Ah, finally an outlet...

... for all the things in my brain. I don't have much time for anything much right now, but I'll copy and paste the e-mail I sent to the president and board at Penn St. immediately after the news broke about the horrific acts perpetrated on children by former Nittany Lions coach Jerry Sandusky. After reading the grand jury testimony wherein 8 boys separately described similar patterns of  abuse, I felt strongly about Sandusky's guilt.

As the parent of a young child and the brother of a university educator, I ask that you force the resignation of all those responsible for the inaction that has taken place for the prior 15+ years regarding the allegations of sexual molestation of young children on and off Penn St University property. Certainly, the justice system will run its course for those charged, but this is also about what it takes to represent a university like Penn St, which should be a place where young people come to learn and better themselves; it should not be somewhere a sexual predator feels safe in taking children for the purpose of sexually abusing them. Regardless of the level of guilt of Coach Paterno and others, the culture of secrecy they've created at Penn St wherein the football program is more important than the emotional and physical devastation of a child is sickening; and those involved in creating this atmosphere should be immediately dismissed.