Why Penn State Students Rioted—They Deify Joe Paterno

STATE COLLEGE, Pa.–Last night I witnessed the aftermath of the brief, angry riot at Penn State: an overturned news van being righted by a bulldozer, debris from battered cars and upended trash cans littering the street, college kids in “Joe Knows Football” t-shirts stumbling away from College Avenue with pepper sprayed red eyes and tear-stained faces, courtesy of the police. The students had reacted violently to the 10 p.m

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Why Penn State Students Rioted—They Deify Joe Paterno