Topic: Penn State

The Climategate and Jerry Sandusky Scandals: A Common Thread
The Climategate and Jerry Sandusky Scandals: A Common Thread July 31, 2012 T.S. Weidler America, it's time to meet your newest top-secret government employee: a professional cover-up artist with a radical agenda.
The Fatal Backward Step: Penn State's Public Relations Catastrophe
The Fatal Backward Step: Penn State's Public Relations Catastrophe February 5, 2012 William A. Levinson Be it in war, politics, or business crisis management, it's rarely the initial threat that kills you. It's far more important to pay attention to how you handle that threat.
When Penn State went wrong
When Penn State went wrong November 13, 2011 Jeff Lipkes It was decisions in 1998 and 1999, not in 2002, when graduate assistant Mike McQueary barged in on the rape of "Victim 2," that revealed the university's priorities
Taking Laps In The College Athletics Cesspool
Taking Laps In The College Athletics Cesspool November 13, 2011 Geoffrey P. Hunt The cesspool of big time college athletics spilled over this past week on the campus of Penn State University. It would be too easy, and mistaken, to assign this abject abomination to Penn State alone.
Hypocrisy in Media's Penn State Storyline
Hypocrisy in Media's Penn State Storyline November 12, 2011 S.T. Karnick Instead of a story about sexual predation and a cover-up by government employees, this became a story about hypocrisy -- a particular obsession of the U.S. media in recent years.
Higher Education's Transparency Problem
Higher Education's Transparency Problem November 12, 2011 R.B. Parrish Nobody knows at present exactly what happened at Penn State -- but it would come as no surprise if a major university, when informed it had the makings of a scandal affecting its campus, decided to cover the matter up rather than report everything.