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Ohio State fires band director Jonathan Waters over ‘sexualized’ culture
Dispatch ^ | 7/24/2014 | Staff

Posted on 07/24/2014 1:55:05 PM PDT by combat_boots

Ohio State University has fired the director of its marching band and is expanding an internal investigation that uncovered a deep culture of sexual harassment among students that reportedly has existed for years.

The two-month investigation, triggered by the complaint of a parent, revealed a cascade of evidence that students routinely harassed one another –– often directed at new band members by older students –– and that director Jonathan Waters knew about it or should have known.

Waters, 38, was ousted from his post effective today, OSU President Michael V. Drake said. Details of the investigation are laid out in a 23-page report obtained by The Dispatch.

(Excerpt) Read more at dispatch.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: acrossthefield; ashamed; buckeyes; carmenohio; disgraceful; dotthei; embarrassment; hangonsloopy; hazing; humiliation; mauriceclarinet; moralabsolutes; music; ohio; sexualharassment; tbdbitl
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Just in time for practice to start.
1 posted on 07/24/2014 1:55:05 PM PDT by combat_boots
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To: Admin Moderator

Hi.

This should be an excerpt, Admin. Can you fix that?


2 posted on 07/24/2014 1:56:40 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: combat_boots

3 posted on 07/24/2014 1:56:48 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: combat_boots

“reportedly has existed for years”

Our culture is changing so rapidly. Soon we will need permission for everything, so that no one is upset over anything.

This is speech codes, thought control, being enacted.


4 posted on 07/24/2014 1:58:17 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: dfwgator

LOL!!!!!!!


5 posted on 07/24/2014 1:59:10 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: DBrow

Need permission to “sexually harrass”? What exactly did they do?


6 posted on 07/24/2014 2:00:22 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: combat_boots

One would think after what happen with the hazing at a marchign bank at one of those HBCU resulting in death people in leadership would learnt the lesson.


7 posted on 07/24/2014 2:02:06 PM PDT by C19fan
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I would guess that the younger ones were teased by the older kids, not necessarily in an explicitly sexual way- could be some guy makes a comment about a girl’s appearance, some girl makes a snide comment like “So do you have hair in YOUR palms?” That’s apparently now forbidden, but that was common when I was in school, teasing and joking with people.


8 posted on 07/24/2014 2:03:29 PM PDT by DBrow
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Ding! Ding! We have a winner.


9 posted on 07/24/2014 2:03:38 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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I suppose the silver lining in all this is that no one was killed (ala the Florida A&M Marching Band)...


10 posted on 07/24/2014 2:06:26 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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I’d wager its far more than ‘teasing’. Especially considering the gay brainwashing that goes on.


11 posted on 07/24/2014 2:06:44 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: dfwgator

He's the big-headed fellow standing next to the guy with the baton.

12 posted on 07/24/2014 2:06:50 PM PDT by x
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To: DBrow

Read the article, what they did is spelled out in disgusting detail.


13 posted on 07/24/2014 2:07:03 PM PDT by Campion
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To: Ann Archy

Obviously some Michigan student had a lot of time on their hands...LOL!


14 posted on 07/24/2014 2:07:17 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Campion
Couldn't have been more disgusting than this.


15 posted on 07/24/2014 2:08:45 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Campion

Yeah this one is pretty darn graphic - http://www.dispatch.com/content/downloads/2014/07/Exhibit_B_-_Marching_Band_songbook_xgraphic_languagex.pdf

Rape, gay sex, bestiality, is just the start.


16 posted on 07/24/2014 2:11:21 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: combat_boots
In many colleges with big football programs, the budget for the marching band is controlled by the athletic director.

Any scandals involving the band reflect, indirectly, on the football program, and may result in fewer donations from the alumni and supporters.

17 posted on 07/24/2014 2:13:30 PM PDT by real saxophonist (Fightin in a basement)
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It still does not compare to the “hazing” at FAMU: the drum major, Robert Champion, was beaten to death, the band leader fired and the president of the university fired. Those suspected of actually killing the guy got suspended sentences.


18 posted on 07/24/2014 2:14:25 PM PDT by DeFault User
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Those band guys are rough .
19 posted on 07/24/2014 2:15:03 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Shall Not Be Infringed)
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To: DBrow

I really hope it was something that tame


20 posted on 07/24/2014 2:15:35 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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