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Jul 22, 2012 6:39 AM CDT

Penn State Taking Down Paterno Statue

Crews have blockaded area outside Beaver Stadium

(Newser) - Penn State is taking down the tarnished statue of longtime coach Joe Paterno, reports the AP . The university's president, Rod Erickson, has confirmed that he has given the order to remove the iconic statue, and a chainlink fence is blockading the area outside Beaver Stadium this morning. "I...

Penn State Trustee Resigns
Over Sandusky Scandal

Jul 20, 2012 3:50 AM CDT

Penn State Trustee Resigns Over Sandusky Scandal

Steve Garban first board member to leave

(Newser) - A member and former chairman of the Penn State board of trustees has resigned, saying his presence on the board had become "a distraction and an impediment" to the university's efforts to move forward following the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. Steve Garban's resignation last night...

Penn State Students
Guarding Paterno Statue

Jul 19, 2012 3:20 AM CDT

Penn State Students Guarding Paterno Statue

Plane tows banner over campus vowing to take statue down

(Newser) - Penn State students have rallied to protect a statue of disgraced former coach Joe Paterno. A vigil to protect the bronze statue outside Beaver Stadium began after a plane flew over campus earlier this week with a banner reading: "Take the statue down or we will," reports the...

Why Paterno's
Statue Must Stand

OPINION

Jul 18, 2012 12:05 PM CDT

Why Paterno's Statue Must Stand

Penn State can't forget how it deified Joe Paterno: Ta-Nehisi Coates

(Newser) - The people of Happy Valley revered Joe Paterno, and the brand of scholarly athleticism he preached—so much so that they rioted when he was fired. "It is a truth of history that good people do sometimes do heinous things, but that makes it no easier for the human...

NCAA Prez:
'Death Penalty'
on Table for
Penn State

Jul 17, 2012 11:35 AM CDT

NCAA Prez: 'Death Penalty' on Table for Penn State

'It was more than a football scandal,' Mark Emmert tells Tavis Smiley

(Newser) - NCAA President Mark Emmert strongly hinted that the NCAA would take action against Penn State football program in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal—and that the so-called "death penalty" was a possibility. "I've never seen anything as egregious," Emmert told Tavis Smiley,...

3 Accuse
Sandusky
of Abuse
in '70s, '80s

Jul 16, 2012 2:44 PM CDT

3 Accuse Sandusky of Abuse in '70s, '80s

First indication of abuse that pre-dated the '90s

(Newser) - Three men have come forward to accuse Jerry Sandusky of sexual abuse in the 1970s or 1980s, reports the Patriot-News , punching a hole in Sandusky's assertion that he couldn't have magically turned into a pedophile in his 50s. These are the first accusations against Sandusky that pre-date the...

Joe Paterno
Got Hefty
Contract
Amid Inquiry

Jul 14, 2012 8:05 AM CDT

Joe Paterno Got Hefty Contract Amid Inquiry

He got $5.5M, had agreed in summer not to coach after 2011

(Newser) - The New York Times has a story today illustrating the power of Joe Paterno at Penn State: Even as the Jerry Sandusky investigation was proceeding and Paterno had testified before a grand jury, he negotiated a richer contract for himself loaded with perks and worth roughly $5.5 million. The...

Joe Paterno Was a Selfish Liar

opinion

Jul 13, 2012 1:44 PM CDT

Joe Paterno Was a Selfish Liar

Sally Jenkins says the football coach cared more about his legacy than kids

(Newser) - There's no longer any room for doubt: "Joe Paterno was a liar," writes Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post , who was the last to interview Paterno before his death. How, she had asked, could he not have known about the 1998 grand jury investigation into Sandusky? "...

Critics Want JoePa's
Statue Down

Jul 12, 2012 7:27 PM CDT

Critics Want JoePa's Statue Down

Others demand that Penn State drop, or change, football

(Newser) - The reverberations of the Freeh Report continue, and while Joe Paterno's family concedes "it can be argued that Joe Paterno should have gone further," relatives insist that to think "he would have protected Jerry Sandusky to avoid bad publicity is simply not realistic." (The Daily ...

Nike Pulls Paterno's Name
Off Child Care Center

Jul 12, 2012 2:01 PM CDT

Nike Pulls Paterno's Name Off Child Care Center

Freeh report changes shoe company's tune

(Newser) - Nike has decided to drop Joe Paterno's name from the company's child care center, in light of the unsettling revelations in the Freeh Report . Until now, Nike had left the legendary coach's name alone, even as it began to seem, as Clare O'Connor at Forbes quips,...

Penn State TVs Switched to Public Access Before Report

Jul 12, 2012 12:15 PM CDT

Penn State TVs Switched to Public Access Before Report

Sets in student center left CNN just as today's report was released

(Newser) - It was either a bizarre coincidence or a weird attempt to downplay today's Penn State report on campus: The TVs in the college's student center suddenly switched from CNN to public access just as news about the Freeh Report broke, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer . Some of those gathered...

Damning Penn State
Report Released

UPDATED

Jul 12, 2012 9:34 AM CDT

Damning Penn State Report Released

Freeh Report: Spanier, Schultz, Paterno, Curley all disregarded victims' safety

(Newser) - Today's most anticipated news event has arrived: The 9am ET release of the so-called Freeh Report, Penn State's internal investigation into the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal based on more than 3.5 million emails and documents and 430 interviews. Highlights of the report, whose compilation was helmed by...

2001 Penn State
Emails: Was There
a Cover-Up?

Jun 30, 2012 10:57 AM CDT

2001 Penn State Emails: Was There a Cover-Up?

President, officials apparently sent emails about the Sandusky shower incident

(Newser) - Jerry Sandusky may be behind bars , but the allegations are still coming—this time, against Penn State. CNN was given access to emails sent in 2001 that raise questions about what former Penn State President Graham Spanier and two former officials (then-VP Gary Schultz and Athletic Director Tim Curley )...

Jerry Sandusky
Guilty on 45 Counts

Jun 22, 2012 9:13 PM CDT

Jerry Sandusky Guilty on 45 Counts

Ex-Penn State coach will probably spend the rest of his life in prison

(Newser) - Barring a miracle, Jerry Sandusky is going to spend the rest of his life in prison. A jury tonight convicted the former Penn State assistant football coach on 45 of 48 counts of sexually abusing boys. The jury of seven women and five men, including nine with ties to Penn...

Witness:
Sandusky Had
a 'Wonderful
Reputation'

UPDATED

Jun 18, 2012 2:42 PM CDT

Witness: Sandusky Had a 'Wonderful Reputation'

Jury could have the case by Thursday, judge says

(Newser) - Friends and ex-colleagues of Jerry Sandusky testified today on behalf of the former Penn State assistant football coach's "wonderful reputation" as his defense sought to counter prosecution witnesses' claims that he sexually abused boys. Judge John Cleland told jurors that the defense could rest its case by Wednesday,...

McQueary:
No Question
Sandusky Was
Abusing Child

Jun 12, 2012 4:36 PM CDT

McQueary: No Question Sandusky Was Abusing Child

Cites 'skin-on-skin smacking sound'

(Newser) - Despite questions raised over his story , Mike McQueary says he's sure: Jerry Sandusky was sexually abusing a child in the Penn State showers. The former assistant coach testified today in the case that he heard a "skin-on-skin smacking sound" and spotted Sandusky "standing behind a boy who...

Weeping
Sandusky
Accuser:
'I Couldn't
Move'

Jun 12, 2012 11:21 AM CDT

Weeping Sandusky Accuser: 'I Couldn't Move'

'Victim 1' testifies about hiding from coach

(Newser) - The alleged victim who launched the case against Jerry Sandusky sobbed as he took the stand today, describing his encounters with the former coach. Sandusky began by taking "Victim 1," now 18, to activities with other kids, then alone; finally he began having sleepovers at the coach's...

'Victim Four':
He Treated Me
Like a 'Girlfriend'

sandusky trial

Jun 11, 2012 4:40 PM CDT

'Victim Four': He Treated Me Like a 'Girlfriend'

Sandusky accuser estimates '50' inappropriate encounters

(Newser) - In day one of Jerry Sandusky's sex abuse trial , an alleged victim testified that Sandusky had treated him "like a girlfriend" and showered him with gifts, MSNBC reports. "Victim Four," a 28-year-old man, estimated he'd had about 50 inappropriate encounters with Sandusky—from mutual showers...

Jerry Sandusky Jury
Filled With Penn Staters

Jun 6, 2012 5:47 PM CDT

Jerry Sandusky Jury Filled With Penn Staters

Seven of 12 jurors have ties to school

(Newser) - Whether it will help or hurt his cause is already up for debate, but this much is for sure: Jerry Sandusky's fate will be decided by a group of people with lots of ties to Penn State, reports USA Today . Among the 12 main jurors selected for Sandusky's...

Sandusky Trial
to Hear 'Creepy'
Love Letters
to Accuser

Jun 6, 2012 4:30 AM CDT

Sandusky Trial to Hear 'Creepy' Love Letters to Accuser

Joe Paterno's wife, son may testify for defense

(Newser) - Jerry Sandusky wrote love letters to an alleged victim that will be read aloud at his child sex abuse trial, sources tell ABC . One of the eight accusers, known as Victim 4, is expected to be the first witness called against the former Penn State coach. He will show the...