Three players and a volunteer coach were suspended in a hazing incident as a football sports camp. Some parents complain that the actions of a few players have caused the school to cancel the next football game.
Here is the link to the editorial. It was prompted by a lawsuit filed by a swim team member.
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….The former student, Anthony Marcantonio, alleges he and other first-year swimmers were subjected to numerous forms of hazing, including being forced to drink beer, liquor, milk and prune juice and suffering verbal abuse and forced sexual contact. Marcantonio’s allegations serve as a necessary reminder of the pervasive nature of hazing — that it is not just confined to Greek life.
The tendency to link hazing and Greek life does not exist without reason. But sometimes this association can make us forget about the prevalence of hazing in any hierarchically or competitively organized student group, including those at our University. Contractually independent organizations face similar risks to fraternities and sororities; hushed anecdotes of what club sports teams, a capella groups and even debating societies make their new members do could certainly qualify as hazing….
Moderator: This article tries to make some sense out of the polarities and divisions ripping apart Florida A & M some years after the death of Robert Champion. There are no winners and losers here, but there is a divided community that I did not see or observe when A & M invited me here as part of a panel. I hope this conflict can be worked out.
Moderator: The allegations have come from parents at Cromwell-Portand High School in Connecticut. Police say they have arrested one youth.
Here is the link to a Miami student editorial.