Word: recruited
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...Last year, the New York Times reported that Harvard was lowering academic standards to unacceptable levels for student athletes and potentially violating NCAA rules in its recruiting, accusing Amaker of improper contact with one recruit in a grocery store and an assistant coach of recruiting a player prior to being officially hired by the school. These claims, minor violations if they had been true, were rejected by the Ivy League after an investigation...
...Last week, Yahoo! Sports reported on its website that a former student manager at the University of Connecticut and a registered agent, Josh Nochimson, had potentially violated numerous NCAA rules due to his contact with Huskies recruit Nate Miles...
...Nochimson provided food, transportation, and representation for the recruit, who eventually signed with UConn before violating a restraining order and being kicked out of school...
...UConn’s denials seem unconvincing in light of the fact that Huskies coaches had some 1,565 different phone calls or texts with Nochimson during and after Miles’ recruitment. ESPN later reported that Nochimson may have helped shepherd another UConn recruit, Ater Majok, on his way to Storrs...
...order to facilitate “casual yet meaningful” exchanges between undergraduates and faculty members. Also set to receive a facelift is the role of resident tutors in academic and social life. The report notes that tutors are often responsible for heavy workloads and recommends that tutors recruit upperclassmen to “augment the programmatic roles of Specialty Tutors,” such as those of the sexuality and race relations liaisons. Still on the menu for house renewal is the exploration of late-night dining options, including the possibility of remodeled student grilles and an unspecified...