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The university has been grappling with hazing for well more than a century, from cases involving athletic teams and Greek life to class warfare between sophomores and incoming freshmen.
A new lawsuit describing more sexualized and racist hazing in Northwestern University’s football program alleges Black freshmen players were forced to compete in watermelon-eating contests. The allegations are among the newest of a mounting stack of lawsuits the university faces amid its ongoing hazing scandal. At least 12 related lawsuits have been filed against the university since the ...
One lawsuit also alleges the former Northwestern University football player had his Afro cut off by upperclassmen players at the team’s camp in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Anything that even borders on the horror show that Northwestern football players were subjected to has no place in college football.
Several former Northwestern University athletes have alleged that a culture of hazing at the school fostered systemic discrimination, harassment and sexual abuse.