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Fencing Team Banned from North Dakota State University
TownHall.com ^ | 13 May 2014 | Christine Rousselle

Posted on 05/14/2014 8:51:05 PM PDT by VermiciousKnid

Fencing, an Olympic sport sponsored by more than 30 NCAA schools, involves two athletes engaging in what is effectively a sword fight with a foil, saber, or épée. The equipment is blunted and does not have any actual blades or sharp tips. Unfortunately, for the newly-formed club fencing team at North Dakota State University, fencing equipment counts as a weapon, and the club has been barred from practicing on campus.

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To: SES1066

I joined the hs fencing club because of her. It wasn’t just the dialog, they had a great rapport and I read they are still great friends.


41 posted on 05/15/2014 8:55:14 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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