<p>Navy secretary orders former QB to repay $90,000 </p>
<p>Published in the BS:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/education/bal-te.md.owens13apr13,0,7142495.story?coll=bal-home-headlines[/url] ”>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/education/bal-te.md.owens13apr13,0,7142495.story?coll=bal-home-headlines</a></p> ;
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Lamar S. Owens Jr., the former Navy quarterback who was convicted of two felonies after having sex with a female classmate in the Naval Academy dormitory, will be expelled with no degree and will owe the school more than $90,000, Navy officials said yesterday.</p>
<p>The Navy secretary, Donald C. Winter, deemed his conduct “unsatisfactory” and ordered him discharged, though Owens, 23, was acquitted in July of rape and supporters had launched a campaign in his behalf of letter-writing, organizing on the Internet and lobbying in Annapolis and Washington…
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<p>I hope that the Lamar Owens and Kenny Ray Morrison cases send a loud and clear message to the Brigade of Midshipmen. Unfortunately, part of that message is that there are double standards at the Academy.</p>