Penn State Students Chant Support For Fired Coach
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Hundreds of Penn State students have taken to the streets to chant their support for ousted football coach Joe Paterno.
The students flooded downtown State College on Wednesday night after Paterno and university President Graham Spanier were fired amid a growing furor linked to their handling of sex abuse allegations against a former assistant football coach.
The students gathered about two blocks from the campus, with some chanting 'We want Joe! We want Joe!" Some shook a lamp post and others tipped over a news van, kicking out its windows.
A smaller crowd gathered outside Paterno's home. He had earlier in the day announced his intention to retire at the end of the season. After his firing, he told students he would have to get used to not being the coach.
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