Response to "Take a Hard Look"

To say that JMU has a drinking problem seems to only apply to maybe around half of the kids here (maybe a little more). But the reason why springfest has caught so much negative publicity is because the negatives stand out. For example, when most people revise papers, they are searching for mistakes and errors, and not looking at how well your paper was written. That is my view on what happened at springfest. To address the issue about JMU having a drinking problem, I feel our school is like any other school. I can’t say I haven’t drank here at JMU, or that I didn’t drink on the day of Springfest, but I can say for sure that I was not at the riot or any near the Forest Hill Manor housing complex. I can even say I didn’t even consume alcohol at that time of the riot, but the fact that I did consume alcohol that night makes me apart of the problem of JMU having a drinking problem. If we are to address the drinking problems at JMU, we first have to step back and observe all other colleges.