
One of the odder things about the sports blogosphere is how much time has been spent discussing masturbating in libraries. It all started when Deadspin made Carl Monday a household name, at least if you're in a household where sports blogs are read, and now we've got another entrant.
Penn State basketball player Stanley Pringle has been charged in an incident involving public masturbation that occurred last Thursday in a campus library. The Penn State student newspaper reports:
Police said Pringle, the team's point guard, sat behind the victim in the stacks section of the library, attempted to start a conversation with the woman and began masturbating. Police have filed charges of public lewdness and disorderly conduct against him in connection to the incident, but Centre County District Judge Jonathan Grine, who is out of the office, was unable to sign the criminal complaint as of 2 p.m. today. Without the signed complaint, Pringle cannot be formally arrested.
Penn State's athletic spokesman confirmed the charges but said Pringle's status with the basketball team remains unchanged.
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A worker walks over a logo on the floor of the Alamodome in preparation for the NCAA college basketball Final Four championship Thursday, April 3, 2008, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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** FILE ** North Carolina State coach Jim Valvano waves the net in victory after defeating Houston in the NCAA Final Four Championship game in Albuquerque, N.M., in this April 5, 1983 file photo. In the years that followed, he would be vilified for running a dirty program and dismissed from North Carolina State, then lionized for showing great dignity and courage in a losing battle with cancer. (AP Photo/Leonard Ignelzi, file)
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Fans applaud and cheer as the UCLA Bruin men's basketball team, lead by Lorenzo Mata-Real in front, marches through the campus in Los Angeles, enroute to the airport and the NCAA Final Four tournament, Wednesday, April 2, 2008 (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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UCLA center Kevin Love talks with a reporter as the Bruins men's basketball team marches through the campus in Los Angeles, enroute to the airport and the NCAA Final Four tournament, Wednesday, April 2, 2008 (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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** FILE ** Alcorn State men's basketball coach Samuel West signals during a game against Texas in this Nov. 9, 2006, file photo in Austin, Texas. In one of his first moves on the job, Alcorn State athletic director Darren Hamilton fired West. West said Wednesday, April 2, 2008, that he was surprised by the move after a season when nine of his 11 players had significant injuries. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck, File)
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** FILE ** George Mason head coach Jim Larranaga is seen during the Final Four semifinal basketball game against Florida in Indianapolis, in this April 1, 2006 file photo. Larranaga has turned down an offer to coach at his alma mater, Providence College. "We offered him a very substantial package but he was too comfortable in his current situation and opted to stay at George Mason," Providence athletic director Bob Driscoll said Wednesday, April 2, 2008. (AP Photos/Darron Cummings, file)
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Portland State basketball player Scott Morrison hides his face with his hand while being detained in the Cabo San Lucas city jail Tuesday, April 1, 2008, in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Two Portland State basketball players were freed from jail Wednesday after they told police they weren't part of a fight in the Mexican resort town. Jeremiah Dominguez and Morrison denied beating up a 23-year-old Michigan man last week. (AP Photo/Ignacio Martnez).
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** FILE ** North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough, right, dunks over Juan Palacios during the second half of the NCAA East Regional final basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., in this March 29, 2008 file photo. Hansbrough has played every possession of his career with the unbreakable determination that he would one day lead North Carolina to a national championship. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, file)
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** FILE ** Memphis coach John Calipari reacts in the second half of the NCAA South Regional basketball final in Houston, in this March 30, 2008 file photo. Calipari surprised friend and mentor Larry Brown. He changed his offense to something that might be used at a small college. But the new look freed the Tigers to play and have fun, and now they're clicking and heading to the Final Four. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Tom Crean responds to a question after being introduced as the Indiana Hoosiers head basketball coach in Bloomington, Ind., Wednesday, April 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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