Posted on 11/24/2002 8:28:16 AM PST by Sparta
Edited on 04/22/2004 12:35:13 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
No, a senior charged at the SMU cheerleaders in 1982. In 1974 the corps surrounded the Rice MOB (Marching Owl Band) and they had to be evacuated by food service trucks. The previous summer of Reveille had died, and the MOB formed a fire hydrant during their half-time show and played "Where Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone".
Academic fraud and players getting extra benefits paid for at hotels during game stays. More info here.
I would love to see USC play Miami. SC had the toughest schedule in the country, lost one in OT cause of a missed extra point at WSU and lost to Kansas St., there, by 7, Carson Palmer is the all time passer in the history of the Pac10 and the defense hasn`t allowed a 100 yd,. runner this season. The Irish will find out Sat. that they ain`t playing a Florida St.
Academic fraud? At Berkeley? Say it isn't so! Well, I know that they'vve always had a hard time fielding a winning team because of the academic standards, but this is beyond the Pale!
Imagine stooping to the standards of their competitors! < /sarcasm >
Frankly, I find this hard to believe -- unless they have had considerable grade inflation since I attended there!
You are right. My memory fails me. There was another incident when the MOB goosestepped down the field. That really enraged A & M. I've forgotten exacxtly what they did, but it caused a ruckus.
But it was an SMU cheerleader. As I remember, the saber wielder was suspended for the rest of the year. It made a great picture, however. I think it ran in every newspaper across the country.
I think the guy walking around naked just did that on his own. I don't think that was for "credit."
However, the other class was one of those student-led classes that were allowed to give a limited numberof credits for bizarre activities. I can assure you that we had none of that when I attended there. The classes were hard and comprehensive and most people were grateful to recive a "C" for their efforts at undergrad level. A "B" was remarkable, and an "A" was almost unheard of.
Graduate school was another story. Grading was "easier" because they thought that if you actually made it to grad school, you were probably pretty smart.
The closest I ever got to an "easy" class was a basic Architecture Review class (1 unit) that I used to fill out my program. It still was pretty difficult, although I did get my "A" -- it just didn't count for very much.
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