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Editor:"Donation To Penn State to Field Div-I Hockey Teams,” 9.18.10: Athletics play a role in the collegiate experience. But when an $88million donation is made to a team to compete in Div-I, there is something wrong with the values of PSU and perhaps the US? This is the largest donation ever at PSU. Could these $'s be better used for nonathletic endowments? It signals priorities at PSU: athletics over academics. Most D-I schools are the same,while the US lags the competitively, but not sports.

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