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PSU adviser accuses students of misinformation

The students had written a letter to the editor in support of an ex-professor.

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Tim Tai / Philadelphia Inquirer

Days before graduation, Penn State’s special adviser to the president accused a group of seniors of harming the university and spreading misinformation after the students publicly supported a professor whose resignation criticized her husband.

The students, whom the College of the Liberal Arts selected to help lead this year’s graduation ceremony, wrote a letter to the editor that was published in The Daily Collegian in April. The statement expressed support for Michael West, a professor of African American Studies who publicly resigned as head of the department in early April.

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