On Friday afternoon, Franco Harris will moderate “Upon Further Review: One Year Later,” a panel which will discuss the myths and truths surrounding the Sandusky Scandal. The event promises to reveal unreported information about the Grand Jury Presentment. Panelists will include John Ziegler and Anthony Lubrano.
Former state senator Bob Jubelirer has scored one of the highest-profile endorsements for the Board of Trustees alumni election. Yesterday, Senator Jubelirer shared on his Facebook page that Tom Ridge, who resigned the Pennsylvania governorship in 2011 to become the first Homeland Security Secretary, endorsed him for Trustee. This announcement came after the first day of alumni voting.
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Few people heard of Bill Cluck before Ken Frazier's tirade. Now, Dr. Cluck, a candidate for an alumni seat on the Board of Trustees, earned the first celebrity endorsement of this election. Valerie Plame Wilson, a former CIA operative and novelist, endorsed Cluck for Penn State's Board of Trustees.
The University named Regis Becker its first Director of Ethics and Compliance yesterday. With this title, Becker will be charged with supervision of all federal, state, and local laws, as well as internal policies. His post comes from the preliminary recommendations of Louis Freeh.
"Regis Becker's range of distinguished experience in corporate compliance, security and law enforcement makes him the ideal person to implement and oversee clear, comprehensive and exemplary principles and procedures for the University," President Rod Erickson said in a release.
Senator John Yudichak says the Freeh Report will cost the university one-hundred fifty million dollars. "That's a lot of money to be spent on an incomplete report."