March 8, 2007
Scores up on, off court after Vanderbilt reforms
By Tom Weir, USA TODAY
NASHVILLE — Academic pride has made sports different at Vanderbilt University. Consider the graffiti on the wall of a men’s bathroom stall at McGugin Center, the main athletics building.
There’s an inspirational quote from Gandhi. Right next to that, someone has chosen to pass his private time by listing all 50 states, in meticulous alphabetical order.
Despite a 93% graduation rate for Vanderbilt athletes, the sports world generally agreed the school’s chief egghead had cracked four years ago.
