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What's more dangerous: rugby, or a walk in the woods? At Pennsylvania State University, the administrators apparently think it's the latter.

The student "Outing Club," which has gone backpacking, kayaking, and hiking in state parks over the course of its 98-year-existence, will no longer be allowed to host outdoor events after administrators conducted a risk assessment, according to The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/reason.com/blog/2018/04/22/penn-state-outing-club-safety/amp

The outing club can't go outside.

How do you do if you do not do?

It's called arse-covering

wtf?

morons !!!!!!!!!!

Sour Wreck said:

wtf?

morons !!!!!!!!!!

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You think that, but in today's litigious society they have to make sure every box is ticked regarding illness, accident, injury, etc, that all precautions, whether possible or not, have been taken, and they can do that with rugby or other contact sports as they are on the campus, so emergency services are readily available and medics will be at the pitch, whereas they can't guarantee that when students are off into the middle of nowhere where there can be no cell reception, etc.

It's madness, I know, but point the blame where it belongs, with the fuckwits who sue at the drop of a hat when their little runt skins his knee when he falls over running around like a loon as kids do. After all, that's what created the current "sue first, ask questions later" culture so of course you can expect everyone to take things to extremes to make sure their arse is covered.

Y'all brought it on yourselves by allowing such a culture to ferment, and the UK isn't far behind the US in that respect

When it comes to money, it can move mountians..

A branch of the Chinese government has barred Chinese scholars from receiving state funding to study at the University of California, San Diego, according to people at the school. The freeze highlights how Beijing is steadily placing pressure on overseas universities to suppress viewpoints that run counter to Communist Party orthodoxy.

https://qz.com/1080962/china-is-retaliating-against-the-university-of-california-san-diego-for-inviting-the-dalai-lama-to-speak-at-commencement/

One sock full at a time.

Grandpapy said:

When it comes to money, it can move mountians..

A branch of the Chinese government has barred Chinese scholars from receiving state funding to study at the University of California, San Diego, according to people at the school. The freeze highlights how Beijing is steadily placing pressure on overseas universities to suppress viewpoints that run counter to Communist Party orthodoxy.

https://qz.com/1080962/china-is-retaliating-against-the-university-of-california-san-diego-for-inviting-the-dalai-lama-to-speak-at-commencement/

One sock full at a time.

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At the University were i work the foreign students are run though a company called Global at a cost of 75g's each for a semester or three..
It is totally a scam, big money and the student's don't get much for the money except, excepted , pay to play. The biggest issue for me is the clash of culture, female students being man handled , female staff being poorly treated, and all around disrespectful treatment of staff ( including me ) .

Anyway sorry for the rant.

I see our educational system doing stupid shit everyday. Spending money with reckless abandonment and dodging the responsibility for it at every turn. Since I was hired 9 years ago I've received 3 layers of bosses or more, it's all about insulating themselves from risk. The problem for me is I have fewer co-workers and absolutely no help to do my job. They tell me I better not get hurt but the work better not be late.

lokie said:

What's more dangerous: rugby, or a walk in the woods? At Pennsylvania State University, the administrators apparently think it's the latter.

The student "Outing Club," which has gone backpacking, kayaking, and hiking in state parks over the course of its 98-year-existence, will no longer be allowed to host outdoor events after administrators conducted a risk assessment, according to The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/reason.com/blog/2018/04/22/penn-state-outing-club-safety/amp

The outing club can't go outside.

How do you do if you do not do?

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Note that the U is "Sandusky State", the admin isn't worried about accidents, it's all the pervs and pedos in the woods there

Singlemalt said:

Note that the U is "Sandusky State", the admin isn't worried about accidents, it's all the pervs and pedos in the woods there

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Next they will be canceling Lunch because of chocking hazzards.

Danger is coming back to Australian playgrounds with experts advocating risk in children’s play.
The country’s highest authority on playground safety, Associate Professor David Eager, believes that calculating risk is an essential lesson of childhood, and that exposing kids to controlled risks, such as a fall that might, at very worst, fracture a bone, will keep them safer in the long run.

“Children need to be given opportunities to engage in activities where they will be able to learn from their mistakes,” said Professor Eager, from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Technology, Sydney.

“It’s okay if your children have an accident.

“Children who are exposed to too little challenge often take on inappropriate risks, where the chance of injury is high, because they lack the ability to judge the level of risk and the strategies and skills to tackle it effectively.”
Under his watch, moving equipment is being reintroduced. There are now safety standards on flying foxes and carousels.

“We increased the fall height to 3m so you can give that perception of risk,” he said.
“It might not sound like much, but in terms of design of the playground, it gives landscape architects much more room to come up with exciting things.

“Kids will fall — they fall all the time. And three metres sounds like a long way for a child to fall but there’s compelling evidence that this increased risk of falling will not translate to increased injuries.”

Justine Perkins, who runs the Livvi’s Place playground empire, agrees.

There are 15 Livvi’s Place playgrounds around Australia, set up in memory of Ms Perkins’ late daughter Olivia, which cater for children with disabilities.

Some of these playgrounds have motorised carousels (loved by kids in wheelchairs), “space” climbing nets (popular among kids with autism), and flying foxes with harnesses for toddlers or kids with mobility issues.

—And the article goes on.
Here’s a pic of the park I take my little one to regularly. The first time we went he couldn’t go on the slide because I was too scared to climb up the damn thing. Had to wait til Daddy could come lol. But now he does it by himself. You get some serious speed going down too. A mother (not her child) sprained her ankle at the bottom last time we were there lol. The arrow in the pic shows another way to climb up to the slide, where if you happen to slip or lose your grip there’s nothing to catch u, it’s straight to the ground!
But personally I believe it’s how it should be. We have an Olympic standard trampoline and the first thing I did was remove the pads that cover the springs and take down the net enclosure. Exactly like the article says, it’s all about teaching them how to evaluate risks. Fuck the cotton wool off I say!

lokie said:

What's more dangerous: rugby, or a walk in the woods? At Pennsylvania State University, the administrators apparently think it's the latter.

The student "Outing Club," which has gone backpacking, kayaking, and hiking in state parks over the course of its 98-year-existence, will no longer be allowed to host outdoor events after administrators conducted a risk assessment, according to The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/reason.com/blog/2018/04/22/penn-state-outing-club-safety/amp

The outing club can't go outside.

How do you do if you do not do?

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you should not be quoting MLK after you called obama the n-word and posted blackface videos