Open letter to Penn State President Rodney Erickson Dear President Erickson: I am reliably informed that under the administration of former President Graham Spanier, it was Penn State policy not to resolve expeditiously Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) complaints raised by disabled students and other disabled members of the Penn State community. Instead the University’s […]
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John Bertoty co-founder of Blueroof
John Bertoty (right) is Executive Director of Blueroof Technologies, Inc. This is a position John has held for the past 10 years when he founded Blueroof with Robert Walters (left). Listen to one of the sounds you might hear after you enter the front door. burgularalarmon In 2002, John was Academic Principal, McKeesport Area High […]
Segregation threatens your soul
From Where I Sit: My column in Voices of Central Pennsylvania, October 2010 “Trouble, trouble, I have had trouble all my days. / It seems like trouble going to follow me to my grave,” sang the great blues artist Bessie Smith. An African-American, Smith’s skin color put her in her grave, according to the authoritative […]
Ask candidates their position on disabled, elderly voters
From Where I Sit: My column in Voices of Central Pennsylvania, September 2010 “Who will protect us against the protectors?” Plato (428-348 BC) asks. Over the years, in a variety of situations, it has become useful to question what happens when people put in charge of helping others help themselves. The question came quickly to […]