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the men were not drunk,
although the police officials
labeled this factor as
undetermined." In
addition, the statement was
made, in reference to the
course of events of the
accident, "we don't know
exactly what happened. No
one was paying much
attention."

However, in Monday's
paper, the editorial read:
"Yet we cannot overlook
the additional senseless
death of an uninvolved
individual who just
happened to be in the path
of an aloof and lightheaded
Wahoo taken to the open
road."

In essence, I question the
validity of making an example
of this tragic accident for the
cause of moralizing about
drinking and driving. The facts
of the incident as reported in
your own newspaper indicate
that no such correlation may
be logically made.

I can find no cause for
justification of such additional
comments as: "the consequent
loss devolves upon the
reputation of the University,"
and "reconciling oneself to
death is hard, but to do so in
the interest of shallow
amusement is beyond reason."

In my own mind, a
"reasonable" presentation of
the facts should not include
such editorializing – especially
in the case of so tragic an
accident as here mentioned.