You really have never heard Penn State scream “THON” in response to anything and everything on their campus? Really? Any time they – administration or students – face any criticism on anything from Sandusky to frats posting nude photos of women to the “shocking” underage drinking – they uniformly come out and say “this isn’t what our university stands for, our culture is great. Our students raise SO much money for THON.” Google some PSU press conferences – I have heard people say it from the president of the university to the football coach to students. Heck the hockey coach was on some radio interview recently and he was put on the spot re what the athletic department has done to change things post-Sandusky. Not only could he not come up with ONE example pertaining to any sport – including his own – he repeated the line about THON at least 10 times in a 20 min interview.
Sorry the place has a leadership problem.
And they’re shocked re underage drinking?! Has the administration not seen what football tailgates look like? Why turn the blind eye – why not alert State College police and have them issue tickets for public intoxication and/or deal with underage issues on a football Saturday?? I’m guessing bc that would put a damper on festivities.