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Thursday, May 18, 2006

Those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer...


From the official statement of Catholic University's athletics director:

[A] Web site ha[s] posted an article and photos about The Catholic University of America's women's lacrosse team. According to the article and the photos that accompany it, a male stripper was invited to perform at a freshman initiation party held off the campus of the university...


From tomorrow's New York Times:

[A few days ago, the] Web site badjocks.com posted photographs from a hazing by the Northwestern women's soccer team, leading to the team's suspension. Yesterday, badjocks.com followed up with photos from freshman, varsity and club team initiations at 12 other colleges, complete with links to the teams' rosters.

Badjocks.com plucked and collated the often disturbing photos from webshots.com, a site where students post and share thousands of pictures covering a variety of activities....
Posted at: 5/18/2006 06:49:00 PM