Villanova, How Pious Thou Art

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Not too long ago, Villanowhere was in the news over a rape allegation.....and the story has died on the vine...no one seems interested how it took quite a few days before the rape was reported to outside authorities, no one has ever answered the question which does Villanova do their own rape kits on campus? As a matter of fact, once the alleged rapists were booted off campus and out of the school, the issue is dead on arrival - NO, no one can make the rape victim press charges, and is the question still out there on how well she was "counseled" by the school?

As the students come back and inhabit loads more student rentals (are they all approved everywhere?) and dorms, comes this latest thing: outrage over a comic the school hired. What utter pomposity. How PG-13 is a campus where alleged rapes occur anyway?

Comic Sparks Outrage at Villanova U. By Cathy Gandolfo

August 27, 2007 - There were plenty of red faces at Villanova University over the weekend. That's because of a lot of blue language by a comic at a school welcome event....Los Angeles-based comedian Steve Trevino is billed as one of the countries up and coming comics, but when he took the stage at the Pavilion, incoming Villanova freshman and staff weren't laughing for very long.

"At some point, it was just too offensive. I didn't like what he was saying at all, especially the racial jokes," said Jessona McDonald.

McDonald is one of many students who walked out during the barrage of bad language, including the n-word and racist and sexist humor.

University officials say they hired Trevino after they saw a benign tape of his work and he promised a clean show.

"We have a contract and we say we are a Catholic university. We have standards that we want met. Even when he was here that day, we talked about having a PG-13 show.

What utter balderdash...the heck with comics for incoming students...how about educating them on binge drinking, underage drinking, DUIs, sexual assualt, etc? How about that? Guess those topics aren't funny and are too real?