In Scandals, Damage Control Is Elusive

The situation unfolding at the University of Iowa is all too familiar: Two athletes are accused of rape. The university botches its response. Heads roll.

Few things make university presidents and their top aides more nervous than an athlete accused of sexual assault. And if recent events in Iowa City are any indication, their worries are well founded.

Sally K. Mason, who has been president at Iowa for one year, is the latest chief executive to discover that when athletes are

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