“I can’t escape it. … I've been going to minimal classes, because every class I go to I get sick to my stomach. People are making jokes about it.”

—PENN STATE STUDENT, on the aftermath of the sex scandal at the university, where students are reportedly making jokes about being "Sanduskied," in reference to allegations that the college football team's retired defensive coach, Jerry Sandusky, assaulted eight boys. The student, whose identity has not been made public, said her brother was molested by Sandusky in a shower when he was 11. Sandusky has pleaded not guilty to 40 counts of sex crimes against boys. [via The Patriot-News]

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