Emails show OSU officials fretted over coverage
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Internal Oklahoma State University documents and emails show school officials fretted about the school's public image as details emerged about the sexual assaults of several male students on campus.
The documents obtained by The Associated Press through an Open Records request show university attorneys also maintained it was appropriate to withhold details of the alleged attacks from police.
Even after an official from the U.S. Department of Education suggested the university had misinterpreted a portion of the Family and Education Rights Privacy Act, an OSU attorney insisted the federal law prevented them from disclosing details of an internal investigation to police.
In one email to OSU President Burns Hargis, Provost and Senior Vice President Robert Sternberg suggested ``somebody ought to be called on the carpet for being so irresponsible.''
Copyright 2012, The Associated Press
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