William Dowling, a Professor of English at Rutgers University, has been described by the New York Times as “an idealistic absolutist, an intellectual convinced that the thunder of big-time athletics was crumbling the ivory tower of academe.” Such “absolutism” is evidenced in an Inside Higher Ed interview in which Dowling claims that ”the university is still securely in [...]
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The PSU scandal, student riots, & “the magic sphere of Div IA invulnerability”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Confessions of a Spoilsport, Jerry Sandusky, Joe Paterno, PSU scandal, student riot on November 10, 2011 | 24 Comments »