[NU Sports] Soccer cats hazing -- blown out of proportion

John A. DeGroat johnadeg at bellatlantic.net
Thu May 18 19:31:37 CDT 2006


You obviously miss the point.  There are a lot of things that are legal 
but in total bad taste.

John DeGroat

Jason Singer wrote:

>Well, I for one took his post to mean he was hopeful we'd win another
>Championship. 
>
>However, our Constitution gives each and everyone of us the right to
>disrespect the White House all we want as long as it is within the
>boundaries of the law, and last I heard, flip-flops were entirely legal in
>America. 
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>And further, if the flip-flops were meant as a subtle political
>statement...well that is EXACTLY the kind of initiative and moxie I expect
>out of NU grads!
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>Go CATS!!
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>Jason Singer
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
>Behalf Of John A. DeGroat
>Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 5:16 PM
>To: ddave at nusports.com
>Cc: nwu-sports at tssi.com
>Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Soccer cats hazing -- blown out of proportion
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>There is something called bad taste.  Whether one agrees or disagrees 
>with Bush doesn't justify showing disrespect to the White House. If you 
>want NU representatives to demonstrate bad taste then don't complain 
>about whatever other news comes out about NU.
>
>John A. DeGroat
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>dave bradley wrote:
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>>Well, I for one would love to see *ALL* of the members of NU's women's
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>lacrosse team wear flip-flops THIS year when they visit the White House
>after winning their 2nd straight national championship!
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>>dave bradley
>>(717) 687-5355
>>ddave at NUsports.com
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>>--- rstetson at capps-assoc.com wrote:
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>>From: "Roy Lamberton" <rstetson at capps-assoc.com>
>>To: "'Tom Maycock'" <tkmaycock at yahoo.com>, <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
>>Cc:
>>Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Soccer cats hazing -- blown out of proportion
>>Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 12:09:12 -0400
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>>Following on the heels of the events at Duke, anything done by a large
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>private
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>>institution will be waved about like the old proverbial "bloody shirt."
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>>Trust me, every time a hazing incident comes up for the next 5 years, this
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>will
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>>be mentioned. If you don't agree, check out all the stories about
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>flip-flops
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>>that still pop up on Google about once a month.
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>>NU has had the gambling scandal, and Rashidi, flip-flops and this bogus
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>hazing
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>>issue - during that time, we've won how many Big 10 titles? Graduated how
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>many
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>>students? Produced how many NFL players? It all doesn't count to the tear
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>it
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>>down at all costs media types [including the ones at the Daily]
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>>Grrrrr
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>>rsl 
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>>Roy S. Lamberton - Senior Associate
>>Computer Applications & Support Associates
>>and Publisher of Purple Reign, 
>>The Scout.com Northwestern University Site
>>(http://www.purplewildcats.com)
>>AIM Handle: CoachRoy74
>>======== Go Cats -  Beat 'em All ===========
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>>Biz handled 
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>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com 
>>>[mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Tom Maycock
>>>Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 12:02 PM
>>>To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
>>>Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Soccer cats hazing -- blown out of proportion
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>>>--- "mlinhardt at netzero.net" <mlinhardt at netzero.net> wrote:
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>>>>Am I the only one who thinks this story is getting blown out of 
>>>>proportion?
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>>>Nope, I'm with you. 
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>>>Although I'd  be in the "no tolerance for hazing whatsoever" 
>>>camp, I don't get why this is such a big story. 
>>>
>>>Some folks did something stupid (hazing), then did something 
>>>equally as stupid, by posting photo evidence on the net. They 
>>>should be punished, but not vilified. And the university 
>>>certainly shouldn't take heat for it.
>>>
>>>Tom
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