McGill University, allegedly named after an alleged relative according to a relative born McGill, has shut down its men's football team's season after charges of hazing were determined to be true:
School officials announced Tuesday that a four-week investigation uncovered hazing rituals performed during "Rookie Night" on Aug. 27. "Hazing is based on humiliation and degradation," said McGill's interim provost Dr. Anthony Masi in a statement. "It has no place at McGill. It will not be tolerated in any form.Good to see. I was never happier to be a Univ. of King's College undergrad (where hazing was barred in the 1920s after a death) when, during in my frosh week, I came upon a group of junior partner Dalhousie University's frosh in the middle of some group degradation lorded over by dorky drunk nasty looking sophomores. "Kings," says I. "Kings" as I pass through the Dal frosh throng on knees bended to their devils, waiting for another degradation comtemplating why they chose not to try for Kings."No excuses. No exceptions."
Comments
Wayne - October 19, 2005 9:18 PM
While at it, they could loose the "Redmen" handle, too. Islanders showed their forward thinking on this issue years ago.
Sensitivity training for college football?
cm - October 19, 2005 9:50 PM
I always thought "Redmen" was because the school colours are red and white.
Cyn - October 19, 2005 10:28 PM
Hazing sucks. I was the victim once, in high school, as initiation for the field hockey team. I was stripped naked and very potent athletic balm was coated onto and into my entire body and I was left bound by my legs and arms on the floor of the change room and abandonded. I cried in agony until someone heard me. My parents were not impressed, nor was the family doctor.