Misbehaving At Harvard

THE HARVARD CRIMSON MEN'S SOCCER TEAM has curtailed all further competition for the school year, due to a ruling issued by the university administration, not for any financial reasons, but rather, for improper behavior. It seems members of the team have been posting online their personal opinions concerning the personal appearances of members of the Crimson ladies soccer team, which is not only rather irrelevant, but also, shall we say, crude, crass, and blatantly sexist. No other athletic teams are affected. The rugby squad shall plow on ahead. Ironic, since Harvard was founded, way back in 1636, by John Harvard as a men's theological seminary. It would seem that dear old Harvard has come a long way in the past three hundred and eighty years, perhaps shall we say, a bit waywardly. Nobody receives an athletic scholarship to attend Harvard. To attend Harvard, one must be a good student. Nobody receives an academic scholarship to attend Harvard. Scholarships are awarded according to financial need, to qualified scholars. One might wish that all institutions of higher education operated accordingly. Harvard has more athletic programs than any other university or college in the United States. The average class size at Harvard is seventeen. Nobody takes more than twelve hours a semester, and everyone is required to pursue a well rounded, comprehensive course of study. Recreational activities are a requirement, and anyone entering the university intending to geek out in the computer lab to the exclusion of all else beware; they will insert you not only into a French literature class, but you might end up learning water color technique as well, as a compliment to your computer geeknasty. Notwithstanding the current unfortunate circumstances surrounding Harvard men's soccer, one cannot deny that the overall manner in which this great university goes about its business is a role model for all other colleges and universities. Harvard has produced some of the greatest achievers and achievements in the world, Facebook notwithstanding.