Pennsylvania State University
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| Pennsylvania State University | |
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| Type: | Semi-Public |
| City: | State College, Centre County, Pennsylvania |
| Sports: | baseball, basketball, cross country, equestrian, football, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball, wrestling[1] |
| Colors: | blue, white |
| Mascot: | Nittany Lions |
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| Website: | http://www.psu.edu/ |
Pennsylvania State University (or Penn State) is a Pennsylvania university founded in 1855.[2] The school is semi-public, technically state related, because it is one of four schools that fall under the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, which allows schools to be independently run and publicly funded. The school ranked #48 in US News's 2008 "National Universities: Top Schools" list.[3]
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Pedophile scandal
In 2011, the school was the focus of national attention because of a homosexual abuse scandal involving a child and a former football coach. Jerry Sandusky, who retired from Penn State as coach in 1999 after a previous investigation into alleged sexual abuse of a child, was arrested on November 5, 2011 on 40 counts of sexual abuse. He allegedly molested eight young boys over a fifteen-year span. Several of the incidents supposedly occurred in university facilities.
In 2002, Mike McQueary, who was then a graduate assistant and is now an assistant coach at the school, reported to Joe Paterno, the head coach of the football program, that he had seen Sandusky raping a 10-year-old boy in a Penn State locker room. Paterno reported the incident to university officials, but the assault was never reported to the authorities.
There are also allegations of a cover-up on the part of the university and its officials. Athletic director Tim Curley and Senior Vice President Gary Schultz are charged with failing to report the assault to authorities and lying to a grand jury. On November 9, 2011, the board of trustees fired both the president of the university, Graham Spanier, and Joe Paterno due to the way they handled the situation.
Athletics
Penn State has 14 men's and 13 women's sports teams.[1] The football program has won 26 bowl games (while losing 12 and tying 2) and 4 national championships.[4]
