To the Editor:
As a member of the guilty party of rushers, I would just like to take this time to clarify what happened during half time at the Dartmouth-Penn home opener.
In response to Band Director Max Culpepper's letter (Sept. 26), what is meant by the mention of "Nazi Youth tactics?" And how can anyone tell me what was going through my head as I made that mad dash across across the open, and empty, playing field?
What kind of person do you think I am? I was most certainly not out to give the system the finger. Had I even been remotely aware that I was to be hauled off to Hanover Police Station and booked for criminal tresspassing, I wouldn't have been anywhere near that playing field. Not once have I been in trouble with the law. I haven't even come close. I was just a naive little "first year student" who hadn't even planned on attending the game that day. If someone had warned me of the possible arrests, fines, COS hearings, and terms on probation, I would have been sitting in the last row at the top of the stadium, as far away from the field as possible.
Let my actions speak for themselves. Did I run from any cops? No. I just bolted across the field and stopped behind the endzone where I was picked up by Hanover Po'. No fights, no nothing. I was not out to hurt anyone, vandalize any property or interrupt the Penn Band's show time -- they weren't even on the field! And another thing, if anyone at all is to blame for inciting the rush, it is certainly not the frats. Try lowering your barrels at the entire student body and not just singling them out.
In retrospect, rushing the field was certainly not a wise choice, and that is as painfully obvious as oral surgery. Yes, I committed the offense, so you can single me out all you want. There are no two ways about that to be sure. But Culpepper's letter to the editor put nonsensical, irrational words and ideas into the mouths and heads of the guilty parties.
