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Nine sportsmen who were expelled from Eusoff Hall last month for streaking to neighbouring Temasek Hall, are awaiting the verdict of the disciplinary hearing on March 20.
The hearing is to determine whether a record of their actions will be permanently noted in their university transcript.
The sportsmen answered to a panel of university authorities in the hearing that lasted for more than an hour.
 This is the second hearing they faced since they were expelled from their residence a day after the streaking incident on Feb. 19.
The nine students, including one international student, were given the weekend to pack their belongings and vacate their dormitories in Eusoff Hall after they were expelled.
The streaking incident occurred on the day the students from Eusoff Hall won the overall championship title for the Inter-Hall Games, as well as the IHG men's championship title.
According to an apology letter submitted to the respective masters of hall, and later obtained by The Observer, the men "consumed alcohol" while gathered at the top floor of Block D.
At approximately 5 a.m., they made a collective decision to streak to Temasek Hall.
One of the men, who declined to be named, stated that they were spotted by a "female Temasek Hall student who immediately informed the school authorities."
They were rounded up the next day, and were expelled based on the witness account and CCTV recordings.
In the letter, the students apologised for their act and stated that "it was not (their) intention to be spotted by anyone, much less to outrage the modesty of persons of the opposite gender."
They also declared it a "poorly conceived prank committed in a moment of bad judgment."
Tan Ern Ser, associate professor from the department of sociology, described the situation as a cultural issue.
"In the US, universities do have the practice of streaking at midnight," he said.
"In Singapore, however, it requires a paradigm shift to allow all of those things."
He also said by allowing students to do what they want would have repurcussions on the community as a whole.
Tan said, "Would Singaporeans be prepared to accept these things on campus? Would parents accept this? We are accountable to other stakeholders."
The verdict of the hearing is expected to be announced next week. |
