In response to the March 20 editorial:
While I agree that students have the right to know whether Jonathan, Tim, John and Paul are being charged with hazing, they cannot talk about an ongoing investigation as it could harm the investigation.
If and when charges are filed is up to the administration, not these gentlemen. If any of them are charged, at that point they can give their side of the story, but until then everything is in the hands of the administration.
Furthermore, even if they are charged, supposedly in America, people are innocent until proven guilty, so the student body must trust them and assume they are innocent and ignore this investigation while considering who to choose to represent us as yell leaders.
If any of these gentlemen are elected and are later found to be guilty of hazing then they will surely be dealt with appropriately, which is likely to include removal from their position.
On the other hand if we choose not to elect some of these gentlemen because of this controversy, and we later find out that they were not involved, there is no redress. We must let the system do its job instead of trying to bypass it.
Jonathan Platt
Class of 2004