<P> An investigation led by former U.S. Attorney General Richard Thornburgh, who was retained by the Paterno family to review the Freeh report, concluded that the report that placed so much blame on Penn State and Paterno was a "rush to injustice" that could not be relied upon . He found that not only did the evidence "fall far short" of showing Paterno attempted to conceal the Sandusky scandal, but rather that "the contrary is true". In November 2014, state Sen. Jake Corman released emails showing "regular and substantive" contact between NCAA officials and Freeh's investigators, suggesting that the Freeh conclusions were orchestrated . </P> <P> Paterno was posthumously honored by Penn State during the September 17, 2016 football game that marked the 50th anniversary of his first game as head coach . The controversial tribute was met with both a standing ovation by fans and protests inside and outside of the stadium . </P> <P> The largest of the university's 24 campuses, University Park is almost entirely within the boundaries of State College borough, a site chosen because it is near the geographic center of the state . With an undergraduate acceptance rate of 23 percent, it is the most selective campus in the Penn State system, due primarily to the fact that students select University Park as their first - choice campus at a far greater rate than the university's other undergraduate campuses . During the fall 2016 semester, 41,359 undergraduate students and 8,955 graduate students were enrolled at University Park . Of those, 46.3 percent were female and 40.5 percent were not Pennsylvania residents . </P> <P> The main University Park campus is centrally located at the junction of Interstate 99 and U.S. Route 322, and is due south of Interstate 80 . Before the arrival of the Interstates the University was a short distance from a Lock Haven--Altoona branch line of the Pennsylvania Railroad . The last run of long distance trains from Buffalo or Harrisburg through Lock Haven was in 1971 . Today, the nearest passenger rail access is in Lewistown 31 miles to the southeast . The University Park Airport, serving four regional airlines, is near University Park . </P>

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