Because Coach Portland thought that I was gay, I was treated in a very demeaning manner, ... Coach Portland created an offensive, hostile and intimidating learning environment for players she believed were gay. She created divisiveness on the team by instructing players not to associate with other players she believed to be gay, or they would be kicked off the team also. Coach Portland's final insult was to exclude me from the 2004-2005 Awards Banquet, which all of my 2004-2005 Lady Lion basketball teammates were invited to attend. |
Don't worry, I'm not an ogre - I do bite, but very selectively. |
I am disappointed by this result. Penn State did not take the allegations seriously and does not appear interested in solving the underlying problem. |
I don't know how to explain it. It was a dream come true. I couldn't ask for anything more. I think I could die happy tonight. |
I kind of laughed. I was so stunned. I didn't know why she was asking and what it had to do with basketball. I didn't know what the problem was. |
I know my credit was bad. |
I only heard of a (few) people that asked about the free gas, and most of them suspected it was simply too good to be true. |
In the 1960s, the original Medicare benefit was marked by challenges and difficulties, just as the new drug benefit is today. |
My departure from Penn State was very painful. I struggled with whether I should just walk away and try to forget what happened. I finally realized that I could never put this incident behind me. |
The fact that she still says that she did nothing wrong, and not owning up to anything is the problem. That bothers me. |
There are certainly strong feelings on both sides, |
There are questions about who will pay for all of this, but our premise has been to get people the help they need first and worry about who will pay for this later, ... In particular, we know the feds will bear much of the brunt. |
to do something to make sure it doesn't happen to anyone again. |
To the world who watched us on July 4 and in the months afterward, we say thank you for all your enthusiasm. |
unsatisfactory and detrimental to the success of the team. |