<p>I think Rod Erickson’s road show did more to stir people up than Paterno’s interview will. Also, the trustees meet next week and the upcoming election has a lot more people interested than ever before. (Adam Taliaferro is among the declared candidates.)</p>
<p>The negative publicity is not going away any time soon, but does tha really matter. Penn State has earned a reputaion as an excellent school. Penn State graduates are sought after by employers because they have earned a reputation as being hard working and well prepared. Businesses need productive employees, and they are unlikely to abandon a rich pool of young candidates because of the actions of a few old men.</p>
<p>I agree that this is not going away anytime soon. From Erickson’s roadshow to the horrendous football coaching search, this has just been handled extremely poorly by the Penn St. administration.</p>
<p>Why was the coaching search horrendous? (Not arguing, just never heard that and don’t really know anything about how it should be done.</p>
<p>But with the negative publicity, would you still attend the school if you had the opportunity to?</p>
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<p>Total lack of transparency by the administration. They did not consult the players (arguably the second biggest victims in the whole ordeal), leaving many players quoted as saying they felt “betrayed” when the final selection was actually made.</p>
<p>The actual selection itself of O’Brien is generally felt around the sports world as a poor choice. O’Brien has no connection to Penn State and no head coaching experience. At a time when the Penn St. reputation is in shambles, they really needed an established head coach in order to recruit. Now, you have a guy with no track record, no previous head coaching experience, and a tarnished Penn State name. The football program is going to be suffering for awhile.</p>
<p>Any other thoughts?</p>
<p>This is merely a prediction, but I think that Fall 2012 will be one of the most spirited times that PSU has seen in recent years. Everyone will be excited to put the current year behind them and start fresh- the first full year with a new president, new football coach/staff, and a new opportunity to show people what Penn State is really all about. After all, after the chaos this year has brought, there’s nowhere to go but up.</p>
<p>Well put pens.</p>
<p>My son spent four of the happiest years of his life as a Penn State undergrad. Happy Valley is a great college town and PSU is big enough that students do not outgrow it. Sure he loved the 7 football home games ( he played in the band in front of 106,000 people). Thats 7 weekends a school year. Certainly football did not define his student days at PSU it was just part of it.</p>
<p>Unless you are a football player I woud not think that this scandle will affect the student’s education at all.</p>
<p>I hope that even with the obvious hurt this has done to the football program, that the school spirit remains strong! I’ve been very excited to possibly have the chance to be apart of such pride.</p>
<p>It’s great mostly everyone still has positive feelings about the school.</p>
<p>Seriously! I also find it really great that quite a few people have come together on the board waiting anxiously for admission to the school and discussing their opinions. It seems to me that the Penn State bond is still strong.</p>
<p>Hey, could you send me the email? i would like to read it. thanks</p>
<p>I’m happy people are getting use out of this. I’m definitely not letting the scandal decide my fate. I hope other prospective students have found it useful as well.</p>
<p>The “Still Waiting? Has Anyone Heard Anything Since The Break?” thread has only been up for 6 days and already has 130 posts- that alone shows that interest in PSU is still extremely high.</p>
<p>Amen.
There are many intelligent kids who were heartbroken over rejections from Penn State and the ones who were accepted are ambivalent to attend because of a scandal?
You should be privileged to have been accepted.</p>
<p>I feel honored to be accepted to a fine school like Penn State. The scandal made me have 2nd thoughts especially because my Guidance Counselor. I think most people would be ambivalent in a tough situation.</p>
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<p>Sax - that’s the way my son is. He LOVES being in the Blue Band and has fun at the home games (and the occasional away game) but his PSU “experience” is not defined by football.</p>
<p>I have a great dislike for people who say people only go to Penn State because football. It’s far from the truth. I learned about Penn State when I was little while watching football games, but I wouldn’t have applied or worked hard to get accepted if the academics weren’t top notch.</p>