Alumni group seeks new PSU trustees over Paterno

   STATE COLLEGE, Pa. --

A group of Penn State alumni unhappy over the November firing of football coach Joe Paterno are organizing an effort to elect new members to the university's Board of Trustees.

   Penn Staters for Responsible Stewardship announced Friday that it was seeking candidates in the spring election for three seats on the board that are reserved for alumni.

   Group spokesman Maribeth Roman Schmidt says members believe the board mishandled the firing of Paterno and ouster of president Graham Spanier in the wake of the arrest of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky on child sex-abuse charges.

   Alumni trustee David Jones says he's not running for a sixth three-year term.

 Other open alumni seats are those of teacher Anne Riley and Dr. David Joyner, now serving as the school's interim athletic director.