You don’t have to be ashamed of your Alma Mater. Be ashamed of the idiots who turned their back on the victims at Penn State. There is a lot of them sadly.
You know, Halls, I wish it were that simple. It is an institutional sickness—aka Alma Mater—that brought this on. I very much appreciate your words. Be sure of that.
But it is what it is.
I enjoyed four wonderful years at Penn State. It’s moral values paralleled those I grew up with—first in a Phildelphia row home then in an orphanage. I learned to really enjoy the attainment of knowledge there. I met my wonderful wife there. Always was sommewhat saddened when my children chose other universities. Today, I’m thankful.
But my unhappiness and anger pales against what Penn State allowed to happen to those children.