University of Virginia Library

Crashing Down

The administration in control of
the University of Virginia are trying
to provoke the concerned students
into some irrational action so that
they can come crashing down on
their heads. I do not consider the
waving of the "Stop Expansion"
banner as a totally rational act, but
it was far from an irrational act. To
have brought a Confederate flag to
the Vanderbilt game and waved it
would have been an irrational act.

While only two men are being
tried for the offense, five men were
involved. To prosecute only two is
selective enforcement and an
abortion of the law. Mr. Corrigan,
who conveniently filed the complaint
as a private citizen and not as the
Director of Intercollegiate
Athletics, knew the names of all
five of those involved and still only
filed a complaint against two.

A look at the other three is
needed. First, Douglas Hamm, a
fourth-year Commerce School
student and Vietnam War Veteran,
secondly, John Wood, a fourth-year
Echols Scholar and resident of the
Lawn, thirdly, Perry Mandaleris a
fourth-year English major. So with
what are we left? The selective
enforcement of a ban that is
directed against two students that
do not have much of a chance of a
fair trial, since they are the ones
singled out of a crowd of five.