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Seth May 25th, 2021 at 12:35 PM In 1946, Penn State was scheduled to play the University of Miami, which like most Southern teams of the time still refused to play integrated Northern teams unless they sat their Black players. At the time Penn State had two, and of them only Wally Triplett was a regular. By a team vote, PSU canceled the 1946 Miami game, an act that Triplett credits for the origins of its great 1947 campaign, when Penn State swept its regular season opponents and earned an invite to the Cotton Bowl. The Cotton was one of four bowl games in existence, and one of three, the Rose excepted, with standing rules against Black players participating. Responding to rumors that administrators were talking to SMU about sitting Triplett, PSU captain Steve Suhey told the press “We play all or none, there will be no meetings.” Triplett played, and scored the game-tying touchdown. Though the school’s claim that this event and the “We Are…” cheer are connec ....
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Supreme Court tie keeps donor s records in play at U-M ED WHITE, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail DETROIT (AP) An attorney seeking access to documents donated to the University of Michigan won a key decision Friday as a result of a tie at the Michigan Supreme Court. The documents were from the late Dr. John Tanton of Petoskey, who was considered to be an influential voice in anti-immigration matters. Eleven of the 25 boxes were to remain closed at the Bentley Library until 2035, but the Michigan appeals court in 2019 said they qualify as public records under the state s Freedom of Information Act. The Supreme Court tied, 3-3, in an appeal from the university, which means the appeals court decision will stand. The case now will return to the Court of Claims where the school still could make new arguments under the public records law to keep a lid on the documents. ....
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Records given to a University of Michigan library under a contract guaranteeing their privacy should not be subject to a public records request because they don t shed light on the university s operations, a UM lawyer told the Michigan Supreme Court Wednesday. But a lawyer seeking access to the documents argued they do shed light on government operations. The university, he said, is attempting to have the Supreme Court create an exemption in Michigan s public records law where none exists and where the Legislature has declined to create one. This case has been pending for three years. . The Legislature knows how to change the law to support this and they just haven’t, lawyer Philip Ellison said. .This court can t create that exception; the Legislature has to. ....