Penn State Bans Outdoor Hiking as Too Risky, ‘Poor Cell Phone Coverage’
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. Penn State University has decided to reinvent its 98-year-old “Outing Club” after determining that the club’s open-air hiking activities exceed the school’s “threshold of acceptable risk” for students. After school administrators conducted a risk assessment of different groups on campus, they ordered the club to cease its outdoor events, having determined that the types of activities in which the club engages “are above the University’s threshold of acceptable risk for recognized student organizations.” Founded in 1920, the student-run Penn State Outing Club (PSOC) has been dedicated to “experiencing the outdoors in every possible capacity.”...
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. Penn State University has decided to reinvent its 98-year-old “Outing Club” after determining that the club’s open-air hiking activities exceed the school’s “threshold of acceptable risk” for students. After school administrators conducted a risk...
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