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STATE COLLEGE — Penn State trustees and high-ranking university representatives met privately twice in January to discuss whether to name the football field at Beaver Stadium after former coach Joe Paterno, according to three people with direct knowledge of the conversations. The meetings potentially violate a state law that requires governing bodies to conduct business […]
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The discussions, which come more than 12 years after Paterno’s firing amid the fallout from the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal, might have violated the state’s open meetings law.
The Paterno Fellows Program will host “The Future of Democracy and the Humanities in an Age of Catastrophes” from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 1 in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library.