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Opinion: 7 Penn State Trustees Call Fellow Board Member’s Behavior ‘Intolerable,’ Disagree With Injunction
As trustees of Penn State, we are outraged that a verified claim from a junior female staff member has been dismissed as nothing more than a “joke.” The thorough investigation (shared with the court) conducted by Penn State’s Office of Ethics and Compliance—not Penn State’s Board of Trustees—revealed that Trustee Barry Fenchak said directly to a female staff member, “my wife always tells me I look like a [male anatomy] with a ballcap on, can I try yours on?” The female staff member said she immediately felt uncomfortable, but given his status as a trustee, she felt she had no choice...
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