One year later: Penn State and the Sandusky scandal

From USA TODAY:

…Dave Joyner, a member of the Penn State board of trustees, was just back from working as an orthopedic consultant at the Pan-American Games in Mexico. His wife told him the news. He soon left for emergency meetings.

“We were on fast-reaction mode,” he said. “To use a medical analogy, you had some acute bleeding you had to stop, you had to stabilize the patient, but you didn’t realize then how extensive the injuries were.

“I think the ripple effect is profoundly more than anyone could conceive of. If this had been stealing or embezzling, that would have been horrible enough. But when it involves young children, that takes your breath away.”

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EDITOR: This may be the only piece of real news in this pedestrian article because it shows the mindset of a board member, a medical professiona, who was angry, inexperienced with management, and vulnerable to be manipulated by Gov. Tom Corbett.

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