On the abrupt firing of Pennsylvania State football coach Joe Paterno and the subsequent student riot that occurred in downtown State College, PA

Kevin Goff, 19, a freshman studying film, did not protest Mr. Paterno’s firing. He came out just to see the show.

“My friends were like, ‘I don’t want to get maced,’ ” he said. “I was like, ‘I don’t want to miss seeing this, so I guess that means I do kind of want to get maced.’