<p>As this fiasco is being played out, I am getting more and more comfortable that my son might choose PSU next year. I keep thinking what if I were part of the PSU community - students, faculty, staff, alum, local residents, etc. First, they were betrayed by their leaders. Then, they were punished and discriminated for a despicable crime that they had nothing to do with. How would I feel? How would I behave? I am very impressed with what I have seen so far. I don’t think I can do any better. This is a community with characters, and this is a situation where young people can build characters.</p>
<p>If my son chooses PSU next year, that tells me 1) he is not interested in football, or at least the way big college football had been played for decades; 2) he is mature enough to cut through the media frenzy; 3) he does not shy away from a course against the conventional wisdom.</p>
<p>Think about it, if a student deliberately chooses PSU after all this, he probably knows what he is doing; he probably knows what’s important to him. How do you advise against that? Tell him some small-minded people might discriminate against him in the future?</p>