Aug
31
2011
This much we know about college presidents: Their first instinct is self-preservation. They will support athletics as long as it is politically expedient (See E. Gordon Gee, The Ohio State University). When it’s not, the athletic department is on its own. I don’t think the football program at Miami is going to be getting many special favors from the president’s office as it moves forward.
The ACC, which brought Miami on board in 2004 to increase its football profile, has been embarrassed twice this summer. North Carolina coach Butch Davis was fired nine days before the start of practice. Then Miami, which has yet to play in an ACC Championship Game, finally makes headlines because of strippers and hookers. The conference has been in business since 1953 and, with the exception of Clemson’s NCAA penalties in the 1980s, has never been so humiliated on a national stage.
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Aug
31
2011
Whitlock goes on to say that it’s clear Robinson’s reporting can’t be trusted because he didn’t find any evidence of drug use. He wrote, “One word is missing from the Yahoo! story: Drugs. You can’t tell this story accurately, honestly or credibly without addressing the drug issue. Drugs would raise legitimate questions about the nature of Shapiro’s relationships with the handful of anonymous sources backing (and/or refuting) Shapiro’s claims. Drugs would tell us a lot about Nevin Shapiro. But the Yahoo! story would leave you to believe Shapiro operated in America’s Cocaine Capital, allegedly arranged strippers and hookers for seemingly half of The U, spent his nights in VIP areas at nightclubs and strip clubs partying with 20-somethings, and no one smoked a joint, snorted coke, popped X, swallowed OxyContin or even took Advil.”
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Aug
31
2011
… We clearly have identified what our travel team is now,” Golden said. “Everybody’s going to get their roles (Wednesday) and by 7 a.m. we’re going to be back on the practice field. That’s been kind of our sanctum anyway. That’s been the safest place for us this whole time.”
The NCAA said Vernon must repay more than $1,200 because as a recruit he accepted things such as access to Shapiro’s suite at a Miami home game, drinks and cover charges at two different nightclubs. Vernon was one of 72 Miami players and recruits that Shapiro claimed he provided benefits to during an eight-year span, allegations he detailed in a Yahoo Sports story published Aug. 16.
Armstrong must repay $788, the believed worth of his extra benefits, while Dye will pay $738.
Forston, the NCAA said, received more than $400 in things such as “athletic equipment, meals, nightclub cover charges and entertainment at a gentleman’s club.” Spence received about $275 in benefits, Ojomo $240, Benjamin more than $150 and Harris more than $140.
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Aug
31
2011
Two other student-athletes, Aravious Armstrong and Dyron Dye , will miss four games and must make repayment . Armstrong received approximately $788 in extra benefits from Shapiro and athletics personnel during his recruitment. Dye received approximately $738. These student-athletes’ benefits included five nights of impermissible lodging from institutional staff during their unofficial visits, transportation, multiple meals, and entertainment at a gentleman’s club.
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These five student-athletes — Marcus Forston , Sean Ryan Spence , Adewale Ojomo , Travis Benjamin and Jacory Harris — must miss one game and make repayment . Forston received more than $400 in extra benefits from Shapiro and athletic personnel, including athletic equipment, meals, nightclub cover charges and entertainment at a gentleman’s club. Spence received approximately $275 in benefits, including meals, transportation, as well as cover charges and entertainment at a gentleman’s club. Ojomo received $240 in extra benefits, including a meal and nightclub cover charges. Benjamin received more than $150 in extra benefits, including meals and entertainment. Harris received more than $140 in benefits from meals, entertainment, transportation and nightclub cover charges.
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Aug
31
2011
Panel Hears Grim Details of Venereal Disease Tests
Published: August 30, 2011
Gruesome details of American-run venereal disease experiments on Guatemalan prisoners, soldiers and mental patients in the years after World War II were revealed this week during hearings before a White House bioethics panel investigating the study’s sordid history.
From 1946 to 1948, American taxpayers, through the Public Health Service, paid for syphilis-infected Guatemalan prostitutes to have sex with prisoners. When some of the men failed to become infected through sex, the bacteria were poured into scrapes made on the penises or faces, or even injected by spinal puncture.
About 5,500 Guatemalans were enrolled, about 1,300 of whom were deliberately infected with syphilis, gonorrhea or chancroid. At least 83 died, but it was not clear if the experiments killed them. About 700 were treated with antibiotics, records showed; it was not clear if some were never treated.
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