A.) The requirement is to take a class by graduation if one's body mass is in excess of 30. Nowhere does it state that students with a BMI of 30 won't graduate.
Requiring the class just doesn't sit right with me (see my response to Martha). I suppose a student can slog through it in order to graduate, but I find that not particularly useful. I'm not saying no one will ever benefit from a course like that; I just think it shouldn't be a requirement. B.) The requirement was passed and put into effect in 2006 and applied to those who enrolled in 2006 or later.
This is not a justification at all...but I see that the same way I sometimes view an event that is far in the future...like it may never even happen. I think, that's so far off I might even die before I have to do such-and-such. But I don't die...and I do have to do such-and-such. 
What I'm saying is that, as a prospective Freshman, one doesn't necessarily base enrollment in a school on what one's BMI might be in 4 years. C.) The author of the student newspaper article is a senior, presumably has known about the requirement for four years.
As it turns out, Lincoln University has bowed to the politically correct and dropped the class requirement. Too bad.
Now, if a student had a drinking problem, do you think requiring him or her to take a course on alcoholism would be wrong?
In a way, yes. Or at least I don't think it's the place to start. Counseling might be more effective. I see it as the difference between talking with and being talked at. 
