Players Who Hazed Freshman Will Get Transcript Notation
By JENNIFER FUSCO | Oct. 13, 2004The UB soccer players charged with hazing will receive a permanent transcript notation of the incident on their student record, according to UB officials.Recently, the SUNY administration put a direct emphasis on how the act of hazing will affect students' transcripts.In a letter sent out to all SUNY schools last April, SUNY Chancellor Robert King recommended that "each campus should develop a 'permanent transcript notation' policy that addressed hazing and other serious violations of the student conduct code, especially conduct which leads to the death or serious physical injury to another person."On June 8, the SUNY advisory central administration sent out an additional letter, stating the same hazing policy recommendation and adding that, "students found responsible for hazing and other serious violations of the student conduct code will receive, as part of their sanction, a permanent transcript notation."According to Dennis Black, vice president for student affairs, the soccer team incident was UB's first try at implementing the permanent transcript notation.
