Not a nickel

are you done now?

  • yep- f them

    Votes: 17 94.4%
  • no- I'm a cockeyed optimist

    Votes: 1 5.6%

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psuro

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RO, were you in Ocean City NJ last week? I saw a guy on the beach that I suspect was about your age with a shirt that said "I may be old, but I got to see the best bands". Immediately thought of you.
Ha! No, actually I went up to State College through Monday.

But, that does sound like a great t-shirt - I should look for it.
 
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Bison13

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While I do agree totally with fairgambit I do understand his position. I donated to my college for years, not much but something every year. After the Sandusky thing I stopped giving and sent an email to the development people and the Dean on why I stopped and why I did not want them to contact me again.
I still attend football games and pay for 2 Season Tickets. But it is now about seeing old friends rather than just going to the games.
As for this board I agree with fairgambit that more is discussed here than PSU and I will learn of other stories.
The BOT needs to be changed. The Ag folks need to be reduced. Same with the Business and Industry folks and no naming your successor. The number of folks on the board should be reduced to a manageable number.

This is where I am at as well. I will not donate anything, but I will pick and choose which football basketball or wrestling match I to attend. Those are social events, like you said, just like going to any other concert or professional game.
 

Bwifan

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Have you tried? How many BOT members did you contact? PSU Adminstration ? Local and state government officials? Local and state media? If you feel laws are being broken and you feel that strongly about it, maybe seek legal counsel? If you haven’t, sounds like you are giving up before trying. I don’t always agree with Barry’s tactics or logic, but I respect his willingness to challenge the status quo legally because he felt laws were broken. If enough people didn’t stop until every rock was turned over than maybe your voice would be heard. If you truly want to make a difference, then do it.
You have no idea what angles I have pursued and what I haven't. You paint with a very broad brush. You attack Barry but then say you respect him. Which is it? This board awaits eag
How ironic since you totally missed the context of the post.
Nope... I just don't argue or engage with trolls. As they say Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then beat you with experience.
 
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Moogy

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no gifts, no football tickets, no creamery ice cream
f PSU and anything that smells like it
I’ll donate an extra $5 this year to make up for what they’ll now be missing.
I had been "done" before. The latest news just confirms that, for me, it was the correct decision. I have a friend who thinks otherwise and nothing will change his mind. "Penn State right or wrong" is his motto. And so it is. Each to his own.
Now you’re double-secret done. Realistically, it’s probably in multiples of hundreds by now. “This time I’m even more donerererer!”

Spread positivity.
 

PSU87

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How many times do you intend to make the same point?

Now you’re just being sanctimonious. It says a

See his reply to your post and mine. Pretty sure he’s just a sanctimonious pr#%k who just needs to hear himself talk. My post was flippant but your’s was well reasoned and well communicated, yet he still had to respond like an a$$.
We sift through good takes and not so good takes on this forum every day.

Fairgambit cast as a "sanctimonious p%$#k" might be the worst take I've seen here in a bit...
 

LB99

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You have no idea what angles I have pursued and what I haven't. You paint with a very broad brush. You attack Barry but then say you respect him. Which is it? This board awaits eag

Nope... I just don't argue or engage with trolls. As they say Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then beat you with experience.
Well, if your definition of a troll is not buying into the mob mentality of hysteria, then I guess I’m guilty as charged. Congrats. You figured me out.
 

PSUJam

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no gifts, no football tickets, no creamery ice cream
f PSU and anything that smells like it
My daughter is a junior, my nephew just enrolled this summer in Smeal and is currently on campus loving it, and my niece starts this Fall. All at University Park and all loving every minute of it. They don't give a shįt about the BOT no different than you didn't give a shít when you attended. Did you ever consider that the BOT when you attended might have been a corrupt bunch of criminals filling thier pockets with your tuition money worse than today's bunch? There's a Helluva lot more eyes on that kind of stuff these days. But hey, we all have the memories of PSU being great then but now get the eff off my lawn. The BOT were choir boys looking out for all of us when we attended? I remember a coach that constantly clash with Old Main.
 
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GrimReaper

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My daughter is a junior, my nephew just enrolled this summer in Smeal and is currently on campus loving it, and my niece starts this Fall. All at University Park and all loving every minute of it. They don't give a shįt about the BOT no different than you didn't give a shít when you attended. Did you ever consider that the BOT when you attended might have been a corrupt bunch of criminals filling thier pockets with your tuition money worse than today's bunch? There's a Helluva lot more eyes on that kind of stuff these days. But hey, we all have the memories of PSU being great then but now get the eff off my lawn. The BOT were choir boys looking out for all of us when we attended? I remember a coach that constantly clash with Old Main.
Do those kids, or any student at PSU, realize that the University has been running an operating deficit for 2-3 years and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future? Do they realize that this is unsustainable? Of course not. So while they're having fun someone has to be an adult or fun dies.
 
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PSUJam

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Do those kids, or any student at PSU, realize that the University has been running an operating deficit for 2-3 years and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future? Do they realize that this is unsustainable? Of course not. So while they're having fun someone has to be an adult or fun dies.
When my daughter visits your house for physical therapy with a PSU degree to wipe your *** tell her this.
 
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GrimReaper

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When my daughter visits your house for physical therapy with a PSU degree to wipe your *** tell her this.
I would think that with a degree in physical therapy your daughter could do better than become a home health aide. I guess like father........
 
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Manofsteel200

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This is where I am at as well. I will not donate anything, but I will pick and choose which football basketball or wrestling match I to attend. Those are social events, like you said, just like going to any other concert or professional game.
Same here. We go up to meet with friends and family who live in Philly. I have two boys about ready to head to college. Going to PSU just isn’t a priority anymore.
 

PSUJam

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I would think that with a degree in physical therapy your daughter could do better than become a home health aide. I guess like father........
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