Attention all Penn State students: It is now OK to discriminate and intimidate at your university -- but only once.

According to an internal investigation conducted by Penn State, women's basketball coach Rene Portland discriminated against former Lady Lion Jen Harris on the basis of sexual orientation, which violated the university's anti-discrimination policy.

A victory for those wishing to rid the world of discrimination, right? Sadly enough, it isn't.

Portland walked away with not much more than a slap on the wrist and a $10,000 fine.

The fine was levied as a form of sanction "that was more immediate," according to the university's statement.

What the university really means is that by deduction the fine from her paycheck, Portland will not have to serve a one-game suspension next season and the issue can hopefully be put to rest a lot more quickly.

Silly Rene, said the university. Shucks, don't do that again, people might get wise to the fact that you don't tolerate lesbians on your basketball team.

Isn't this decision counterintuitive to everything Penn State officials say the university stands for?

Penn State claims to foster diversity. But while Penn State President Graham Spanier publicly denounces the "Illegal Immigration Game," other university officials are hatching a plan to somehow keep Portland and appease the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender community.

It didn't work.

If Portland discriminated, she should have been fired. Instead she got off easy and still has the nerve to call the process "flawed." Has anyone informed Portland just how lucky she is to maintain her position at Penn State?

The university did inform Portland that she would be fired if something like this happened again. But doesn't Portland have a long, documented history of discrimination? A well-publicized 1986 Chicago Sun-Times article comes to mind, in which Portland was quoted saying she told prospective recruits and parents that she didn't allow lesbian activity in her program.

"I bring it up, and the kids are so relieved and the parents are so relieved. But they would probably go without asking the question otherwise, which is really dumb," Portland said in the article.

Let's simplify this, Portland violated a policy that the university enacted in response to her previous admittance of discrimination against lesbians.

It's like we're all children again, playing a game in the backyard and Portland has been given the chance to use a "do-over."

At some point maturity and professionalism should factor into this equation.

Let's be realistic. If Portland had discriminated based on race, rather than sexual preference, she'd be gone in a heartbeat.

How many talented young women does she have to ban from her program before some serious measures are taken?