Editor, Penn State Grad Reflects On Scandal

Never have I been more at a loss for words than I have at the unfolding of events at Penn State this past week. But as a recent alum of Penn State, the Schreyer Honors College and The Daily Collegian, these are my thoughts as best as I can think to say them:

It is unbelievable to me, after reading the gut-wrenching 23-page grand jury findings, that anyone could for a moment forget whose story this is and why it is important: the alleged victims. My thoughts and concerns are first and foremost with them and their families.

And then, unthinkably, it was worse than the contents of the grand jury report.

Mike McQueary said he saw a boy being sexually assaulted by Jerry Sandusky in a locker-room shower. Then a 28-year-old graduate assistant, McQueary told his father, then Joe Paterno, then Athletic Director Tim Curley and Vice President of Business and Finance Gary Schultz. Penn State President Graham Spanier was told of the allegations, too. 

And then, nothing happened.

McQueary moved up the ranks to become an assistant football coach. As of Thursday night, he retained his job, though a statement from the Penn State athletic department said he would not be at Saturday's game "due to multiple threats made" against him. Paterno was fired over the phone, and Spanier was ousted, after a Wednesday evening Board of Trustees meeting. Curley and Schultz have been charged with perjury in connection with the grand jury report. Curley remains employed by Penn State. 

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