tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post3894565059256202548..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Good riddance, JoePaSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-53874671376845203442011-11-22T20:10:38.917-05:002011-11-22T20:10:38.917-05:00>> Hm: would you have confronted a Nobel Pri...>> Hm: would you have confronted a Nobel Prize winning physicist if you had found out that he had committed serious sexual misconduct? <<<br /><br />I can't say for sure what I would do in a hypothetical situation, but I would feel very bad about myself if I caught anyone doing what Sandusky was supposedly doing and didn't rescue the kid there and then.<br /><br />Precisely steve hsuhttp://duende.uoregon.edu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-2265328551321179532011-11-22T16:05:46.867-05:002011-11-22T16:05:46.867-05:00Sandusky was released at the end of the '98 se...Sandusky was released at the end of the '98 season (retired "voluntarily") - after 2002 he was told not to bring people to PSU athletic facilities, but as an ex-faculty member had the right to come himself. <br /><br />I infer that JoePa believed McQueary; I also think that as a 75 year old catholic he did not want to hear any of the details (local reports are that he said Steinn Sigurdssonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-56228674610865281902011-11-22T15:10:09.246-05:002011-11-22T15:10:09.246-05:00In your model, what are Joepa and Mcqueary thinkin...In your model, what are Joepa and Mcqueary thinking in subsequent weeks and years when they look at each other and at Sandusky as he passes them in the locker room?<br /><br />Does Joepa think Mcqueary was on drugs and made the whole thing up? Then why is Mcqueary in one of the top coaching positions?<br /><br />Perhaps you don't believe Mcqueary's testimony that he told Joepa all the steve hsuhttp://duende.uoregon.edu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-71115455494369443472011-11-22T15:04:56.111-05:002011-11-22T15:04:56.111-05:00Enabler. ;-)
You really should not believe everyt...Enabler. ;-)<br /><br />You really should not believe everything you read in the paper. <br /><br />State law here is quite explicit: you report child abuse to the person who is reponsible for reporting it to the authorities,<br />you do not do your own investigation (it tips off suspects and messes up evidence trails); you do not talk to anyone about it;<br />you will be told, eventually, the Steinn Sigurdssonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-18257073804003014102011-11-22T13:34:40.059-05:002011-11-22T13:34:40.059-05:00I don't know much about their character at all...I don't know much about their character at all. Chip Kelly, however, is a football genius :-)<br /><br />However, even given the low ethical standards in big time college sports, I would guess very few head coaches and ADs would cover up an incident like Sandusky's involving a 10 year old.steve hsuhttp://duende.uoregon.edu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-45867339854594176672011-11-22T13:14:47.303-05:002011-11-22T13:14:47.303-05:00 "In the past month, no fewer than six [...]... "In the past month, no fewer than six [...] football <br />players have been suspected of or charged with various crimes, including<br /> two key players charged with crimes of violence against women.<br /><br /> The responses to these incidents by [...] <br />head football coach [...] and [...] athletic director [...] <br />can be summarized as follows: If a player is a vital Steinn Sigurdssonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-46553371213594839682011-11-17T02:44:27.355-05:002011-11-17T02:44:27.355-05:00Ya know botti and I haven’t a clue if you will rea...Ya know botti and I haven’t a clue if you will read this post as it is lower down in the thought and posting pattern. At the time of that fight I was living in Corvallis and we drove down to Eugene to watch it on what was then the highest tech system imaginable. Closed Circuit “telebitchin" shown by admission only in the MU (erb?). It was by far the most brutal fight I had ever seen (and I KenChttp://pulse.yahoo.com/_QBER2EGJKUU3AY6MZX7UFSQITInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-62318473828209094842011-11-16T16:59:45.960-05:002011-11-16T16:59:45.960-05:00The only reason to think that JoePa knew anything ...The only reason to think that JoePa knew anything is McQueary's accusation. The fact that McQueary is starting to change his story is troubling. Sandusky's lawyer now says that they have Victim 2 and he denies everything. The whole thing may seriously blow up if McQueary admits that he lied, or if some docs discrediting him show up.esmithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-33573741110149828092011-11-15T18:37:24.215-05:002011-11-15T18:37:24.215-05:00> Paterno denied having been told about anal se...> Paterno denied having been told about anal sex.<br /><br />IIRC McQueary directly contradicts this in his GJ testimony.<br /><br />The latest news is that McQueary claims to have stopped Sandusky in the act:<br />http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57325469/mcqueary-email-i-did-go-to-the-police/<br /><br />In an email to former teammates, obtained by NBC News, McQueary said: "The truth steve hsuhttp://duende.uoregon.edu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-19437253260980261632011-11-15T16:45:22.141-05:002011-11-15T16:45:22.141-05:00Paterno denied having been told about anal sex. He...Paterno denied having been told about anal sex. He says that the assistant coach only told them about Sandusky showering with a kid. Which is still wrong, but, if that's the case, everyone's reaction looks much more adequate. Aside from this case and the the 1998 incident, there's no reason to think that Paterno or anyone else in Penn State knew of any impropriety going on.<br /><br /esmithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-36894212738781488572011-11-15T00:12:37.945-05:002011-11-15T00:12:37.945-05:00See this piece by Dave Zirin in The Nation.See <a href="http://www.thenation.com/blog/164587/world-joe-paterno-made" rel="nofollow">this piece</a> by Dave Zirin in <em>The Nation</em>.Christopher Weednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-87765785404488478832011-11-14T16:46:50.448-05:002011-11-14T16:46:50.448-05:00I agree, however, scientists need to some extent p...I agree, however, scientists need to some extent police other scientists as well. Not just in cases of scientific misconduct, but just in a general moral and ethical sense.Guy_Brodudenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-27765580901070101002011-11-10T21:31:55.443-05:002011-11-10T21:31:55.443-05:00Great post. More scientists need to speak up on bo...Great post. More scientists need to speak up on both moral and contemporary political questions. The historians have been doing it and the other non-scientific disciplines have been doing it in greater numbers, at least based on research I've read on relative political activity in different academic disciplines.<br /><br />We need to call out outrageous behavior more often for what it is.Justin Loehttp://profiles.google.com/justinloenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-89910397107614563302011-11-09T20:32:29.464-05:002011-11-09T20:32:29.464-05:00***Good riddance, JoePa ***
OT, but speaking of...***Good riddance, JoePa ***<br /> <br /> OT, but speaking of Joes, R.I.P. ‘Smokin’ Joe Frazier. I recently watched the superb documentary ‘Thriller in Manilla’ which largely tells the story of this fight from Frazier’s perspective. Frazier’s courage in that fight was unbelievable, especially as it was subsequently revealed that through his career he was legally blind in his left eye. By the end bottinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-6903821634253280392011-11-09T12:10:18.225-05:002011-11-09T12:10:18.225-05:00This does leave one speechless. The Atlantic had a...This does leave one speechless. The Atlantic had a good article a few months back on reasons college athletes should get paid for their services as they are essentially minor league players for the pros. At least in football, basketball, and baseball.<br /><br />But this Penn State development goes way beyond the pale. And makes one wonder what else is going on in various other institutions. PSU KenChttp://pulse.yahoo.com/_QBER2EGJKUU3AY6MZX7UFSQITInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-40680836934368507202011-11-09T12:01:22.451-05:002011-11-09T12:01:22.451-05:00If Paterno continues living this is all going to c...If Paterno continues living this is all going to come out in the criminal trial and private lawsuits. Why did Sandusky not succeed Paterno as head coach, as was widely expected? What did Paterno know? How could Paterno and the grad assistant (now the WR coach) look each other in the eye year after year, knowing that Sandusky was still around, had an office in the building and brought young kids steve hsuhttp://duende.uoregon.edu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-89949251186436605852011-11-09T08:39:18.281-05:002011-11-09T08:39:18.281-05:00There were at least two credible accusations of ra...There were at least two credible accusations of rape years ago. This morning the number has risen to 17. That Sandusky was not reported to the police as required by Pennsylvania is beyond astonishing. That he was allowed to continue at Penn State after multiple accusations indicates a level of moral depravity among the Penn State coaches and administrative staff, including both Paterno and the sykes.1noreply@blogger.com