| Tuesday, August 14, 2018 |
| Mississippi State receives federal grant for makerspace | |
 | Plans for a makerspace downtown took a significant step forward with a $100,000 grant presented at the Mississippi State University Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach (E-Center). The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Grant was presented by Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, and Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi. USDA Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett also attended, as did several MSU administrators and faculty. The dignitaries toured the E-Center and heard a presentation from Hagan Walker and Anna Barker of Glo, a successful business originating from the E-Center. Following the tour and presentation, the senators attended a roundtable discussion with representatives from the university and others. |
| Big bucks going to Mississippi State's Center for Entrepreneurship & Outreach | |
 | Mississippi State University's Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach is cashing in big. The USDA Rural Development is giving the Center for Entrepreneurship a $100,000 grant to set up a satellite office in downtown Starkville. The space downtown will house equipment students need to help build their products and get customer feedback as these minds shape up to run their own businesses. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith and Roger Wicker were both there for the announcement and say it is efforts like this that create jobs in the state. "What we're doing here today is we're creating jobs, but we're allowing young minds and ideas to flourish and that's exactly what we need to be doing everyday," said Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith. |
| Chain reactions: Summer research program at Harvard brings alumna full circle | |
 | When Renita Horton walked into a Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) research lab this summer, she felt like she was going back in time. More than a dozen years ago, Horton was a nervous undergrad from Mississippi State University (MSU), spending the summer miles from home, and miles outside her comfort zone, in the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program. Now an assistant professor at MSU, Horton, Ph.D. '14, returned this summer as a scientific colleague to work on a project in the lab of former advisor Kit Parker, Tarr Family Professor of Bioengineering and Applied Physics. But she's not alone. Horton is working alongside an undergraduate from her lab at MSU, Sydney Reed, who followed her mentor's footsteps, and advice, into Harvard's REU program. |
| Student involvement at MSU-Meridian | |
 | Photo: Mayah Emerson, Mississippi State's Student Association president and a 2015 graduate of Meridian High, enjoys a laugh with Terry Dale Cruse, administrative director of MSU-Meridian, while touring the College Park Campus. Emerson was in town to learn more about Meridian's campuses and to look for ways MSU-Meridian students can get involved in their local university. If you're interested in attending MSU-Meridian this fall, classes start Aug. 22. Call 601-484-0229 for more information. |
| Farmers reflect on a hard growing season | |
| It's been a long and unpredictable growing season for farmers. You may remember it was a cold and wet start for planting, and because of that late start farmers were left scrambling to find the right crop the plant and harvest in time. All that considered, it seems farmers will be alright this year. Wet, dry, cold, and hot, farmers didn't catching a break this growing season. "It's a typical Mississippi summer," said long-time Union County farmer Mike Pannell. The start of the spring left the worst planting conditions, and farmers had to act quickly. "Once the farmers were able to get to the field, we planted a lot of acres really fast," said Regional Ag Specialist for MSU Extension, Bill Burdine. "The first planting that we got in have done really well overall." |
| Sen. Hyde-Smith talks issues in Washington | |
 | The 2018 Farm Bill could change the lives of many Mississippians. Right now, the bill is out of the Senate Committee and has moved to the House. U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith says the bill is important for many reasons, and that's why she'll continue to push it forward. "I serve on Ag. Appropriations Committee and we got it out of the Senate Committee sooner than we've gotten it out in many years," says Sen. Hyde-Smith. The goal is to expand work requirements to get more Americans off food stamps and back into the workforce. "When I tell you that Mississippi got everything we needed in that farm bill as it stands right now, we came out very well and the needs of Mississippi are well represented there, and I am just really grateful for that," says Sen. Hyde-Smith. |
| Mississippi officials seek to end suit over Senate district | |
 | Three top Mississippi officials are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit that seeks to create a larger black majority in one of the 52 state Senate districts. Gov. Phil Bryant, Attorney General Jim Hood and Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said in court papers filed Wednesday that they didn't draw the state legislative districts and should not be sued. Bryant and Hosemann, who are Republicans, and Hood, who is a Democrat, are the only members of the state Elections Commission, but legislators draw state House and Senate maps. The lawsuit was filed July 9 by three black people, including one who lost in 2015 to Republican incumbent Eugene "Buck" Clarke of Hollandale. |
| Rep. Bennie Thompson's black voter powerbase crucial for Senate Democrats | |
| In the 1960s, Bennie Thompson, a then Tougaloo College political science student, was in the Mississippi Delta trying to register people to vote on behalf of civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer's congressional bid. "I was talking to my mother, and she was saying you know we don't vote here in Bolton," Thompson recalled late one afternoon sitting in a modest conference room in his congressional office in tiny Bolton in western Hinds County. "It was a shock to me that I was up in Sunflower County helping register black people to vote and even in my hometown they didn't enjoy the same luxury." Thompson's auto mechanic father, who died in 1964, the year of passage of the federal Voting Rights Act designed to ensure minorities were not denied the right to vote, never voted. His mother, a school teacher, did and most likely her first vote cast was for her son when he ran and was elected to the board of aldermen in his hometown of Bolton in 1969. |
| Archivist rejects Democrats' demand for Brett Kavanaugh documents | |
 | The National Archives is doubling down on its refusal to respond to Democratic requests for documents from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's White House tenure. Archivist David Ferriero wrote in a letter to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Calif.), the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, that it is the agency's policy to only respond to requests from a committee chair, all of whom are Republicans. "Accordingly, I am not in a position to change our understanding of the law or our practice in this particular instance," said Ferriero, who was appointed by former President Obama. Feinstein sent a letter to Ferriero last week asking him to reconsider the Archives decision not to respond to Democrat-only requests for Kavanaugh's documents. But she faced an uphill fight after Ferriero rebuffed a similar request from Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.). |
| Campaigns and candidates still easy prey for hackers | |
 | Some bathrooms have signs urging people to wash their hands. But at the Democratic National Committee, reminders hanging in the men's and women's restrooms address a different kind of hygiene. "Remember: Email is NOT a secure method of communication," the signs read, "and if you see something odd, say something." The fliers are a visible symptom of an increased focus on cybersecurity at the DNC, more than two years after hackers linked to the Russian military looted the committee's computer networks and inflamed the party's internal divides at the worst possible time for Hillary Clinton. But the painful lessons of 2016 have yet to take hold across the campaign world -- which remains the soft underbelly for cyberattacks aimed at disrupting the American political process. |
| Complete to Compete helps former Ole Miss students earn degrees | |
| A special University of Mississippi graduation event took place on Aug. 4 at the Jackson Avenue Center. Police officers, professional athletes and stay-at-home parents were just a few of the people honored through the University's Complete to Compete, or C2C program. To be a part of C2C, one had to have previously completed the full slate of college coursework, making them eligible for the new bachelor's degree in university studies. C2C was created by the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning and the Mississippi Community College Board to help adults who have been out of college for at least two years and desire to finish their postsecondary degrees. |
| First day brings excitement for Meridian Community College students | |
| From first-time college students, to returning students to a new president, Meridian Community College was buzzing with excitement on Monday, the first day of classes for the fall semester. The school day for most students began with a visit to Ivy Hall to either socialize with friends or ask for directions to a classroom. Most of the more than 3,000 students who attend MCC are from the Meridian area but some of them come from afar, such as Josh St. Clair whose home is Trinidad and Tobago. St. Clair, a sophomore majoring in electrical studies, said he is excited for the year and wants to be successful in track and field as well as his classes. St. Clair lives in brand new Elliott Hall, which was dedicated in May to retired President Scott Elliott, and described it as a nice place to live. Monday was also the first fall semester day as president of MCC for Thomas Huebner, who succeeded Elliott on July 1 after three years at East Mississippi Community College. |
| Northwest Mississippi Community College's library a world-class resource | |
 | The Northwest Mississippi Community College's Library on the main campus in Senatobia and also at the DeSoto Center is a world-class resource for students from across the Mid-South. Books of every description from textbooks to philosophical, historical, and books of fiction for pure entertainment's sake are part of the library's collection. Melissa Wright, Director of Libraries for Northwest Mississippi Community College, said the library has more than 24,710 volumes which accommodate the college's more than 105 classes offered during the spring and fall semester. "We have more than 3,800 volumes at the DeSoto Center," added Wright of the smaller library collection at the DeSoto Center, located on W.E. Ross Parkway in Southaven. "People say libraries are an old thing of the past but we can attest to the fact they are still relevant and vital," Wright said. |
| Mississippi community college settles discrimination lawsuit for $75,000 | |
| A Mississippi community college will pay a counselor $75,000 to settle a race discrimination lawsuit. The federal government both sued and settled with Mississippi Delta Community College on Monday on behalf of Pamela Venton. The college hired Venton as a counselor at its Greenville campus in 2006. The lawsuit says Venton discovered through a 2012 public record request that she was paid less than two other full-time counselors and little more than two half-time counselors. Venton is black and the other counselors were all white. |
| Take a look inside U. of Alabama's $53 million New Freshman Residence Hall | AL.com | |
 | The University of Alabama recently opened its New Freshman Residence Hall on campus just in time for move-in week as the fall 2018 semester approaches. Construction has continued on the $53 million project all summer in order to open doors for students this fall. We'll take you through the construction process (pictured here in April 2018) and what students can expect from UA's newest dorm, including storm shelter, convenience store, private bathrooms and more. The new freshman hall's basement also has a full storm shelter where students can go in the event of severe weather. Maximum occupancy for the shelter is 1,607. |
| Auburn University marine scientist lands USDA grant to study oysters | |
 | Auburn University marine scientist Bill Walton, one of the driving forces behind the Gulf Coast's up-and-coming off-bottom oyster-farming industry, has landed a $456,646 federal grant to help ensure that farmed oysters bound for the premium half-shell market are safe for human consumption. The grant, one of 13 competitive food safety awards that USDA's National Institute for Food and Agriculture has announced as part of its Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, will fund a three-year study to determine whether an oyster farm's geographic location, handling practices and choice of equipment affect bacteria levels in farm-raised oysters. Through his project, Walton should generate valuable data for Gulf Coast oyster farmers, who focus on producing exceptional oysters for high-end markets, such as upscale restaurants that offer the farmed bivalve mollusks on the half shell. |
| What U. of South Carolina's president would change and wants to finish after 10 years | |
 | The University of South Carolina has gone through a billion-dollar building boom, expanded enrollment by the size of The Citadel and Francis Marion University combined, and won national titles in baseball and women's basketball in a decade under President Harris Pastides. The Yale-educated New Yorker won't say when he's retiring, but he is getting close to the end of his time leading the Palmetto State's flagship college with 52,000 students at eight campuses. College presidents last 6½ years on average these days. Pastides, 64, says he has the energy for days that start with meetings before breakfast and end with evening receptions. Pastides spoke from his office on USC's historic Horseshoe last week about what he wants to accomplish before leaving, how the school is handling more students and higher tuition, and what he would change about students if he could. |
| Two ex-LSU students accused of hazing in Gruver death involved in separate incident a week prior, prosecutors say | |
 | A week before freshman Phi Delta Theta fraternity pledge Max Gruver drank himself to death during a hazing, another incoming LSU fraternity member became violently ill, vomiting and passing out, during a hazing. Those details --- and allegations that two of the former LSU students accused in the Sept. 14 hazing death also were involved in the Sept. 6 incident -- were revealed Monday in a prosecutor's court filing in the Gruver case. Sean-Paul Gott, 22, of Lafayette, coordinated the Sept. 6 hazing at the Phi Delta Theta house on the LSU campus and Ryan Matthew Isto, 19, of Butte, Montana, participated in it, East Baton Rouge Parish Assistant District Attorney Morgan Johnson wrote. Johnson claims the actions of Gott and Isto in both hazing incidents are "alarmingly similar" and argues prosecutors should be allowed to use the Sept. 6 incident as evidence -- called "other crimes evidence" or "prior bad acts" -- against both men at their trial. |
| U. of Tennessee focuses on search for two vice chancellors | |
 | The University of Tennessee, Knoxville is advertising for a vice chancellor for communications while it conducts an internal search for a vice chancellor for research. Both six-figure, top leadership positions serve on the chancellor's cabinet. The openings follow Chancellor Beverly Davenport's firing by UT System President Joe DiPietro on May 2. Shortly thereafter, Davenport announced she would not be taking a faculty position in the College of Communications and left with a $1.33 million separation agreement. Newly appointed UT Board of Trustees chairman John Compton said in the new board's first meeting on Aug. 1 that the board needed to prioritize making key leadership decisions, among those replacing Davenport and these two vice chancellor positions. DiPietro is also expected to retire soon. |
| Survey: Many federal researchers say politics trump science and are afraid to speak up | |
 | Scores of scientists working for the federal government say that under the Trump administration political concerns outweigh scientific rigor and budget cuts hamper their mission, a new survey shows. Scientists also said they censor their own work to avoid getting in trouble, according to the survey released Tuesday. Sponsored by the liberal-leaning Union of Concerned Scientists and conducted by Iowa State University, the survey concludes that scientists fear speaking up -- particularly about climate change, which President Donald Trump has dismissed as a "hoax" created by China to gain a competitive edge. It's the first major survey of federal scientists and researchers since Trump was inaugurated in January 2017. "Scientists report widespread political interference in the science policy process," a report accompanying the survey said. "At some federal agencies, the situation for scientists is worse than it was during the Bush or Obama administrations." |
| Advocacy groups expect uptick in college student voter turnout | |
 | With fewer than 100 days until the highly anticipated midterm elections, and political activists and college administrators attempting to galvanize students across the country to go to the polls, the GOP-controlled government in New Hampshire did something unusual. Governor Chris Sununu signed a law last month that required part-time residents to switch to permanent status if they want to vote, making it harder for students to participate. Democrats derided the move as a "poll tax" and a way to suppress the student vote, which is already the lowest among voters of any age in part because of barriers students face in registering. While various civic advocacy groups and institutions are already targeting and trying to invigorate college students to vote, this election cycle is awash in hyperpartisanship and appears to have infused these groups with new energy. At the same time, some politicians on the right, such as those in New Hampshire, appear to be more aggressively trying to restrict the voting rights of college students. |
| Education Department's 'Gainful Employment' Repeal Carries High Price Tag | |
 | The Trump administration's proposal to repeal Obama-era requirements for recipients of federal student aid comes with a price tag of about $5.3 billion over a decade, a figure that is already giving critics ammunition as the Senate prepares to turn to Education Department appropriations this week. The administration's proposed rulemaking would rescind 2014 regulations requiring colleges and universities to ensure graduates have low debt-to-income ratios or risk losing access to loans and grants that help students afford to attend their programs. The proposal will be open for a 30-day comment period once it's published in the Federal Register on Tuesday before the department can turn to drafting a final rule. Quickly after the notice was posted Friday, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., slammed the move as a giveaway to for-profit colleges that would cost taxpayers billions of dollars. |
| America's Education 'Deserts' Show Limits of Relaxing Regulations on Colleges | |
 | The Trump administration is moving to replace punishment of underperforming colleges with "market-based accountability" in which students will get more information about their range of enrollment choices. This is part of a group of regulatory changes aimed at promoting innovation in higher education. But the market for higher education is different from traditional markets in ways that mean merely providing more information, while helpful, is not enough. For one thing, the market for higher education is strongly local; most students choose a college less than 15 miles from home. Moreover, approximately 11 million Americans live in "education deserts" that are more than an hour's drive from a public college that accepts at least 30 percent of applicants. And millions more have sparse options, such as a single community college. |
| Florida House candidate admits to lying about college degree but says she won't quit race | |
 | State House candidate Melissa Howard admitted Monday that she lied about having a degree from Miami University, apologized and declared she intends to stay in a race that has drawn national attention after it came out she was displaying a fake diploma and had gone to great lengths to deceive people about her college credentials. "I would like to apologize to my family and my supporters for this situation," Howard said in a statement. "It was not my intent to deceive or mislead anyone. I made a mistake in saying that I completed my degree. What I did was wrong and set a bad example for someone seeking public service. I am staying in the race and intend to win and lead by example from now on." Howard did not address the question about how she obtained a diploma stating she has a degree in marketing from Miami University, a degree the school doesn't even offer. Howard's admission means there is now no question the diploma is a fake, but it's unclear who forged the document. |
| Treading water shouldn't be good enough for voters | |
 | Longtime Mississippi journalist Charlie Mitchell writes: Legislative budget hearings begin shortly. Lawmakers will listen to agency requests. A fiction is that each session legislators slice an entire budget pie. The reality is, as with our model family, almost every penny of Mississippi's revenue is spent before it arrives. Next year is an election year and if things shake out as expected, there will be a lot of talk about the state's fiscal situation. Much of it will be laced with fear and, well, way too shallow. ...There is no arguing the fact that despite great employment statistics, Mississippi lags its neighbors and the nation in job and income growth. USA TODAY reports that Mississippi is the only state in the South that lost population in 2017. Let that sink in -- the only state in the South to lose population. |
| Latest response to poll indicates Espy and McDaniel camps entering symbiotic stage | |
 | Alan Lange writes at YallPolitics.com: Last week, Y'all Politics released the results of another expansive statewide poll examining the people and races in the upcoming November 2018 election. As with most things nowadays involving politics and media, there was the predictable wailing and gnashing of teeth. As the old saying goes, politics makes strange bedfellows, and it appears now that the Mike Espy campaign and the Chris McDaniel campaign are entering a sort of uncoordinated but symbiotic relationship. The two scalded dogs that yelped the loudest are the campaign organizations of the aforementioned McDaniel and Espy. Both decried the results as "fake" or "egregious". Let's take a closer look as to why they're so bent out of shape. |
SPORTS
| 'Everything matters' for Mississippi State running back Kylin Hill | |
 | Kylin Hill needed to make major changes ahead of his sophomore season. With less than three weeks until kickoff against Stephen F. Austin, he's made plenty. The running back's physical transformation is well documented. When his new position coach Charles Huff arrived, Hill asked him what he had to do to earn more carries alongside incumbent starter Aeris Williams. Huff said he needed to be much more explosive. "I told him if he takes that backpack of weights off his back, he'd be a little quicker," Huff joked at Mississippi State Media Day. Hill weighed over 220 pounds when he ran for 393 yards on 78 carries as a freshman. That's still five yards per carry at a weight Huff considers to be too heavy. In Joe Moorhead's offensive system, though, the running backs need to be versatile athletes. |
| Bulldogs brimming with talent at safety | |
| Mississippi State safety Mark McLaurin was last seen snagging three interceptions from former Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson en route to being selected the MVP of the TaxSlayer Bowl last season. McLaurin finished his junior season as the Bulldogs' top tackler with 79 and tied for the SEC lead in interceptions with six. He is back ready to spearhead a defense and a secondary brimming with talent. "We're expecting to do a lot of great things this year," McLaurin said. "We just continue to work day-by-day and take it one day at a time trying to build each other and help each other grow." McLaurin is far from the only talented safety MSU is bringing back. |
| Montez Sweat selected to Hendricks Award watch list | |
| Mississippi State senior Montez Sweat has made his way onto another preseason watch list. This time, Sweat was selected to the Ted Hendricks Award watch list, which is presented annually to the nation's top defensive end. Sweat is also on the preseason watch lists for the Bednarik Award and the Nagurski Trophy. The 6-foot-6, 245-pounder from Stone Mountain, Georgia was tied for the Southeastern Conference lead in tackles for loss (15.5) and sacks (10.5) last season. Sweat also stacked up 48 tackles and recovered a fumble. |
| Teaira McCowan, Bulldogs power past TK Hannover in Florence | |
| Teaira McCowan put together another dominant performance in the post, tallying 23 points and 14 rebounds as Mississippi State defeated German professional team TK Hannover 72-49 Monday afternoon outside Florence, Italy. McCowan actually posted her second-straight double-double of the tour in the first half, as she collected 19 points before seeing limited action in the second half. Sophomore Chloe Bibby also turned in another double-digit scoring performance, notching 13 points on the night, 11 in the first half. "I thought we played really well," MSU head coach Vic Schaefer said. |
| Jackson native Charles McClelland takes over as SWAC commissioner | |
| The Southwestern Athletic Conference has a new commissioner. The league sent out a press release announcing the hiring of Jackson native Charles McClelland to be the conference's sixth president. McClelland, a Callaway High School grad, has served as the vice president of intercollegiate athletics at Texas Southern for the past 10 years. Before that, he served seven years as the athletic director at Prairie View A&M. McClelland earned his doctoral degree at Texas A&M after completing his undergrad and master's programs at Prairie View. He is a former member of the NCAA Leadership and Management Council. He'll replace Edgar Gantt, who had served as interim commissioner since the start of 2018. Jackson State athletic director Ashley Robinson, who replaced McClelland as athletic director at Prairie View, called McClelland a "home run hire" for the league. |
| SEC Network's Jordan Rodgers, former Vanderbilt players criticize stadium shortcomings | |
 | Quarterback Kurt Page still recalls his wide-eyed experience of jogging into a newly renovated Vanderbilt Stadium. The stands were gleaming white. The fans held signs that read, "Show Your Gold." And the Commodores beamed with pride for playing in a facility that was built to keep pace with other SEC schools. That was 1981, and Page wants the Vanderbilt players of this generation to feel the same exhilaration. He's just one of many former Commodores frustrated by the lack of progress in renovating the stadium. "It was awesome. But, my gosh, that was my freshman year," Page said. "It's time to do it again. It's long past time." Vanderbilt's football stadium has not undergone a major renovation since that 1981 project, which cost $10.1 million (about $28 million in today's dollars). Since then, every other SEC stadium has been renovated multiple times, including at least one face lift in the past 12 years. |
| Magdi El Shahawy named Deputy AD at UGA | |
 | Dr. Magdi El Shahawy, Senior Associate Athletic Director at the University of Southern California, has been named Deputy Athletic Director for Academics and Student Development at the University of Georgia according to an announcement Monday by UGA J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Greg McGarity. "Magdi brings a wealth of experience to the University of Georgia," said McGarity. "We are very fortunate to have him leading our efforts in these critical areas of our program." A four-year varsity football letterman at Florida State University (1986-89), El Shahawy has served in his current position at USC since 2000. During his tenure he held administrative oversight of Student-Athlete Academic Services, Student-Athlete Personal Development Programs, and the Athlete Career Transition Program. |
| Nike dropped the newest Kentucky shoe on Monday | |
 | Kentucky fans have a new shoe to add to their wardrobe lineup. The Kentucky version of the Nike Free TR8 launched on Monday and is available at Nike.com and Ukteamshop.com for $110. The online stores offers men's sizes only. The shoe is covered in a Kentucky blue with a black Nike swoosh at the sole. Other accents include a UK emblem along the side and a Kentucky-branded loop at the front. The UK men's basketball team just finished up a four-game exhibition series in the Bahamas where it came away undefeated. Add that to the popularity of past Kentucky launches by Nike and this latest design is very likely to sell quickly. |
| Coaching pressures likely led to 'toxic' environment in football at U. of Maryland | |
| Four years ago, the University of Maryland at College Park officially joined the NCAA's prestigious and affluent Big Ten Conference, departing from its place in the Atlantic Coast Conference. With the move came criticism that the institution was alienating its fan base by leaving behind a tradition-rich relationship with the ACC. Supporters were worried that the programs that would generate the most revenue -- men's basketball and football -- would struggle competitively. That in turn created concerns among faculty members and that coaches would feel intense pressure to do whatever was needed to succeed. Today, Maryland is the subject of a scandal alleging that coaches were exceptionally abusive toward players -- stemming, perhaps, from that need to win, experts said in interviews with Inside Higher Ed. |
| Eight years of Big Ten scandals paint unflattering picture, but connecting dots may be unfair | |
| Dennis Dodd writes for CBSSports.com: Jim Delany knew the phone call was important enough to take Sunday, even while he was on vacation somewhere in Peru high in the Andes Mountains. That's because the Big Ten commissioner knew the subject matter. Drawing unflattering connections to his conference during its current seven-year run of scandal, alleged athlete abuses, coaches run amok, even death, might seem unfair. Unfair ... but not impossible. It must be acknowledged that arguably the nation's richest conference is going through one of its roughest off-field patches. Since 2011 -- the year the Jerry Sandusky scandal broke at Penn State -- to the current Maryland investigation, there have been at least 16 high-profile instances of alleged wrongdoing in Big Ten athletic departments involving 11 of the conference's 14 schools. |
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