… shuts down its fraternities (relax: they’ll be back in business in no time), you know that public attention to the hazing/football nexus has grown so alarmingly that even pathetic Clemson (famous for having gamed its US News and World Report ranking by rating “all programs other than Clemson below average” on the US News survey) has had to look sharp. Its drunken carnage is definitely trending up a bit, so it’s decided to give everyone a chance to take a deep breath and think about how they can avoid killing more pledges once frat life starts up again. Very creditable of them.
September 26th, 2014 at 4:54PM
Somehow I’m able to imagine a profile of actual institutional priorities, possibly ordered by psychological vesting. Maybe a pie chart with various categories: intercollegiate athletics; fraternities, sororities, and clubs; sex, drugs, and alcohol; other student amusements and diversions; labor strife; parking; I-love-Podunk public relations; God knows what-all.
There may be a thin sliver of pie called “academics”, the part where some kid has his brains blown out permanently by some insight into the human condition or the natural world delivered by a professor who has his chops down.
I’m afraid that at my local Podunk Tech, the “academic slice” is very thin.