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.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by JoeMerchant on Thursday April 26 2018, @11:52PM
Yep - putting any kind of university sponsored label on it invites attempts to pin responsibility on the organization. Our high school was terrified when groups of us would get together and go places without them - 'twas their own damn fault for cancelling most of the school sponsored field trips as attempted punishment for some kids who got caught with empty liquor bottles on one (not a behavioral observation, just empty bottles.)
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