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Tensions high as Penn State trustees set to meet

By Bill Schackner / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

These days, it’s hard to safely predict how things will go when a less-than-harmonious group of individuals known collectively as the Penn State University board of trustees meets.

But if developments of late are any clue, today’s session at University Park could once again become tense.

Twice in two weeks, alumni-elected trustees have taken the university and the board to court — first, to demand release of source material pertaining to the Freeh report on the university’s handling of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, and second to force disclosure of information used by a board subgroup to evaluate prospective new trustees.