24 January 2009

WHOA - WHAT DID THEY DO? - THE MIND BOGGLES!


This article doesn't tell you what the Rugby boys did, but you can guess......

Naughty boys.......An Article posted on the THE MOUNTAIN ECHO, the student paper of Mt St Mary's College, Maryland (corrected after a comment was published by an Anonymous reader)..


www.themountainecho.com
Current Issue: January 21, 2009
Rugby suspended for spring, on probation
Emily Millirons
Issue date: 1/21/09 Section: News
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The rugby club has been suspended for the spring semester due to incidents that occurred in November which violated the second Code of Student conduct, according to Associate Director for Residence Life Jen Lenfant.

Lenfant said the investigation of the club sport was concluded on Dec. 19.Following the investigation, Residence Life issued individual sanctions to multiple team members, while Recreational Services issued a team sanction affecting every member of the club sport.

Denise Ditch, Director of Recreational Services, commented on the specifics of the team sanction. Ditch said the club will be on three years of probation from the fall of 2009 to the fall of 2012.

Additionally, the club sport must present an anti-hazing workshop to all club sports prior to the fall semester or as determined by Recreational Services, in order to be eligible to play next fall.[GATESY - WHAT THE HELL IS HAZING??]

The anti-hazing workshop will be developed by junior members of the club, who will meet with Intramural and Club Sport Coordinator Matt Grimm for advising. Ditch also said that though elections of new club officers will be held in the spring or summer, no current senior or junior club members may serve as a new officer.

Lenfant could not comment on what the individual sanctions entail. But she "expects [the club] will be back in the fall."

The second Code of Student Conduct includes, but is not limited to, violence, intimidation, alcohol poisoning, drug abuse, hazing, and threatening behavior.

Members of the rugby team did not respond to e -mails seeking comment.
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous26 January 2009 at 10:57 am

    Mount St. Mary's University is in Maryland and they did hazing by alcohol

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  2. Matt @ Green and Gold Rugby1 February 2009 at 3:14 am

    From Wiki: "Hazing is a ritualistic test and a task involving harassment, abuse or humiliation used as a way of initiating a person into a gang, club, military organization or other group"

    Sounds my sorta club!

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