11 Aug 2006
Two Resign, but Athletics Is Cleared at Auburn

Kinda light punishment for this kind of blatant theft of taxpayer dollars, eh? Why do I call it theft? Because athletic scholarships are really just welfare for the well muscled... and I suppose it keeps the whole modern "bread and circuses" machine well oiled.

The offending teachers keep their positions on the faculty due to tenure, they just lose their departmental positions. And the kids? Well, they'll graduate with degrees showing these inflated grades, no doubt.

Hopefully, they'll do well in professional athletics. Unlike another former student athlete: Maurice Clarett.

The resignations came after reports that athletes got high grades in classes that required little work.

(link) [New York Times]

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Cabin baggage ban hits musicians

Put the pending demise of world tours by classical musicians down under "Costs of Terrorism" or "The Law of Unintended Consequences"...

Russian musicians returning from London face an overland journey because of the new UK cabin baggage ban on planes.

(link) [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition]

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