The Associated Press contributed reporting. When the announcement came that Paterno was fired, Hanselman, a 2012 graduate in media studies, sat watching one of the large televisions in the HUB-Robeson Center, wearing his pink S Zone shirt and Philadelphia Flyers ball cap. This is the first time in 61 years that Joe Paterno has not been involved with Penn State football," he said. Paterno's coaching career ended abruptly in 2011, shortly before his death, when the Penn State Board of Trustees terminated his contract in response to a child sex abuse scandal involving Paterno's former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky. Joe Paterno is no longer the head football coach effective immediately. "It's gonna be hard to walk into beaver stadium and not see Joe Paterno. Braunbeck says he does not condone the violence.īraunbeck says he's sad to see Paterno gone, and that Saturday's game will be difficult. Witnesses said some rocks and bottles were thrown, a lamppost was toppled and a news van was knocked over, its windows kicked out. On the evening of November 9th, more than a thousand Penn State college students vehemently protested the firing of their beloved hero, Joe Paterno, the legendary football couch of Penn State, for not reporting to the police in 2002 his knowledge of coach Jerry Sandusky raping and sodomizing a ten-year-old boy in an athletic facility. Students later headed downtown to Beaver Avenue, where about 100 police wearing helmets and carrying pepper spray were on standby. Late Wednesday night, Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno was fired by the university for allegedly not doing enough to stop Jerry Sanduskybut the previous 48 hours set the stage for the. Does doing the right thing and being loyal for 61 years mean nothing in this society?" referring to the Penn State Board of Trustees. Penn State senior Alex Braunbeck was at the protests and Tweeted, "I still cannot believe the #PSUBOT fired Joe Paterno. (AP)Īs word of the firing of Penn State coach Joe Paterno broke yesterday, thousands of students gathered at the administration building, shouting, "We want Joe back!" and "One more game!" Penn State and the family of late head football coach Joe Paterno announced Friday they have resolved 'outstanding issues' that had divided them, eight years after he was fired. Penn State students and others gather off campus, one holding a cutout of football coach Joe Paterno, Wednesday. Twitter facebook Email This article is more than 11 years old.
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