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Penn State steps up recruitment amid tough enrollment trends

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FILE – In this June 13, 2018, file photo, Ryan Burke, left, who was a fraternity brother at Penn State University's shuttered Beta Theta Pi chapter, walks with his attorney Philip Masorti on the day Burke pleaded guilty to four counts of hazing and five alcohol-related offenses related to the death of 19-year-old fraternity pledge Timothy Piazza, of Lebanon, N.J., outside the Centre County Courthouse Annex in Bellefonte, Pa. Burke is set to learn his sentence, on Tuesday, July 31. (Abby Drey/Centre Daily Times via AP, File)

The Latest: Lawyer calls frat death case sentence 1st step

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Penn State student found dead

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Former Penn State president Graham Spanier walks from the Dauphin County Courthouse in Harrisburg, Pa., Friday, March 24, 2017. Spanier was convicted Friday of hushing up suspected child sex abuse in 2001 by Jerry Sandusky, whose arrest a decade later blew up into a major scandal for the university and led to the firing of beloved football coach Joe Paterno. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Graham Spanier, former Penn State University president, found guilty of child endangerment

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 10, 2013, file photo, former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives at the Centre County Courthouse for a post-sentencing hearing in Bellefonte, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Jerry Sandusky, child molester, gets Penn State invite to renew season tickets

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Ousted Penn State coach Joe Paterno and his wife, Sue, on the front porch of their house, address students on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011. The students yelled, "We are Penn State!" to which Paterno responded, "Yes, we are!" (AP Photo/The Patriot-News, Joe Hermitt)

Paterno family issues report, challenges Freeh’s findings

By Genaro C. Armas - Associated Press

Paternos issue report, challenge Freeh’s findings

By GENARO C. ARMAS - Associated Press

Paternos challenge Freeh report on scandal at PSU

By GENARO C. ARMAS - Associated Press

In letter, Sue Paterno defends late husband

By GENARO C. ARMAS - Associated Press

**FILE** Penn State coach Joe Paterno smiles as he walks the field before an NCAA college football game against Minnesota in State College, Pa., on Oct. 17, 2009. (Associated Press)

‘Truthers’ seek to exonerate late Penn State coach Joe Paterno, restore his reputation

By Patrick Hruby - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2011 file photo, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett makes remarks during a news conference after a Penn State Board of Trustees meeting in State College, Pa. Corbett said Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013 he plans to sue the NCAA in federal court over sanctions imposed against Penn State in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Governor Tom Corbett to sue NCAA over Penn State sanctions

By Peter Jackson - Associated Press

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)

D.C. mandate to report child sex abuse moves ahead

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

**FILE** Syracuse basketball assistant coach Bernie Fine watches a college basketball game against Manhattan in the NIT Season Tip-Off in Syracuse, N.Y., on Nov. 14, 2011. (Associated Press)

Feds drop sex abuse case against Syracuse’s Fine

By John Kekis - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2012 file photo, former Penn State assistant football coach Mike McQueary arrives at the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center on the Penn State campus for the funeral service of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno in State College, Pa. McQueary, the former Penn State graduate assistant who says he saw former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky showering with a boy in 2001 and testified against him has sued the university for what he says is defamation and misrepresentation. His whistle-blower complaint was filed Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma, File)

Mike McQueary files defamation suit against Penn State

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Paterno family intends to appeal NCAA sanctions

By GENARO C. ARMAS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2004, file photo, Penn State coach Joe Paterno pauses on the sidelines during the fourth quarter of his team's 14-7 loss to Northwestern in State College, Pa. The NCAA has slammed Penn State with an unprecedented series of penalties, including a $60 million fine and the loss of all coach Joe Paterno's victories from 1998-2011, in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster,file)

Paterno family intends to appeal NCAA sanctions

By Genaro C. Armas - Associated Press

Former FBI director Louis Freeh speaks about the Freeh Report during a news conference, Thursday, July 12, 2012, in Philadelphia. Freeh says the most "saddening and sobering" finding from his group's report into the Jerry Sandusky child sex scandal is Penn State senior leaders' "total disregard" for the safety and welfare of the ex-coach's child victims. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Penn State alumni call Freeh report ‘flawed’

By Ralph D. Russo - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Jan. 12, 2012, file photo, Penn State University President Rodney Erickson speaks during a town hall meeting with alumni in King of Prussia, Pa. The Penn State board of trustees gathered Wednesday afternoon, July 25, 2012, to discuss whether Mr. Erickson had the authority to agree to unprecedented NCAA sanctions against the football program without first getting the board's approval, according to a person with knowledge of the meeting. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trustees: Sanctions better than football ban

By Mark Scolforo and Michael Rubinkam - Associated Press

Sanctions give PSU opponents chance to cherry pick

By RALPH D. RUSSO - Associated Press