The argument that the Penn State football team needs to be sanctioned by the NCAA to eliminate a dangerous football culture has been repeated over and over again since the Freeh report was released last week. But that culture wasn't the issue that led to Sandusky's continued child sexual abuse. It was the unethical actions of four men and only four men that let that happen, and that should be handled in a court of law.
Penn State has officially announced that they intend to renovate the Lasch building showers and locker rooms as soon as possible. There is no doubt as to the reasoning behind the future renovations, as university spokesman David La Torre said bluntly that this comes as a direct result of the child sexual abuse that took place in the building at the hands of Jerry Sandusky.
As if there aren't enough cover videos and music videos for Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" already, seven of the nine Big Ten Conference mascots worked in conjunction to make one of the best parodies of the world's catchiest song that I've seen yet.
Kelly Dolak, a former Penn State student and a current film professor at Ramapo College, sees the Sandusky scandal in a different light than your average outsider. As an alumna, Dolak felt a connection to our student body when the news broke in November, and she set off with her camera to the chaos of State College, unsure of what was to come.
A presidential oversight committee has officially signed off on a college football four-team playoff that will replace the current BCS championship game system. A selection committee will decide which four teams advance to the playoff, with the two semi-finals games being held at current bowl locations.
The Board of Trustees has officially invited representatives from the three major Penn State student governments to sit in on private committee meetings that are held the day prior to the general public board meetings. Four seats will be available for the three presidents of the University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA), the Council of Commonwealth Student Governments (CCSG), and the Graduate Student Association (GSA), with the fourth seat rotating each year between UPUA and CCSG.