Penn State Sandusky scandal: AD arrested, Paterno, Spanier fired; coverup charged #3

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Perhaps this is where some of the confusion comes in regarding Graham Spanier's current status at PSU:


November 10, 2011:

The news of Graham Spanier’s departure closed a 16-year tenure that included major academic and facility expansions but ended with a scandal that has tarnished the university’s image nationwide. Read more: http://www.centredaily.com/2011/11/11/2982266/spaniers-16-year-tenure-comes.html#ixzz1eJ7xDU8M


Then there's the fact that one of his congregants happens to be Graham Spanier, whose 16-year tenure at the helm of Penn State University came to an unceremonious end last week when the university trustees fired him.http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/24772/Reeling_From_the_Penn_State_Scandal/


STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (WHTM) -
Even though former Penn State President Graham Spanier was fired last week, he still has a job with the university. Spanier is a tenured professor and, according to new president Dr. Rodney Erickson, could teach if he wanted.

http://www.abc27.com/story/16039894...ident-graham-spanier-could-still-teach-at-psu
 
Ugh. (I am not posting 'it', but the numbers reported for pedophiles who were abused as children range from 28% to 93% vs approximately 15% for random controls.)
http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.com/content/82/4/457.full

Jerry Sandusky's desire to associate with children came naturally to him.
His father, who died in 1996, helped wayward boys in his hometown of Washington, Pa.
Washington is a place where the residents are as sturdy as the products once manufactured in its now-shuttered mills. Art Sandusky worked in a glass factory before becoming a trolley-car conductor for the Pittsburgh Railway Co. His wife, who died in 2007, kept house and helped at the center.
The father loved sports, and the kids he coached liked and respected him. When a wealthy judge donated his home and property for a recreation center, Art Sandusky was the perfect man to run it, taking the job in 1950 when his only child was 6.
Though he never made much money at the Brownson House, he, his wife, and son Jerry at least got a place to live rent-free, a tiny third-floor apartment in the old brick building.
If there was a troubled boy in Washington, those who knew the family insisted, he knew he could go to Art Sandusky for help. A sign above the director's desk read, "Don't give up on a bad boy, because he might turn out to be a good man."
According to Byron Smialek, a columnist for the Washington Observer-Reporter, the elder Sandusky "helped thousands of kids."
The Brownson House was home to a kindergarten, but for the most part, it was a place where boxers, basketball players, wrestlers, and gymnasts worked out and competed. Outside, there were basketball courts, a baseball diamond, and a football field, which now bears Art Sandusky's name.


Read more: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/11/19/1885962/penn-state-scandal-were-there.html#ixzz1eJ9wAHMG
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1126185/index.htm
 
This article offers up more information about Spanier's situation -

Spanier's commitments decrease
By Mike Verbickas
For the Collegian


Former Penn State President Graham Spanier is giving up more than his seat at the helm of the university in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse case.

After the Board of Trustees removed him from his position at Penn State last week, Spanier is continuing to distance himself from other commitments.

Among an array of positions he holds, Spanier resigned as chairman of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Student-Athlete Well-Being Working Group, Erik Christianson, NCAA director of public and media relations, confirmed.


Much more -
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2011/11/16/Spanier_board_memberships_dwindle_.aspx
 
Pensfan said:
LOL What would you like the students to do? March to Sandusky's house and execute him? Burn the homes of Shultz, Spanier, Paterno and McQueary? The students did not have anything to do with Sadusky, and the few people that covered for him, and the Second Mile. Did you blame all the Catholic parishioners when Catholic priests were found to have molested children?

The students that "go down in shame" are students that fail their final exams. Sandusky's evil has nothing to do with them.
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Why would you assume the students would have to react violently to bring about change? The students at Penn State, as well as every college/university, are our future. They have a right to speak out and act by forming groups and using media to bring about changes that would benefit us all. They are our future politicians, journalists, teachers, corporate leaders, etc.

You are right. The students did nothing but their school officials and leaders did. They should be mad about that and use their skills to bring a positive light to the situation. Don't under estimate them.

http://www.socialcitizens.org/blog/creating-change-campus-and-beyond-bringing-theory-practice

First, it encourages students to become engaged in their own education and to view themselves as more than passive recipients of learning. Second, it empowers students to become involved in bottom-up institutional change that can impact their campus, their society, and the world.
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http://www.readwriteact.org/node/24

people have the rights and responsibility (regardless of their age or other identity) to share information and perspectives that can make that society better. College students have good ideas and important things to say.
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http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2011/07/11/12-college-students-who-helped-shape-social-media-history/

Who says college students can’t make a difference? The Internet has created an excellent outlet for students who want to create, speak out, and take action. These college students made history, influencing the growth and use of social media as we know it.
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http://thedp.com/index.php/article/2011/11/students_help_penn_make_history

For Findlay, though, “the real joy here is getting to see our students form bonds with our alumni. They become the greatest messengers and ambassadors for the needs that Penn has.”
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http://www.ncat.edu/newcampaign/

The concept features visual and audio representations of moments, individuals and events that have created the history of the University. The ads invite prospective students to come to N.C. A&T to make their own history and leave an indelible mark on the world.
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http://www.bc.edu/content/bc/publications/chronicle/FeaturesNewsTopstories/2011/features/hunger110311.html

But the spotlight next week at Boston College is on hunger and famine, during a two-day event that precedes national Hunger Awareness and Homelessness Week.
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http://www.idealist.org/view/org/345NWFHJMkSsP/

Started by Columbia University students in 2000, Students Active for Ending Rape (SAFER) is the only organization that fights sexual violence and rape culture by empowering student-led campaigns to reform college sexual assault policies.
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Pensfan said:
Read more: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/11/19/1885962/penn-state-scandal-were-there.html#ixzz1eJ9wAHMG
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From your link.

Looking back now on Sandusky's life, it seems impossible that red flags weren't raised long before the alleged 1994 incident that is the grand jury report's earliest case.

It seems like there are red flags right there, but not obviously noticed. I have mentioned it in previous thread.
Examples:
Gertrude Baniszewski-Extremely religious, rigid, and paranoid. Prone to anger and drug addiction.
Fred Phelps-Extremely rigid and paranoid. Has a history of drug addiction.
Casey Anthony-Easily angered, narcissistic, and likes attention.
Lori Drew-Extremely sociable, meddling, and pushy. Prone to anger, but does not show it.
Wanda Holloway-Extremely sociable, meddling, and pushy.
Seung-Hui Cho-Extremely quiet and stalked people. Prone to anger, but does not show it.
Eric Harris-Threatening people and violating law despite probation.
9/11 Hijackers-They were extremely introverted and paranoid. I know they went to a bar and were drunk and making claims they will kill thousands.
Jerry Sandusky-Really friendly around children.

Few apparently thought it odd when, in December 1999, on the day the 55-year-old defensive coordinator coached his final game, an Associated Press feature remarked, "Always there are children. ... He rolls around in the yard with them ... takes them to the locker room."

That sounds really perverted.
 
Damn........................ Victim One, the first known alleged victim of abuse by former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky, had to leave his school in the middle of his senior year because of bullying, his counselor said Sunday.

Officials at Central Mountain High School in Clinton County weren’t providing guidance for fellow students, who were reacting badly about Joe Paterno’s firing and blaming the 17-year-old, said Mike Gillum, the psychologist helping his family. Those officials were unavailable for comment this weekend.

The name-calling and verbal threats were just too much, he said.

Other alleged victims are turning to each other for support, since they fear others will out them and cause a media swarm. The only encouragement for Victim One, Gillum said, is watching other alleged victims come forward because they felt empowered by his courage.

“He feels good about that,” Gillum said. “That’s the one good that’s come of all this.” .... http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/11/alleged_jerry_sandusky_victim.html
 
According to a state grand jury's report outlining alleged sexual abuses by Sandusky, there were trips to professional and college football games, a computer, clothes and cash. And then, the report says, Sandusky went from mentor to sexual predator, often attacking the boy in the basement bedroom of the coach's home or a school workout room long after coaches and other officials had gone.

In the cloaked parlance of the grand jury's report, the boy — who was at least 11 at the beginning of the attacks that would span nearly four years ending in 2009 — is known only as "Victim 1."

But Victim 1 was not actually Sandusky's first alleged victim. In the report, the boy is Victim 1 for a different reason: He spoke up, went to the police, and triggered the sex abuse investigation of Sandusky that has resulted in the removal of top Penn State officials and legendary football coach Joe Paterno. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/coll...dusky-investigation-victim-1-cover/51160950/1
 
Dr.Fessel said:
According to a state grand jury's report outlining alleged sexual abuses by Sandusky, there were trips to professional and college football games, a computer, clothes and cash. And then, the report says, Sandusky went from mentor to sexual predator, often attacking the boy in the basement bedroom of the coach's home or a school workout room long after coaches and other officials had gone.

In the cloaked parlance of the grand jury's report, the boy — who was at least 11 at the beginning of the attacks that would span nearly four years ending in 2009 — is known only as "Victim 1."

But Victim 1 was not actually Sandusky's first alleged victim. In the report, the boy is Victim 1 for a different reason: He spoke up, went to the police, and triggered the sex abuse investigation of Sandusky that has resulted in the removal of top Penn State officials and legendary football coach Joe Paterno. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/coll...dusky-investigation-victim-1-cover/51160950/1
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If Jerry Sandusky was at his home, was his wife, Dottie, there? Was she aware of his perversion?
 
Victim 1 had to leave his school because of bullying and threats but the ex-president of Penn still lives in the mansion with guards.
 
Dr.Fessel said:
Victim 1 had to leave his school because of bullying and threats but the ex-president of Penn still lives in the mansion with guards.
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That's really screwed up. Those bullies are sick as well. There is something seriously wrong in Happy Valley. :furious:
 
Please forgive me if this has already been posted. It's a photo of Sandusky's lawyer and the lawyer's wife at a Second Mile event.

maryamendola1.jpg


(Source: http://www.sportsgrid.com/ncaa-football/mary-amendola-photo/)

Notice, also, on the far left is Gary Schultz, one of the Penn State adminstrators indicted for perjury.

GarySchultz-b.jpg


Gary Schultz
 
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/11/post_289.html

Victim One had to change schools. Joe Paterno was in hiding. Mike McQueary was getting death threats.

And Jerry Sandusky appeared jolly, smiling and greeting people in Penn State clothing as he shopped at stores and worked out at the gym.
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In March, when news of the investigation broke, Strauss was among those who didn’t believe it. She wrote Sandusky a note of support and gave it to his wife. She was about to ask the couple to watch her three children, as a gesture of support, while she traveled to Ethiopia this winter to adopt three more.

Just thinking about that now makes her shudder.
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Yes it is definitely time to go to bed because my eyes must be crossed and unable to read properly. Because I thought that said she was going to offer her children as a gesture of support when the news broke that Sandusky was a pedophile. THUD
 
Dr.Fessel said:
According to a state grand jury's report outlining alleged sexual abuses by Sandusky, there were trips to professional and college football games, a computer, clothes and cash. And then, the report says, Sandusky went from mentor to sexual predator, often attacking the boy in the basement bedroom of the coach's home or a school workout room long after coaches and other officials had gone.

In the cloaked parlance of the grand jury's report, the boy — who was at least 11 at the beginning of the attacks that would span nearly four years ending in 2009 — is known only as "Victim 1."

But Victim 1 was not actually Sandusky's first alleged victim. In the report, the boy is Victim 1 for a different reason: He spoke up, went to the police, and triggered the sex abuse investigation of Sandusky that has resulted in the removal of top Penn State officials and legendary football coach Joe Paterno. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/coll...dusky-investigation-victim-1-cover/51160950/1
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This child was raped in the basement of a house with these words hanging outside the garage:

"Be still and know that I am God."

The crimes are so heinous that even the Bible verse hanging outside the two-story garage of Sandusky's 2,776-square-foot house on Grandview Road now seems informed with twisted meaning, one that in this tragic context might indeed reference the manipulative horror of child sexual abuse:

"Be still and know that I am God."

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/11/19/1885962/penn-state-scandal-were-there.html#ixzz1eJf4Fy6I
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MagnoliaMom said:
Why would you assume the students would have to react violently to bring about change? The students at Penn State, as well as every college/university, are our future. They have a right to speak out and act by forming groups and using media to bring about changes that would benefit us all. They are our future politicians, journalists, teachers, corporate leaders, etc.

You are right. The students did nothing but their school officials and leaders did. They should be mad about that and use their skills to bring a positive light to the situation. Don't under estimate them.

http://www.socialcitizens.org/blog/creating-change-campus-and-beyond-bringing-theory-practice



http://www.readwriteact.org/node/24



http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2011/07/11/12-college-students-who-helped-shape-social-media-history/



http://thedp.com/index.php/article/2011/11/students_help_penn_make_history



http://www.ncat.edu/newcampaign/



http://www.bc.edu/content/bc/publications/chronicle/FeaturesNewsTopstories/2011/features/hunger110311.html



http://www.idealist.org/view/org/345NWFHJMkSsP/
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The positive light that needs to shine on this situation is a prison cell light shining upon Jerry Sandusky and his enablers, but this must occur by a jury.

Penn State has the LARGEST STUDENT-RUN PHILANTHROPY IN THE WORLD. Since 1977, Penn State's THON has raised more than $78 million for pediatric cancer patients.
http://www.thon.org/students/get_involved/organizations
 
LRinCA said:
A tidbit.

Per Edgar-Online.com Gerald A. Sandusky was on the board of directors for PARIS CORP as of 1/17/2002.

His share ownership was the lowest of any of the other directors and he appears at the bottom of the directors list.

"Gerald A. Sandusky was elected to the Board of Directors in February 2000. He was previously defensive coodinator(sic) of Penn State University Football since 1968. He is the founder and Chairman of the Board of the Second Mile Foundation."
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Included in Sandusky's autobiography are about twenty photos. In one photo are a smiling Sandusky and two other older men standing behind three pubescent boys. One of the men is identified as Dom Toscani. Sandusky also writes that one of Second Miles football camps in Philadelphia was "made possible by a man named Dom Toscani." A man named Dominic Toscani is listed on Second Mile's honorary board as the Owner & President, Paris Business Forms (This info has been deleted from the Second Mile website. However, you can see a copy of that info at the following address: http://www.hawkeyenation.com/forum/big-10-sports/37198-second-mile.html).

Another note on the photos in the book. Of the dozen boys whose photos appear in the center pages, none are African-American. Most look to be white, about 8 - 12 years of age, slender build, with blonde to sandy blonde hair.

Hopefully this info will be of some help.
 
I also found the below article dated November 12, 1989:

A Big Success Small Business Wins Plaudits From Forbes
November 12, 1989|By Karen Weintraub, Special to The Inquirer

A life-size cardboard cutout of Penn State football coach Joe Paterno stands in one corner of the office, next to a male mannequin dressed in full football regalia, across from a bronze football trophy and surrounded by cutouts of Villanova University students in shoulder pads.

At first glance, the office of Dominic P. Toscani, 61, president and chief executive officer of Paris Business Forms Inc. of Burlington Township, looks more like a misplaced college football hall of fame than a place of business.

Source: http://articles.philly.com/1989-11-...ege-football-small-business-dominic-p-toscani
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