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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 27 2018, @02:43PM
"In terms of adults who have reached out to us, whose job is to care for us, they just haven't, and so we've been holding each other up."
- An actual college senior complaining that staff and alumni didn't give cuddles after their event was crashed.
http://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2018/04/student-protesters-explain-tactics-disappointment-with-administrators [dukechronicle.com]