But I thought weed was performance enhancing?

12/27/2013 10:54:03 AM

LOL


[Edited on January 8, 2014 at 5:03 PM. Reason : insensitive]

1/8/2014 5:02:52 PM

lololol

1/8/2014 5:06:20 PM

Well, UNC definitely has the "forget it" part down pat

1/8/2014 9:26:26 PM

they just streamlined the process a bit

1/8/2014 9:29:00 PM

^4

lolololol

1/8/2014 10:47:55 PM

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"the dean e. smith center for kids who can't read good and want to learn to do other stuff good too"

1/8/2014 10:48:08 PM

"Nothing to see here. CNN is lying.Our athletes CAN infact read. Suck it State. Go Heels!"


[Edited on January 9, 2014 at 12:28 AM. Reason : ]

1/9/2014 12:27:39 AM

I always assumed Hakeem Nicks scored so low on the wonderlic because he was illiterate.

1/9/2014 12:31:58 AM

Here's some shirts you can get to make fun of UNC at the game in Raleigh next month:

http://teespring.com/degreefromUNC

1/9/2014 11:17:18 AM

Yeah the guidelines for students with special talent is "are they that good? They can get in regardless of how smart they actually are."

1/9/2014 11:26:13 AM

We didn't let Pistol Pete in, but the SEC requirements were low enough that he could go to LSU.

Granted, college sports wasn't a multi-billion dollar industry then, but just illustrating that there are cases where even the best passer in the history of basketball wasn't good enough to get past entrance requirements.

1/9/2014 12:27:26 PM

Quote :

""the dean e. smith center for kids who can't read good and want to learn to do other stuff good too""

So good.

1/9/2014 12:57:34 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/09/us/ncaa-athletes-unc-response/index.html

lol, cnn's response to that statement. unc is a joke.

my favorite part:

Quote :

"In addition, Willingham says her research on the students in the athletics programs that make money for the university was done based on screenings that the university itself paid for. And, she says, she has gotten permission from the university several times since 2008 to access those findings to continue her research. "It's already available to them," Willingham said. "It's in their system. ... They have all the data and more. It belongs to them, and they paid a lot of money for it.""

[Edited on January 9, 2014 at 3:42 PM. Reason : .]

1/9/2014 3:37:48 PM

My favorite part

Quote :

"Last year, when CNN asked UNC for comment on Willingham's research, officials initially denied knowing about it, and said: "Such analysis is not part of her job duties at the university." Then, after being shown the e-mails, a spokesperson admitted that Willingham did share her findings and did have permission from the university to do the research in the first place, and said a meeting with Willingham was being scheduled."

1/9/2014 4:03:54 PM

LOLOLOLOLOL!

The N&O has been exposing them this way for years. Good to see the national mdia joining the party too

[Edited on January 9, 2014 at 4:08 PM. Reason : ]

1/9/2014 4:06:48 PM

^^holy shit.

i was watching the news last night and they stressed in the report several times that unc said they couldn't comment because they hadn't seen the data, and I was like "well that's understandable". but of course it was a lie.

1/9/2014 4:08:49 PM

just a reminder for anyone who uses "all schools do this" as a rebuttal:

that's true, but not all schools try to brand being an honest, upstanding, and decent person as "the carolina way."

further, it seems they don't even behave behave decently in the first place.

here's a nice video about the things that supposedly set UNC apart: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bs9BW7IBoA

i like the part about 'we want to be great, but not at the expense of being good.' ha!

1/9/2014 5:34:58 PM

'The Carolina Way is ....uhhh.... hmmm.... <random bullshit>'

1/9/2014 6:14:13 PM

Sorry if already posted somewhere:

http://www.wralsportsfan.com/troubled-hairston-no-longer-enrolled-at-unc/13286632/?utm_campaign=unc&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

1/9/2014 7:13:51 PM

Wish him the best. UNC has helped him handle 'adversity' well lol. Hope he has a good career, and the experiences 'everything he's gone through' should help him *snicker*

[Edited on January 9, 2014 at 7:16 PM. Reason : ]

1/9/2014 7:15:42 PM

Has pack pride figured out who the illiterate former basketball player is yet?

1/9/2014 7:22:43 PM

It's not Tyler Hansbrough. We know he can read "Chicken Little."

1/9/2014 7:24:19 PM

^^ you're assuming it's just one?

1/9/2014 7:25:43 PM

makhtar ndiaye

1/9/2014 7:43:07 PM

Dan Kane is still in the house y'all

http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/01/09/3519596/williams-unc-dispute-reading-report.html

1/9/2014 10:47:29 PM

http://www.dukebasketballreport.com/2014/1/10/5294540/uncs-reaction-to-cnn-story-is-amazing

1/10/2014 1:26:29 PM

Quote :

"Jeff Fischel @JeffFischel 18m I love that Dean says MJ can call collect w/ Qs “@forthewin: Read Dean Smith's recruitment letter to Michael Jordan http://usat.ly/1hEA8UU ”"

So that's an impermissible benefit right? Paying for his calls.

1/10/2014 4:01:55 PM

the illiterate student article made front page of Reddit today. the Carolina throwaway accounts detail how widespread shit like that is. the non-throwaways basically deride them and some offer death threats.

lol carolina way

http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1utzwm/researcher_receiving_death_threats_after_she/

[Edited on January 10, 2014 at 4:57 PM. Reason : link - carolina stuff is the second topic comment]

1/10/2014 4:55:06 PM

Tyler Hansbrough tried to order oatmeal at hams once. The waitress told him they didnt serve oatmeal and he pointed at it on the menu and she was like those are omelettes. True story the guy was a fucking dumbass.

A friend of mine used to hang out with a few players because she was good friends with Ginyard's roomate. She said Hansbrough was creepy. Challenged her to a cookie eating contest. She didnt want to play. So he just went and ate like 12 cookies and goes well i just ate over half of them so now you cant win. good one

1/10/2014 4:57:54 PM

Math was his strong subject

1/10/2014 5:47:09 PM

If the menu was in Swahili he would have been just fine

1/10/2014 6:08:22 PM

http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/01/10/3522277/unc-whistleblower-stands-firm.html

Taking it to roy

1/10/2014 9:10:45 PM

Quote :

"We’ve had one senior since I’ve been here that did not graduate. -- Roy Williams"

Yeah, Roy, that's kind of what we've all been saying... It's damned easy to graduate when you have a fake degree program set up to ensure you graduate.

Quote :

"And every kid – and I can’t say others – but I know what the program’s been for 100 years. Every one of the kids that we’ve recruited in 10 years you’d take home with you and let (them) guard your grandchildren."

Well, when they are being provided guns by known felons, i guess there's some security there...

1/10/2014 9:37:55 PM

awww I went to school with David Noel... sucks to see him in this fiasco

welp, fuck UNC.

1/11/2014 1:07:30 AM

Quote :

"The enrollments of the earliest known no-show classes could provide clues as to how the scandal started. He said he had not been focused on finding that out and was not aware that The N&O was seeking that information. “I appreciate the suggestion, and it sounds like something maybe we ought to take a look at,” Dean said. The N&O has been pressing the university’s chancellor, legal and communications staff for this information for several months. UNC system President Tom Ross has not sought the information. On Friday, he had no comment on Willingham’s research other than he knew the university was seeking to vet it, and he wanted to know the result. “We need to look at those facts to see what, if any, research was done and what it shows,” he said. “I don’t think we have the information about that at this point.” The CNN report is the latest in a stretch of national reports about the academic fraud since New Year’s Eve. Ross called the national attention “a distraction.” “It flares up and then it goes away, and it flares up and it goes away,” he said. “The big issues that we’re really facing in higher education that affect all of our students, those are the ones the board is focused on, those are the ones that we’re working on all the time. That’s not to say we’re not focused on these other issues. We’ve spent a lot of time on them.” "

What a couple of clowns. It's not going away anymore. There's actual research data now. Death threats make the headlines juicier. The moral high ground is lost.

1/11/2014 2:01:22 AM

Won't all this bad press affect their federal funding/endowment etc? Looks like it doesn't, Otherwise they wouldn't be so fucking passive

[Edited on January 11, 2014 at 2:18 AM. Reason : ]

1/11/2014 2:18:19 AM

Quote :

"“I went to a lot of basketball games in the Dean Dome, but Roy never came and sat with me while I tutored his guys.”"

check and mate. That might be THE line of the article right there. How is ROY going to make a statement on his players academics if he's never been there when they when being tutored.

1/11/2014 4:28:58 AM

And remember guys and gals.... You can't spell dUNCe without UNC!!!!

put me on a tshirt!!!

1/11/2014 4:40:40 AM

Quote :

"“It flares up and then it goes away, and it flares up and it goes away,” he said. "

Sounds like herpes

1/11/2014 5:30:22 AM

Quote :

"just a reminder for anyone who uses "all schools do this" as a rebuttal: that's true, but not all schools try to brand being an honest, upstanding, and decent person as "the carolina way." further, it seems they don't even behave behave decently in the first place."

Any school dealing with APR issues (UCONN) call bullshit on the all schools do this... An entire system of fake classes to cater to athletes and keep them playing is not everywhere.

1/11/2014 11:52:23 AM

Institutionalized academic fraud? Everybody does that!

1/11/2014 12:03:58 PM

Quote :

"@tsnmike: If UNC's former tutor knew Heels had an illiterate player, shouldn't she have shared have shared that info with Roy Williams at the time?"

If they couldn't read how they get in? If they can't read how they stay in.?

Plus she doesn't report to Roy. She reports to the academic advisors for the athletic department. And we already know they weren't gonna do anything about it.

1/11/2014 12:20:27 PM

I didnt think it was possible to hate vitale more than I did, but after that exchange just then about the academic fraud, I wish him nothing but bodily harm and terrible misfortune and I will be throwing huge parties to celebrate his retirement and subsequent passing

1/11/2014 12:22:36 PM

What did Vitale say

[Edited on January 11, 2014 at 12:38 PM. Reason : ]

1/11/2014 12:38:14 PM

Shulman calmly laid out the accusations and vitales response was to yell "OHHH NOO WAY BABYYY I TALKED TO ROY HE SAID IT WAS ALL A LIE THERES NO WAY, AND HE GRADUATED EVERY PLAYER BUT ONE!!!!!"

Paraphrased of course

1/11/2014 12:43:50 PM

Understandable. That's his shtick. Put a positive spin on everything. If Dickie V were on any criminal jury, I'm sure he would vote not guilty lol

1/11/2014 12:49:02 PM

LOL at dickiev

1/11/2014 1:34:22 PM

yep, doing it again. "They all graduated, baaaaaaaaaby!!!!!!!!" Yeah, dickie, that's the point. They can't read, and yet they had no problem graduating

1/11/2014 1:37:53 PM

If only Dickie V was as half as pissed at UNC as he is at ARod

1/11/2014 1:39:37 PM