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Evergreen: WSU Tackle Roof Deserved Boot

After a string of alcohol-related offenses, including two DUIs and six assault charges, the Student Conduct Board expelled Andy Roof (pictured), defensive tackle for the WSU football team, on Tuesday. “Andy’s changed his life around 180 degrees, and as a coaching staff we’ve seen the positive impact he’s made in the program,” head football coach Paul Wulff said in a Tuesday press conference. It is commendable that Roof apparently able to conquer his personal demons and make such a profoundly positive life change in merely five months. But simply being sorry and changing your life “around 180 degrees” doesn’t mean you won’t be held responsible for your actions/Daily Evergreen . More here .

Question: Did the student conduct board act properly in expelling WSU football player Andy Roof when he was beginning to turn his life around?



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.