King's disciplinary "system" was similarly arbitrary

by Publicola, Friday, May 29, 2026, 08:58 (11 days ago) @ Flann

I'm not sure what his decision rules were, but based on the report, I assume he was most willing to turn a blind eye to the fratty sexual assaults/"jokes" (and also probably all but the most egregious incidents of alcohol abuse, but that was a campus-wide issue during our time). But there was other stuff he didn't hesitate to refer to Student Affairs. There was that time in the week leading up to Odin 1991 where some dickheads pennied us into our room while we were asleep and then sprayed a fire extinguisher -- the powder kind that eats up oxygen -- through our open transom. I was furious (obviously -- waking up choking is frightening) but didn't say anything about it to King or anyone. Those guys were kicked out of the dorm and I think suspended for a semester. I assume King could've buried that if he wanted to. Maybe he was pissed because it jeopardized Odin or something like that. There was the whole drug issue in our first year that saw a bunch of people in front of Student Affairs, but maybe I think maybe that involved other dorms as well, so not something King had exclusive control over.

Anyway, I suppose the unpredictability was the point -- gave him maximum leverage. And, at the time, you'd definitely rather take your chances with King than with Student Affairs, which is what he wanted for many different reasons.