Am I the only one who thinks this ASUO Sunriver “scandal” is completely overblown? Normally, the pages of the Emerald merely serve as a diversion on my way to the crossword puzzle in the back, but I couldn’t help but notice how much controversy was developing around this completely normal (and equally irrelevant) incident.
So a few University students drank a few beers and took a few hits. Big deal. I know they are elected officials and should be role models and everything, but honestly, I’m glad that our student senators are normal human beings who partake in a few normal human vices. The students elected them, after all. Is it any surprise that they behave the same way as those who put them in office? You can retort with all the idealistic rhetoric that you want, but honestly, the events at Sunriver affected nobody except the
people who were there.
This relentless news coverage is simply making things worse. The real villain here is the uptight student who has decided that this issue is his business. If the Emerald is looking for something interesting to write about, write an investigative article about the repressed emotional trauma that might drive a person to petition for the ruination of his peers.
Evan Stewart
Undergraduate