June 23, 2000

Champlain College Drops Sports Program

By ERIK LORDS

Trustees at Champlain College, in Burlington, Vt., voted this month to replace all three of its intercollegiate athletics teams -- in men's basketball and men's and women's soccer -- with campuswide participation sports, including kayaking, rock-climbing, and snowboarding, by the 2002-3 academic year.

Roger H. Perry, president of the college, said the goal was to involve more students in intramural sports, create a better sense of community among students, and

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