Northwestern University is bringing on former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to lead an independent review of its existing reporting mechanisms amid an ongoing hazing scandal that led to the firing of head football coach and several lawsuits.
“Hazing has absolutely no place at Northwestern. Period,” university President Michael Schill said in a statement. “I am determined that with the help of Attorney General Lynch, we will become a leader in combating the practice of hazing in intercollegiate athletics and a model for other universities.
Lynch, now with the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, was in charge of the Department of Justice when it entered into an agreement with the city of Chicago that would launch aAccording to the university, Lynch will engage faculty, staff, students and alumni in order to examine the “culture of Northwestern Athletics” to ensure it’s consistent the university’s “mission and values as a leading academic institution.
A former NU women’s volleyball player has also filed a hazing lawsuit, and the university last month also terminated its men’s baseball coach Jim Foster amid separate allegations of “bullying and abusive behavior.” “The Athletics Department welcomes this review as a critical tool in identifying the additional steps Northwestern can take to eradicate hazing,” NU athletic director Derrick Gragg said in a statement. “By making the results of her review public, we hope our entire community will be better informed and guided as we all work to address this critical issue in college athletics.”
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