A common theme in the news right now seems to be resignation: first, the prime minister of Greece, now the prime minister of Italy, and not to mention Joe Paterno, the Penn State football coach. While I have been following the debt crisis in Greece and was not surprised to read that George Papandreou was planning to step down, I was surprised to read in today's paper that Silvio Berlusconi is also planning to resign. This article was very informative and provided a thorough background on Italy's economic problems, which I did not know as much about as Greece's economic problems. I also thought that the photo of Berlusconi is very fitting for this article; he looks stoic and somber, yet slightly defeated.
The second resignation that I read about today was that of Paterno, who I have been trying to read about and stay updated on. The more details that are revealed, the more horrifying this story becomes. Paterno's lack of action is dishonorable, and he has done the right thing by stepping down from his position of power where he was supposed to be a role model.
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