So, let me get this straight... If I want to be a fry cook at McDonald's, I am required to disclose whether or not I have ever been convicted of a felony and that I take and pass a drug test.

If I want to be a STUDENT at Penn State, I have to disclose whether or not I ever got busted for a drug-related crime.

But, if I want to be a PROFESSOR at Penn State I don't have to mention the little, insignificant fact that in a moment of youthful indiscretion some buddies and I pumped 40 bullets into three men a few years back.

If Professor Krueger has complied with all the requirements placed on him by law, then by all means, I have no problem with him working and earning an honest living. After all, if we can give athletes like Mike Tyson and Lawrence Phillips second and third chances, doesn't an anonymous citizen like Krueger deserve the same chance?

I do, however, have a problem with the university's wholly inadequate background check policy.

After all, if a little thing like murder isn't considered worth looking into, how seriously are the academic backgrounds of the faculty examined before they are turned loose on students?

Let me help you, the accountability-challenged administrators of Penn State University, with your press statement on this matter: "We take full responsibility for having no clue that Texas State Correctional Institute was not a prison.

We thought it was a two-year junior college.

We plan to check the backgrounds of all our existing and future faculty to insure there are no rapists, murderers, drug traffickers, or other felons employed in instructional positions."

Hey, maybe we can get Hannibal Lector as a guest lecturer on Food Service for the Hotel and Restaurant Management majors!