Tuesday, January 15, 2013
A "winter update" will address additional stresses young children are facing in the wake of recent violent school attacks.
With the violence of Sandy Hook Elementary School still fresh in the minds of parents and educators, the need to talk to young children about violence is evergrowing. Bucks and Montgomery county educators will soon have a chance to learn how to best handle what can be a very difficult discussion to have. The Montgomery County Cooperative Extension of Penn State will host a 2013 Winter Update for Early Education professionals. The six-hour conference will be held at the Franconia Heritage Restaurant, Banquet and Conference Center, 508 Harleysville Pike, Telford. Among the topics for discussion will be: Educators will receive credits for attending. "All participants will receive six training credit hours from PQAS certified instructors," …
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
PA Governor Tom Corbett told reporters that the sanctions levied against Penn State for the Jerry Sandusky scandal are arbitray and illegal.
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett will file a lawsuit later today against the NCAA, asking the court to throw out all the sanctions leveled at Penn State by the organization after the Jerry Sandusky scandal became public. “These punishments threaten to have a devastating, long-lasting and irreparable effect on the state, its citizens and its economy,’’ Corbett said in a statement released to the press. In July, the NCAA enacted the sanctions as punishment for what it saw as silent complicity while former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky molested and sexually abused 10 boys, some of the assaults taking place on school grounds. Sandusky was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison in August after he was convicted of 45 counts of sexual abuse of …
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly announced new charges surrounding Penn State's alleged coverup of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.
Former Penn State University Presient Graham Spanier will be charged with perjury, endangering the welfare of children and obstruction of justice, stemming from the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal, according to a press conference broadcasted on 6ABC. Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly held the press conference announcing the charges, citing e-mails between Spanier, former Penn State Athletic Director Tim Curley and former Penn State Vice President Gary Schultz discussing reports of Sandusky sexually abusing boys on campus. According to Kelly, emails between the three had thinly-veiled reference of a 1998 incident on campus involving Sandusky, referring to Sandusky as "the individual," Sandusky's non profit, The Second Mile, as "…
Monday, July 23, 2012
Paterno loses all-time wins record; Nittany Lions banned from postseason for four years; school fined $60 million, to be put into a fund to help child abuse victims.
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Monday, July 23, 2012
NCAA President Mark Emmert came down hard on Penn State’s football program today, handing down some of the most severe sanctions in college sports history. While the Nittany Lions did not get the death penalty, The Sporting News reports that it may take decades for the college and its football program to recover. The sanctions: Penn State has agreed not to appeal the sanctions, which were handed down less than two weeks after former FBI Director Louis Freeh submitted a 267-page report condemning the role of university officials in concealing the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal. Sandusky was convicted of 45 counts of child abuse last month. The $60 million fine will be paid over the next five years into a special endowment …
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Local victim advocates hope the scandal will educate people on the importance of reporting incidents when they happen.
There is no question that nothing good came out of the 267-page report released Thursday morning that detailed the findings of Louis Freeh's investigation of Jerry Sandusky's sexual abuse of minors at Penn State and the lack of action by university officials to stop him. For local advocates of child abuse victims, the only hopeful ray of light is the extra attention paid to the horrors of sexual abuse and the emphasis on the importance of intervening on behalf of the children. "This report highlights the secrecy that surrounds the sexual abuse of children," said Abbie Newman, executive director of Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center. "There are too many cases were there is reluctance to report the abuse. The only way to stop it is to …
Thursday, July 12, 2012
According to an investigation into Penn State's connection to child abuse, '...Nothing was done and Sandusky was allowed to continue with impunity.'
Former FBI director Judge Louis Freeh released his report investigating Penn State's invlovement in Jerry Sandusky's recent child sex scandal, saying that the "most saddening and sobering finding is the total disregard for the safety and welfare of Sandusky’s child victims by the most senior leaders at Penn State." Does this report's findings change your opinion of Penn State and how it handled Sandusky? Tell us in the comments. "The most powerful men at Penn State failed to take any steps for 14 years to protect the children who Sandusky victimized," Freeh said in a statement on Thursday. "Messrs. [University Presdient Graham] Spanier, [University Vice President Gary] Schultz, [head football coach Joe] Paterno and [Athletic Director Tim] …
Friday, January 6, 2012
ESPN is reporting that someone with no past connection with Penn State will take the helm of a program reeling from scandal.
ESPN is reporting that Penn State has hired New England Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien as the school's new football coach. O'Brien has never served as a head coach either in the NFL or in college. His previous college experience includes stints at Brown, Georgia Tech, Maryland and Duke. This is the latest step in a dark chapter for Penn State and its football program, rocked by a child sex scandal centered on former asssistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. Initial reaction does not appear positive. While ESPN.com quotes Penn State's interim athletic director Dave Joyner as saying "I believe the search is continuing and progressing very well as we hoped it would," it is also reporting that members of Penn State's influential …
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Out of the Penn State scandal come many lessons, including choosing your friends wisely and doing the right thing, even when it’s difficult.
Well the media has gone to the wall with the JoePa story. My son asked what was going on and I gave him a brief synopsis. He said, “It doesn’t sound like the coach did anything wrong.” But the adages started flowing: “birds of a feather flock together” and “you are judged by the company you keep.” Even one of my favorite books, the Bible, tells us, “to whom much is given, much is expected.” Poor JoePa, to come this far and forget who he really is, to lose your legacy so late in the game. In a moment, everything you have worked for and stood for is gone. For what? Fame? Fortune? Who knows. Well the week’s worth of news has again given me an opportunity to enlighten my children, however naïve they may be. I told my son, “If someone at …
Friday, November 11, 2011
Steps are being taken to move forward, but are going unnoticed.
This week, amidst the largest scandal in the history of college sports, my school has been the focus of a national media attention that seems to grow by the hour. As one of the officers of the Paternoville Coordination Committee, which helps run the tent city that sprouts up outside Beaver Stadium’s Gate A every week before a home football game, I have been inundated with requests from local and national news reporters to give my reaction to the events unfolding around me. I have been bombarded with the same questions over and over again. Everyone has been asking about the problem that is the now-tarnished reputation of Penn State. However, not once have I been asked how I plan to help fix it. Many people who watched the news on Wednesday …
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
The legendary Penn State football coach just announced that he will be retiring at the end of the season.
According to AP, reported by Huffington Post, Coach Joe Paterno will retire at the end of this football season. 10:39 a.m. Paterno released a statement confirming the reports of his retirement. In it, he said, "This is a tragedy. It is one of the great sorrows of my life. With the benefit of hindsight, I wish I had done more." Read the full statement online here.
Ron Miller
6:50 pm on Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Well the NCAA has done nothing to the likes of Texas football players for there part in breaking NCAA rules as athletes,in drugs problems, possilble sexaul abuse or does it not matter if the abused was a women or child, its still abuse. how about North Carolina, the list goes on with athletes doing wrong and nothing seems to be done about it. Its very simple, the NCAA has been looking for a big … more ›