The University of Vermont canceled part of the hockey season [during the 1999–2000 school year] because of hazing, and Providence College expelled three basketball players . . . over an assault. Parents and students going through the application process will also want to know how a particular school with a disgraceful incident has gone about addressing its problems.
Some would say, for example, that Providence College and the University of Vermont took far more vigorous and appropriate approaches to their problems than did Indiana, which only fired Bobby Knight, its notoriously rogue coach, after his nth warning from the school.
Before Indiana finally fired Knight its tolerance of his abhorrent behavior seemed to send the message that athletics are more important than academics at the Big Ten school. Meanwhile, Reverend Philip A.
Smith, the president of Providence College, a small Roman Catholic school in Rhode Island, had expelled three players and is quoted in the New York Times as saying, “An assault on a student goes to the very heart of who we are. This is not a basketball issue for me.”
Similarly, with support from the governor and the state attorney general, the University of Vermont (UVM) canceled the remainder of the college hockey season in January 2000 following the hazing incident (the college hockey season would have ended in March).
Vermont’s governor expressed outrage at the hazing incident and got involved as an ex officio member of the university’s Board of Trustees when the university did not initially move to act against the team and the players involved. UVM officials then asked the state attorney general to investigate the charges.
Under oath, several members of the hockey team admitted they had not told the truth earlier and provided details. UVM’s president Judith Ramaley then canceled the remainder of the season. . . over an assault. Parents and students going through the application process will also want to know how a particular school with a disgraceful incident has gone about addressing its problems.
Some would say, for example, that Providence College and the University of Vermont took far more vigorous and appropriate approaches to their problems than did Indiana, which only fired Bobby Knight, its notoriously rogue coach, after his nth warning from the school.
Before Indiana finally fired Knight its tolerance of his abhorrent behavior seemed to send the message that athletics are more important than academics at the Big Ten school. Meanwhile, Reverend Philip A.
Smith, the president of Providence College, a small Roman Catholic school in Rhode Island, had expelled three players and is quoted in the New York Times as saying, “An assault on a student goes to the very heart of who we are. This is not a basketball issue for me.”
Similarly, with support from the governor and the state attorney general, the University of Vermont (UVM) canceled the remainder of the college hockey season in January 2000 following the hazing incident (the college hockey season would have ended in March).
Vermont’s governor expressed outrage at the hazing incident and got involved as an ex officio member of the university’s Board of Trustees when the university did not initially move to act against the team and the players involved. UVM officials then asked the state attorney general to investigate the charges.
Under oath, several members of the hockey team admitted they had not told the truth earlier and provided details. UVM’s president Judith Ramaley then canceled the remainder of the season
