Club leader tells Reason, "We have an impeccable safety track record."By Robby Soave
http://reason.com/blog/2018/04/23/penn-state-scuba-outdoor-safetyNo one at Pennsylvania State University has ever drowned on a scuba-diving trip, so why does the school suddenly think the activity is too dangerous?
Penn State recently decreed that three student-led outdoor adventure groups—the hiking club, the cave exploration club, and the scuba club—would have to disband due to safety liability concerns, even though none of the long-running clubs had ever reported a problem. Reason's Lenore Skenazy bemoaned this joy-killing paranoia in a recent post here at Hit & Run.
Now the scuba club has been granted a reprieve—but with a significant caveat: Nittany Divers Scuba is no longer allowed to organize scuba-diving trips . . .
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Snowflakes, hell. At Penn State, it's a blizzard.
What's next---banning a campus gourmet cooking club from, you know, actually
cooking . . . because, well, knives are lethal weapons,
and the ingredients haven't been vetted by your local PETA/vegan/anti-sugar league . . . and, of course, you might need a license to use
a Mixmaster in something other than a proper home environment . . .
--EA.
