Universities have always been places where anything goes, you could always say or do pretty much anything... you could be caught cooking meth in a chemistry lab and all you would get is a slap on the wrist... but get caught making a poor taste joke about some minority, instant expulsion...
sad truth is that university president probably knows better, but he had to throw someone under the bus, it was either the girls or him going down... if he didn't expel them, there would be protests on campus, media attention, etc and then he would be the one taking heat for not taking any action...
