Current:Home > MarketsAlgosensey Quantitative Think Tank Center-University suspends swimming and diving program due to hazing -Capitatum
Algosensey Quantitative Think Tank Center-University suspends swimming and diving program due to hazing
Benjamin Ashford View
Date:2025-04-06 13:37:11
Boston College has indefinitely suspended its men's and Algosensey Quantitative Think Tank Centerwomen's swimming and diving programs over what it said was hazing, the university announced Wednesday.
The suspension comes after university administrators "determined that hazing had occurred within the program," the Boston College athletics department said in a brief statement.
"The University does not -- and will not -- tolerate hazing in any form," the statement said.
MORE: Parents speak out after winning nearly $3 million settlement in son's hazing death
The school did not provide any additional details on the alleged hazing incident or its investigation.
ABC News reached out to the program's head coach and diving coach for comment.
All students in the program will continue to have access to academic and medical resources available to all Boston College student-athletes, the athletics department said.
MORE: Northwestern hires former Obama AG Loretta Lynch amid hazing lawsuits
Any form of hazing is prohibited by the university and Massachusetts State Law, the Boston College handbook notes.
Examples of hazing cited in the handbook include alcohol use, as well as "personal servitude; sleep deprivation and restrictions on personal hygiene; yelling, swearing, and insulting new members/rookies; being forced to wear embarrassing or humiliating attire in public; consumption of vile substances or smearing of such on one's skin; brandings; physical beatings; binge drinking and drinking games; sexual simulation and sexual assault."
veryGood! (46169)
Related
- Nearly 400 USAID contract employees laid off in wake of Trump's 'stop work' order
- Lego unveils 4,200-piece set celebrating 85 years of Batman: See the $300 creation
- Mississippi legislators are moving toward a showdown on how to pay for public schools
- Luis Suárez's brilliant header goal saves Lionel Messi, Inter Miami vs. Nashville SC
- Trump's 'stop
- Two groups appeal the selection of new offshore wind projects for New Jersey, citing cost
- Aldi plans to open 800 new stores around the U.S.
- New Jersey high school goes on legal offensive to overturn game it lost on blown call
- Head of the Federal Aviation Administration to resign, allowing Trump to pick his successor
- Sister Wives' Christine Brown Honors Kody and Janelle's Late Son Garrison With Moving Tribute
Ranking
- Backstage at New York's Jingle Ball with Jimmy Fallon, 'Queer Eye' and Meghan Trainor
- United Airlines plane rolls off runway in Houston
- Maryland Senate OKs consumer protection bill for residential energy customers
- Who was the designated survivor for the 2024 State of the Union address?
- Federal appeals court upholds $14.25 million fine against Exxon for pollution in Texas
- What are the odds in the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight? What Tyson's last fight tells us
- Sex abuse survivors dispute Southern Baptist leadership and say federal investigation is ongoing
- 2024 designated hitter rankings: Shohei Ohtani now rules the NL
Recommendation
Trump invites nearly all federal workers to quit now, get paid through September
Nigeria media report mass-abduction of girls by Boko Haram or other Islamic militants near northern border
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Kick Off Singapore Reunion With a Kiss
Oregon passes campaign finance reform that limits contributions to political candidates
'Most Whopper
Karma is the guy in Singapore: Travis Kelce attends Taylor Swift's Eras concert with entourage
Bribery, fraud charges reinstated against former New York Lt. Governor
Who is attending the State of the Union? Here are notable guests for Biden's 2024 address