Just a Man - Celeste McCauley
We’re all only human, even Joe Paterno.
I spent four years of my life as a student at Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania.
I
worked on the student newspaper, The Daily Collegian, for all those years too.
And...
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Just a Man - Celeste McCauley
We’re all only human, even Joe Paterno.
I spent four years of my life as a student at Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania.
I
worked on the student newspaper, The Daily Collegian, for all those years too.
And every Saturday along with thousands I cheered on the Nittany Lions football team led by
longtime coach Joe Paterno.
I was fortunate to interview him when Penn State won the national championship against Miami and
was present at the White House for a ceremony honoring the team.
I’ll never forget how humble he
was.
He always looked more like a professor in his Coke-bottle glasses, suitcoat and tie than a coach.
Even if you weren’t a player on his team, you could learn from Paterno.
The no-name jerseys the
team wore showed selflessness.
The millions he and his wife, Sue, donated to the school for the
library and liberal arts departments spoke volumes.
Education, he said, was more important than a
winning score.
(Though he did w
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