Dear Editor,
As a student at Ball State, I pay tuition to receive aneducation and to be taught in the classroom. I don't pay money tothe university so its officials can babysit me, or punish me for myactions outside the scope of the classroom. I feel that it is ablatant abuse of power by the university to try to reprimandstudents who are caught drinking off campus. I have no problembeing arrested or cited for drinking by police if I have committeda crime, but who has given the right to the university to punish myacademic standing if this occurs? What other students and I do onour own time has no bearing on us as students, especially if welive or party off campus. I will not argue with the university'spolicy against on-campus drinking and their punishment for it. Butif they extend this line to include actions performed off-campus,where are they going to draw the line next? Are they going toengage in a contract with Comcast and restrict the television showswe can watch, or the music we can listen to? I have no problembeing held responsible for my actions, but what I do on my owntime, having no relation to my standing as a student at Ball State,should be my business. Ball State should be more concerned witheducating students rather than trying to control them.
David Blinn
sophomore
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