Let me preface this by saying I can not imagine what these alleged victims went through, and how those horrible experiences have been a part of their every day life since they took place. My heart goes out to all of them.
That being said, I don't know I feel one way or the other about the decision to fire Joe Paright now. either way what I DO find embarrassing is that after all these years and everything Joe Pa has done for that University that they wouldn't give him the respect of calling him in and delivering his fate face to face. It is hard to fathom that that man has been at PSU since before most on this board were even born, and they found it appropriate to fire him over the phone. Letting him finish out the year, then moving on would have sufficed in my opinion. The president being let go, and Joe Pa leaving at the end of the year would have been a clear enough indicator that the school wanted a change in leadership to guide the ship through turbulent waters. Good people sometimes have lapses in judgement, and/ or make bad decisions. In this instance, it was a gross miscalculation of moral responsibility on Joe's part, but over the course of his 60+ years at PSU Joe Pa has more than proven he is a good man. The fact that this happened 10 years ago, and the board flat out said they still do not have all the facts and there is a lot of information that they are unclear on makes me wonder why they found it necessary to announce his immediate firing at the conclusion of their meeting. To me, it seems like a PR move to wipe some of the egg off their face, especially considering he overpowered their requests for him to step down back in '04 I believe.
