{"id":188854,"date":"2015-08-15T17:42:40","date_gmt":"2015-08-15T21:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/?p=188854"},"modified":"2015-08-15T17:42:40","modified_gmt":"2015-08-15T21:42:40","slug":"d-jay-newbill-an-open-thank-you-letter-to-psu-president-ad-and-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/d-jay-newbill-an-open-thank-you-letter-to-psu-president-ad-and-head-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"D-Jay Newbill: An Open Thank You Letter to PSU President, AD and Head Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/delgrecowilson.com\/2015\/08\/15\/d-jay-newbill-an-open-thank-you-letter-to-psu-president-ad-and-head-coach\/\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/dj-newbill-cap-and-gown-page-0.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>DJ, on The Black Cager:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230; I will spend the rest of my life serving as an ambassador for Penn State University. I want see hundreds, even thousands, of other young poor Black Philadelphia boys and girls experience life as a Nittany Lion. While I am leaving campus as a student, my heart and soul will always be present and accounted for in Happy Valley!!<\/p>\n<p>I look forward to becoming an active member of alumni associations. I look forward to talking to middle and high school students about MY university. While I have to go work in France, I will return to campus as soon as the wheels of the plane touch down on American soil.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for believing in me. I hope I have been able to make you proud of me. &#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/delgrecowilson.com\/2015\/08\/15\/d-jay-newbill-an-open-thank-you-letter-to-psu-president-ad-and-head-coach\/\">D-Jay Newbill: An Open Thank You Letter to PSU President, AD and Head Coach \u00ab The Black Cager<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DJ, on The Black Cager: &#8230; I will spend the rest of my life serving as an ambassador for Penn State University. I want see hundreds, even thousands, of other young poor Black Philadelphia boys and girls experience life as a Nittany Lion. 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