole article for scrutinizing the protestors for supporting Paterno when he allegedly knew about these actions. He voices his opinion as he wishes, and in the end the article turns out to really just be an angry rant.
Nice post Toohey.
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