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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06
I think you may have missed my point.
Trust me, I'm not drinking the Penn State Kool-aid. I wear a Penn State shirt from time to time. I attended a couple games while I was in school. And I went to class and graduated. The end.
Your sorority analogy is a little off. I am in no way saying "Penn State is a special and unique snowflake.". I'm not implying that Penn Staters have more pride, dedication.. or whatever.. than students and alumni of other schools. And I'm definitely not saying they can/should get away with anything and everything.
My point is that basically the entire state IS Penn State. I pretty much grew up in Boston, and there are a ton of great schools there, and many students and alumni take great pride in their school (as they should), and I'm sure many of them are more dedicated to their alma mater than Penn State alumni. But what I'm saying is that a huge chunk of Pennsylvanians live and breathe Penn State, even if they never attend the school. It is THE school in PA. That's not to say that other schools in PA aren't great or worth going to.. And I'm not saying Penn State is the best.. it's just that Penn State is a way of life for A LOT of people.
I don't know a better way to describe it than that.
But maybe that's just my perspective. All I know is, I've never experienced anything like it before. And I've thought this way for a long time - long before Sandusky's name hit the papers.
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I think you need to get out more then. Start with maybe visits to Alabama and Mississippi. Then you might be able to comprehend how spectacularly commonplace Penn State's relationship to its public is.