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(182,824 posts)
Fri Apr 25, 2014, 09:08 AM Apr 2014

NEW Paterno statue planned in State College PA

http://msn.foxsports.com/college-football/story/downtown-state-college-will-have-new-joe-paterno-statue-042314

The statue, a bronze Paterno seated on a bench, is scheduled for November 2015 and will be erected outside Tavern Restaurant in downtown State College.

The project, currently called "Joe's Bench," will be renamed "Reflections" when it is finished and is independent of Penn State University.

"There's been some level of frustration among Penn Staters with what happened with the statue at the stadium," Ted Sebastianelli, one of the project's organizers and former president of the Penn State Football Letterman's Club, told Onward State. "We wanted to come up with a way to honor Joe for all that he did for the State College community. It wasn't just the university he impacted -- it was the whole town."
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NEW Paterno statue planned in State College PA (Original Post) underpants Apr 2014 OP
I hope they blow it up HERVEPA Apr 2014 #1
Hmmmm... How "in your face" can they be? hlthe2b Apr 2014 #2
I propose that they place another statue behind it LuvNewcastle Apr 2014 #3
The statute is blindfolded, fingers in the ears, and tape over the mouth CanonRay Apr 2014 #4
I know someone who in the past year learned of the abuse of a child. CBGLuthier Apr 2014 #5

hlthe2b

(102,283 posts)
2. Hmmmm... How "in your face" can they be?
Fri Apr 25, 2014, 09:18 AM
Apr 2014

That will surely be a target--though I don't condone vandalism.

LuvNewcastle

(16,846 posts)
3. I propose that they place another statue behind it
Fri Apr 25, 2014, 09:45 AM
Apr 2014

of Sandusky and a little boy. They shouldn't be allowed to put up a Paterno statue without a Sandusky and child statue beside it.

CanonRay

(14,103 posts)
4. The statute is blindfolded, fingers in the ears, and tape over the mouth
Fri Apr 25, 2014, 10:13 AM
Apr 2014

Or at least that's how it should look.

CBGLuthier

(12,723 posts)
5. I know someone who in the past year learned of the abuse of a child.
Fri Apr 25, 2014, 10:25 AM
Apr 2014

The man who did it is sitting in prison because she took about ten fucking seconds to decide not to kill him on the spot and called the police because that is what

ANY DECENT HUMAN BEING DOES!!


Paterno knew and he did nothing. He is not worthy of any honors.

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