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‘If everybody did it, then everybody would have 98% graduation rates for athletes. If everybody did it, then going decades without an academically ineligible starter would be the norm everywhere instead of only at UNC. The very thing you’ve bragged about for decades as the thing that makes you special is the thing that shows you’re unusual in this regard. Why do you think UNC leads the nation in athlete grad rates? Three years ago, you thought it was some special Chapel Hill pixie dust; given what you know now, isn’t it pretty obvious that it’s because of unusual and elaborate cheating methods?’

The wisdom of commenters. This one even knows how to use a semi-colon. UD bows down.

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Speaking of writing, Scathing Online Schoolmarm is relieved to see wordplay starting up on the last name Peppers. It’s taken far too long. Philadelphia Inquirer:

PEEPING AT PEPPERS’ TRANSCRIPT

Alliteration is the obvious first move, though SOS also looks forward to some pun-seepage.

Pepper is of course part of a famous alliterative Mother Goose thingie:

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers;
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked;
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

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Chapel’s campus posted pickled Peppers’ transcript;
A peek at pickled Peppers’ GPA took place.
It shows how Chapel Hill kept up its pecker
And won the big athletic college race.

Margaret Soltan, August 15, 2012 7:51AM
Posted in: Scathing Online Schoolmarm, sport

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2 Responses to “‘If everybody did it, then everybody would have 98% graduation rates for athletes. If everybody did it, then going decades without an academically ineligible starter would be the norm everywhere instead of only at UNC. The very thing you’ve bragged about for decades as the thing that makes you special is the thing that shows you’re unusual in this regard. Why do you think UNC leads the nation in athlete grad rates? Three years ago, you thought it was some special Chapel Hill pixie dust; given what you know now, isn’t it pretty obvious that it’s because of unusual and elaborate cheating methods?’”

  1. david foster Says:
    August 16th, 2012 at 7:13AM

    OT: Since you are such a major UGA fan, I thought you’d want to see this:

    http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2012-08-15/red-black-student-staffers-walk-out

  2. Margaret Soltan Says:
    August 16th, 2012 at 8:21AM

    Thanks so much, david! A big story. I’ve posted about it.

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