A Mount Prospect letter to the editor: The Daily Herald's July 11 editorial on the Northwestern University hazing scandal was headlined 'What 'two weeks' told us,' with the subhead 'The Northwestern scandal shows we have yet to truly come to grips with hazing.'
The Daily Herald's July 11 editorial on the Northwestern University hazing scandal was headlined"What"two weeks" told us," with the subhead"The Northwestern scandal shows we have yet to truly come to grips with hazing."
Writ large, the tragedy is characterized by interrelated problems and issues, examples of which are sports-related academic corruption, excessive commercialization, admissions shenanigans and the lowering of standards. Of particular concern is the brutal nature of college sports with its corrosive influence on institutions of higher education via the lure of fame and financial fortune.
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