article_snippet: the University of Mary Washington Mary Washington has suspended activities for the University of Mary Washington men's rugby team after officials there said an audio recording captured some team members chanting a song with lyrics that seemed to condone abuse toward women and even necrophilia.
article_snippet: In an email to the university community on March 19, president Rick Hurley said the school imposed sanctions because its men's rugby team's actions violated the University of Mary Washington code of conduct for club sports.
article_snippet: Sick: the University of Mary Washington has been indefinitely suspended after a recording of members singing a song about raping a dead prostitute leaked online .
article_snippet: The UMW Feminists United chapter fought for the team to be punished.
article_snippet: Understanding that the offensive chant is antithetical to UMW values, and will not be tolerated, the University pursued action against the men's rugby club.
article_snippet: At the beginning of the current semester, sanctions were imposed on the men's rugby club for willful violations of UMW's code of conduct for club sports.
article_snippet: After an appeal by the accused, the disciplinary process concluded on March 18 with this ruling: All rugby club activities have been suspended indefinitely.
article_snippet: the University not only violates our community values, the University is not how members of this collegial campus live, and the University is not reflective of the Mary Washington we all know and love.
article_snippet: The school administration doubled down on an earlier censure of the rugby club by suspending The school administration activities indefinitely and requiring The school administration to attend sexual assault education courses .
highlights_snippet: The president of the University of Mary Washington in Federicksburg, Virginia suspended Virginia rugby club indefinitely starting March 19 .
  