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Originally posted by AXJules
You can't make rules for off campus behavior, besides drugs and alcohol. We have an anti hazing policy for our athletes. This wasn't affiliated with athletics, it was just something peers did to each other. The code of conduct is a school written thing.....but in all the past years if girls say "Hey I want to play powderpuff! And they willingly pay $$ to do it and no one gets upset each year, how are you going to write rules around that???? Legally, they did nothing wrong, thats my point. They're not afraid of pissing off lawyer parents, they know that the school has no jurisdiction among making rules for things people do willingly.
You can't say this has happened every year. It hasn't.
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I was under the impression that the school had problems with this before on a lesser scale. You're right. If students didn't complain, then the school didn't have a reason to establish a policy.
It's just unfortunate that this situation escalated into a melee where girls were injured. The fact that it is a national story might help prevent other events like this from happening in the future.
AXJules, thank you for your honesty and sharing your experience. It must be really hard to see your school receive this negative press. I hope that this is one of those experiences from which all of the people involved can grow stronger and better.
