To the Editor:
I applaud Ms. Peric's opening statement, "So it's not exactly 'Naked News,' but it's still the prototypical lazy frat boy's dream come true," from her recent article (A Whole New Breed of Cheating), for boldly going where no one has gone before and taking a cheap shot at fraternity members. I especially agree with her use of the word "prototypical." I mean, why lessen the effect of her statement by using a more appropriate word like "stereotypical," since we all know that if you're lazy and a fraternity member, you have to cheat? It is even more courageous of Ms. Peric to point the finger solely at frat boys in spite of the fact that later on in her article she writes, "Over 75 percent of students admit to some form of cheating, according to a study conducted by Rutgers University Professor Donald McCabe." If 75 percent of all students admit to cheating, one might ask, why single out lazy frat boys?
Although I don't have a professor from Rutgers to back me up, I think the answer to this question is quite simple. Lazy frat boys so greatly outnumber all other college students and, to a man, cheat so often, that the numbers are completely skewed as a result. I wouldn't be surprised one bit if the actual numbers regarding those admitting to cheating looked something like this: lazy frat boys: 100 percent, everyone else: 5 percent (there might be some slightly active frat boys out there). Regardless, the lazy frat boys needed to be put in their place, and I'm glad the D was there to do it. But my question is, why stop here? Why not carry through your work and blame all of the universal problems facing colleges today on the lazy frat boy? Makes perfect sense, doesn't it?
