THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2013
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"After what has been written and said over the last few years, I'm not overly surprised."
Pete Rose, the all-time hits leader in baseball is not in the Hall of Fame.
-Grantland.com
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: When was the last time no player was elected to the Hall of Fame?
A:1996.
THE MORNING BREW
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Bonds, Clemens, other standouts deserve recognition
Watching baseball on television has truly never been better. Now with HD LED
televisions, we can see the green blades of grass as if we are holding them in our own hand. However, one aspect of the game these TVs do not clearly show fans are the morals and values of the players we admire. Although the steroid era in baseball was a dark time for the game's history, baseball writers recently chose to wrongfully not elect any players to this year's Hall of Fame.
If you think about why some of the best players in history are not going to the Hall of Fame this year, it is because of their ties to steroids, even though many of them have never been proven of any steroid use throughout their careers. What is worse is that for only
the second time in the past 43 years, the Baseball Writers' Association of America did not invite a single player to Cooperstown.
In a statement to the Los Angeles Times, Michael Weiner, the executive director of the players' union, said the situation is, "Unfortunate, if not sad. The Hall should include the best players
to have ever played the game. To ignore the historic accomplishments of Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, for example is hard to justify."
Many people forget that Cooperstown is in fact a museum. A museum with rich history. A museum where the average person can walk in and learn about America's pastime, both the good and bad. I visited the website for the Hall of Fame and looked up the rules. Nowwhere was I able to find anything that states a player is prohibited from being elected due to steroid use.
The great thing about America is that we are willing to give second chances to the ones we love after they do something wrong. When Tiger Woods committed adultery, we forgive him. He is still playing golf, though he has not won a major since. After Michael Vick
served time in jail for his dog fighting involvement, we forgive him and let him back in the NFL, although he is not the same player he used to be. So even though the accused baseball players were not elected to the Hall of Fame this year, the BBWAA should give the accused a second chance when they appear on the ballot for next year.
— Edited by Brian Sisk
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Paterno supporters commemorate one-year anniversary of his death
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Penn State students Dan Hamm, left, a freshman from Williamsport, Pa., and Nick Bucci, a freshman from Dayton, Md., visit the grave of former Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno in State College, Pa. Supporters of Paterno are marking the 1-year anniversary of his death with a candlelight tilt Tuesday night.
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Flowers and mementos left by supportors adorned Joe Paterno's gravesite Tuesday, a year after the longtime Penn State coach's death, while at the spot where a bronze statue of him used to stand, a makeshift sign of cardboard flapped in a cold wind.
"Joseph Paterno. Always remembered. Always a legend," read the sign outside Beaver Stadium and attached to a tree with white wire.
The Hall of Fame coach died of lung cancer Jan. 22, 2012, at age 85. Besides the bouquets and signs, supporters also planned to mark the anniversary of his death with a candlelight vigil at a downtown State College mural that includes a depiction of Paterno.
He died more than two months after being fired in the frantic days following the arrest of former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky on child molestation charges in November 2011. His legacy remains a sensitive topic for groups of alumni, former players and local residents.
A year ago, the campus was flooded with mourners. Commemorations were much smaller on a frigid Tuesday with temperatures in the teens.
A family spokesman has said the Paternos would not take part in public gatherings Tuesday.
Supporters like Dan Hamm, a freshman from Williamsport, have said
Paterno's 46-year career as a whole should be taken into consideration, including the longtime coach's focus on academics.
"We wanted to pay our respects. We wanted to celebrate who he was as a person." Hamm said after visiting Paterno's grave at a State College cemetery on a blustery afternoon.
Then, nodding his head in the direction of Paterno's adorned gravesite, Hamm said, "You can see here that Joe Paterno was Penn State, and Penn State will always be Joe Paterno."
Former FBI director Louis Freeh released findings July 12 in the school's internal investigation of the scandal. Paterno's reputation was tarnished after Freeh accused the coach and three former school administrators of covering up allegations against Sandusky.
The retired defensive coordinator has been sentenced to at least 30 years in prison after being convicted of 45 criminal counts. Prosecutors said allegations occurred off and on campus, including the football facility.
On July 22, Penn State removed Paterno's statue, which had been a gathering point for mourners last January. The next day, the NCAA reacted with uncharacteristic swiftness in levying strict sanctions including a four-year bowl ban, strict scholarship cuts and a $60 million fine.
Paterno was also stripped of 111 vic
tories, meaning he no longer held the major college record of 409 career wins.
Paterno's family and the three administrators have vehemently denied Freeh's allegations, along with denying suspicions they took part in a cover-up. Also, Paterno's family has been planning what a spokesman has called a comprehensive response to Freeh's findings.
But on Tuesday, the family was expected to remain in privacy. A delivery man dropped off flowers at the Paternos modest ranch home in the afternoon, walking past a sign staked to the snow-covered lawn.
The sign read in part, "Thank you Joel! Thank you Sue!", referring to Paterno's widow. "RIP JoePae ... 409 forever." Another sign posted near Paterno's grave read "Joe Paterno. Penn State's Spirit in the Sky."
Hamm's friend, fellow freshman Nick Bucci, said he felt his school handled the scandal well overall, given the extent of the fallout, with some exceptions.
At some point, Bucci said, the school should honor Paterno. He referred to one suggestion that dated back years before Paterno's death, of naming the field at the stadium after the coach.
But Bucci advocated for perspective.
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He inter advocated for perspective. "A day like today, those emotions might be high," said Bucci, of Dayton, Md. "I don't think now is the time to do it. I think you have to wait."
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