In the affidavit, which the court recently unsealed, Cohen, former acting attorney general and first deputy attorney general in Pennsylvania, says Curley and Schultz's rights have been violated through the criminal proceedings.
Board of Trustees candidate Ryan Bagwell began the "Sunshine Fund" to help finance his fight with Penn State in court over open records. As of yesterday, Bagwell said he is $5 away from reaching $13,000 in total contributions. After deducting credit card and PayPal fees, the fund’s net contributions total $12,641.
Former President Graham Spanier is permitted to travel internationally, as long as certain conditions are met. If he would like to leave the country, Spanier must apply for permission at least 20 days ahead of time, lay out an itinerary, and provide the country's extradition policy regarding the United States.
The International Center for the Study of Terrorism at Penn State announced Monday that it would close on June 30, with director John Horgan and some researchers moving to the University of Massachusetts Lowell to continue its work. This may put undergrads majoring in security and risk analysis in a bind as some of its highest profile professors leave. And, one of the center's leading terrorism experts said as the center looked for more academic support, she was blindsided by the university's reluctance to retain its researchers.
Love him or hate him, by now you've probably heard of the talk radio host turned documentary filmmaker John Ziegler. Over the past year, Ziegler has taken a special interest in the media coverage at Penn State, creating the website www.FramingPaterno.com and the mini-movie "The Framing of Joe Paterno" aimed at exonerating the former coach. I was able to ask the iconoclast 10 questions about Penn State and dinosaurs.
For the second year in a row, Penn State and the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal was named the sports story of the year by the Associated Press. This was the first time since the vote began in 1990 that the same story had been chosen two straight years.