The cynic in me says the schools knew exactly what they were doing. I'm probably wrong about that, but it wouldn't surprise me if I was right, the way things are going lately.
Fortunately, I don't think this is true from the article. It's been a while since I read it, but I think one of the schools wouldn't comment at all, and the other school was very defensive that they left at intermission and weren't disruptive as the thrust of their statement.
