Posted on 03/08/2011 9:47:58 PM PST by thecodont
A drama class in Beginning Improvising and another in Social Dances of North America III were among dozens of classes on a closely guarded quarterly list distributed only to Stanford athletes to help them choose classes.
The list, which has existed since at least 2001, was widely regarded by athletes as an easy class list. More than a quarter of the courses on the list did not fulfill university general education requirements.
The classes on the list were "always chock-full of athletes and very easy A's," said Kira Maker, a soccer player who used the list her freshman year.
Stanford officials say the list was designed to accommodate athletes' demanding schedules and have disputed that it was made up of easy courses. But officials discontinued it last week after reporters began asking about it.
Titled "Courses of Interest," the list was distributed by the Athletic Academic Resource Center. Advisers in other university departments said they were unaware such a list existed.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/03/08/MNBT1I6G8J.DTL#ixzz1G4uUKHGz
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I am a Cardinal alum but find this news sad and disappointing. Admission standards or not, Stanford’s reputation is now tarnished by athletic dept encouraging athletes to take Mick courses.
One Summer at Oregon I took Production Workshop. Come to every class and help build and paint sets for the drama department and get four hours of “A”. The place was full of horny girls and few straight men. I was there so much they hired me. By the end of the Summer I had my “A” and a nice paycheck...not to mention some really great memories.
Kudos for being a squeeky clean school that has a good year every other decade.
“Figures. Everything’s a scam nowdays folks. Probably even this “announcement” that the secret list is being abolished, is a scam.”
This stuff has been around forever. In 1968 at FSU they had one class for the football players called “Trucks and Trains” My friend somehow got registered for it and he said it was third grade. Easiest “A” he ever got.
Rowle Tyde!
California is allowing RACIST motivated policies in their schools??
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