And I haven’t argued they shouldn’t be punished. But maybe, just maybe, a bunch of teenagers being morons doesn’t warrant the full wrath of the frothing blame-casting hoards of the viral internet outrage-shame machine? (which is *exactly* what you are participating in right now on this comment thread whether you would…

Again there’s a difference between saying something in explicitly public and saying something intended to be in a private conversation that you forgot to password protect due to your own stupidity but that wasn’t exactly out there for the world to see given that nobody noticed it for over 4 years.

So then they were douches and also douchey idiots who don’t understand how google works.

Ah so as a male you never said to a fellow sixteen year old which girl you thought was a ten and you wanted to date. Got it so you’re full of shit thanks for playing

Thank you. Women do the same thing in private. Especially as men and women in locker rooms as we all grow up. It’s part of rapport. Not civil and not part of the outside social world but locker rooms especially when we are talking about teenage males are a private setting and it’s all just talk

Dang you’re cool and intelligent we are so impressed. Listen dipshit every male who played a sport said something vulgar as a growing male in a locker room that we aren’t proud of. Is this out in the works acceptable social behavior no but as males grow up especially as teens inappropriate things are said and done. Is…

They didn’t sexually harass them “on the internet”. They did it in a private email conversation, that was leaked to the student newspaper, and then posted for the world to see.

Good point. I’m just not sure hanging them out to being dragged through the internet hyperventilating viral scorn shame machine (which is a real thing) is as much “real consequences” as would be necessary for a course correction here. Have to think there would have been ways to give them real consequences for being…

Hey asshole every male who played a sport said or did something we aren’t proud of among other men in a sport locker room. Get over yourself.

Is Harvard doing the minimum? Is there any evidence that any of these men actually acted on any of this and did anything to these women? I haven’t seen that reported.

What are you talking about this is absurd. You don’t cancel a college sports season because men were being vulgar idiots. It’s what we fucking do. Shame them in public go crazy but taking away a season is absurd. Pc at its worst right here holy shit

It’s a one-off game to try to ignite a rivalry between 2 schools that are geographically close, it’s not going to be used for every game.

Funny, the only automaker that gave me and my friends the time of day was Honda, and that was only due to participation in FSAE. The rest of the automakers never got back to us, likely because we didn’t got to a school that have internship programs with the automakers. If they want more talent, they should recruit…

It is a good goal overall, with a significant caveat that the government seriously doesn’t understand: it is a SIGNIFICANT competitive advantage for commercial truck makers to have better fuel economy than their competitors, so much so that orders are won and lost over tenths of mpg’s. The 2010MY+, and soon to be…

Other than Patrick George being the asshat (he's like tenth in line for that title), everything else is damn accurate.

Fair enough, but you just underscored what I believe are very common problems in public discourse these days: carelessly following one’s own tribe, repeating what one has heard without independent research, saying anything ‘cause maybe the ends will justify the means, etc.

Back in 1996, breast cancer funding from the National Cancer Institute, the largest giver of academic research funds in America, totaled $382 million compared to $86 million; a ~4.5 to 1 disparity. By 2006, the difference had shrunk to $715M versus $376M; still nearly double. By 2013, last year of available stats from…

The fact gawker is so against this tells me it was the right choice.

In fairness, they have a HUGE money deal with the USGA and weather played a big part in how this US Open has progressed. There’s no way they could have known prior to...like...yesterday.