Sunday, February 25, 2007

Shocking Self-Expression at Sacramento State U now Penalized

We read:

"The Sacramento State women's soccer team will forfeit a preseason game this spring as punishment for an off-campus party in December, Athletics Director Terry Wanless said Thursday....

The "rookie party" gained renewed attention last week when the State Hornet student newspaper published photos from the party that had been published on the popular Web site www.facebook.com. The photos show several freshmen soccer players dressed in costumes with lewd drawings on their faces. Many were photographed laughing and clutching red plastic cups....

Wanless did not detail the reason for the suspensions, other than categorizing it as a violation of the student-athlete code of conduct. The code of conduct bans hazing, initiation rituals and underage drinking.....

Source

Laughing and drinking out of red plastic cups! How evil can you get!

There was of course no evidence of hazing, initiation rituals and underage drinking but college disciplinary processes don't bother with silly things like evidence -- as the dreadful Plinton case showed.

I mentioned this case previously on 17th.