Last week Penn State President Eric Barron stood in solidarity with a group of black students in front of Old Main. President Barron raised his hands in the air in a gesture associated with the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. I participated in a number of demonstrations in the Sixties at Old Main, and the Penn State President, whose name I can’t remember, was nowhere near the place. As an alumnus, I am quite pleased with President Barron.
Along comes Jerry Knowles (R), representative of Schuylkill County and Summit Hill, who, according to the Morning Call, stated, “I believe he should either issue a public apology to law enforcement officials, or step down as president of the university.”
I am often irritated or disappointed with my own representative Doyle Heffley, but then I pause and think, at least he’s not Jerry Knowles.
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