New York Times Op-Ed December 3, 2014 In college you’re supposed to be testing a new altitude of independence. So why join a club whose demand for fealty is such that it often comes with a hazing ritual? You should be cultivating the kind of sensibility that makes you...
by Nina Metz 11/29/2014 CHICAGO TRIBUNE nmetz@chicagotribune.com “College football is something special. It really is. Hopefully we won’t lose sight of that. Or mess it up.” Prescient words, spoken by Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno in...
The Penn State scandal is, at its core, a story about young boys whom an institution placed on train tracks, said Andrew Shubin, the attorney who represented nine men whom former football coach Jerry Sandusky sexually abused. A proverbial train ran over those boys,...
“He chose football because football gave him prestige and power,” State College attorney Andrew Shubin said. “He chose the ones he thought would be least able to fight for themselves.” “He underestimated the courage of these young men...
On July 10, 2014, Judge Ruest granted the defendant’s motion for acquittal — a good and just result for this young man who was profoundly ill at the time of the incident. This case provides a heartbreaking reminder of why we need treatment based solutions for...
Television coverage of Attorneys Andrew Shubin and Sean McGraw defense of the First Amendment ‘s freedom of speech rights by taking on police arrest of a citizen who expressed his political views in opposition to governmental policies. By: Maria MillerALLEGHENY...
