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Unraveling the Jerry Sandusky scandal

Sandusky Timeline

by Alanna Pawlowski and Elizabeth Timberlake-Newell

A flurry of accusations and finger-pointing characterized the weeks following the revelation of child sex abuse allegations against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.

As the State College community fell under the microscope of the national media, much of the scrutiny focused on the actions, or lack thereof, of Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno and President Graham Spanier, both of whom were fired by the University Board of Trustees within a week of the revelations.

Reports concentrated to a lesser degree on Tim Curley and Gary Schultz?the Penn State officials who face charges of lying to a grand jury during the investigation of the case?and on Mike McQueary, the Penn State assistant football coach who testified to seeing Sandusky rape a 10-year-old boy in a campus locker room in 2002.

The hoards of news trucks have left College Avenue. The university has commenced its spring semester with a new president and football coach, but the horror of what allegedly happened to at least ten young boys remains. Many within the University and the broader community are left asking, “How did this happen? What could we have done differently?”

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