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Yes, the grad student and his parents should have gone to the cops. If you want to fire the grad student, that would be fine, too. The difference is the grad student had nothing to gain by covering it up. And, I'm less likely to hold a student accountable than a man of supposed position and responsibility. The janitor should have reported it. Paterno should have reported it. Campus security should have reported it. Some of them had the ability to stop it. Some only had the ability to tell the cops. Some had something to gain from a cover-up. All have various degrees of culpability. But, not all have positions of authority over a lot of other young men.
Paterno reported it up the chain to his boss...how can that be considered "covering it up"? If Paterno had wanted to cover it up, he would've told the grad student "I'll look into it" and then done nothing.