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Pennsylvania State University Disbands "Outing Club" Due to Safety Concerns

posted by janrinok on Thursday April 26 2018, @10:47PM   
from the walk-in-the-park dept.

Pennsylvania State University orders student groups to disband

An Anonymous Coward writes:

BBC News reports:

A US college outdoors club is being disbanded because its activities, which include hiking, running and backpacking, are deemed too risky.

Pennsylvania State University officials said the group will be reconstituted to focus more on safety.

The 98-year-old Outing Club is one of three that will be disbanded from next semester: the caving and scuba clubs have also been deemed unsafe.

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• At my uni At my uni (Score: 2) by corey on Thursday April 26 2018, @10:59PM (3 children)

  by corey (2202) on Thursday April 26 2018, @10:59PM (#672370)

  The Engineering Society club's sole purpose seemed to be to beat other clubs at drinking comps. And for the fellas to compete over the 3-per-100 females doing an engineering degree. But I didn't go to Penn State.

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• Re:At my uni Re:At my uni (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 26 2018, @11:32PM (2 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 26 2018, @11:32PM (#672388)

  A better mating strategy would be to join a club with a bunch of social studies majors in it.

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  • Re:At my uni Re:At my uni (Score: 5, Touché) by driverless on Thursday April 26 2018, @11:57PM (1 child)

    by driverless (4770) on Thursday April 26 2018, @11:57PM (#672401)

    Won't help, they'll still be engineers.

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    • Re:At my uni (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 27 2018, @12:45AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 27 2018, @12:45AM (#672410)

      This is where the drugs and alcohol come in.

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