That wasn't a security guard but a University Police detective. That warning was just about all that came out of an official police investigation into allegations of child molestation.
The fact that the law didn't bring charges against Sandusky is one of the things that make me feel sympathetic towards the position Paterno found himself in.
“The fact that the law didn’t bring charges against Sandusky is one of the things that make me feel sympathetic towards the position Paterno found himself in.”
Then you OBVIOUSLY have not spent much time dealing with major, ste-run Universities, outside of the classroom....
People saw.
People knew.
A few people even talked.
But ultimately it got swept under the rug for years because of the rush to Saturday, those autumn game days when people funnel MONEY into Happy Valley for the biggest thing in the state. Can’t harm the brand, after all.
Spanier, like many other big-time college Presidents is/was so much like a KING in his domain. No one DARES to question him, and EVERYONE sucks up to him.
His word is law on Campus, and especially in the town around. You don’t want to have your biz, or your campaign for local office BLACK-LISTED by the liberals running the school, do you?
Your sister needs a job? We might have something in Administration for her, IF you play along...
This is as much a problem of the Culture that allowed it, as it is the scandal itself.