Time to grow up, leave Harveys alone

Let's face it. Everyone screws up. Kent Harvey is no exception.\nHarvey should have considered the consequences of his actions. Everyone involved in the Knight saga knew that the next big allegation to reach the national media would result in dire consequences. Myles Brand had a long list of infractions against the "zero-tolerance policy" that those on the receiving end of Knight's infamous personality never reported.\nHarvey said he didn't want to hurt the men's basketball team, but he should have realized the media frenzy that would result from such a serious allegation. \nBut that doesn't change the fact that, as much as any other person on this campus, Kent Harvey has the right to an IU education. No person should have to live in fear, especially in a town like Bloomington, which claims to be a mecca of intelligent, open-minded individualism.\nHarvey and his brothers recently withdrew from the University, citing discomfort on campus and a need for self-reflection as the main reasons. Although plans are tentative, the triplets hope to enroll at IU-Purdue University at Indianapolis in the spring.\nBut why should the triplets have to enroll at another branch of IU if their desire is to attend school in Bloomington?\nIn not allowing the brothers to return to a relatively normal life in Bloomington, many students are, in fact, barring the trio from the best possible education they could receive.\nThis is especially unfair to the other two Harvey brothers, who are simply victims of circumstance.\nEven former coach Bob Knight has given his support for Harvey.\n"Let him be a student," Knight said in his farewell address Sept. 13. "And let him get on with his life. This thing had happened to me long before that situation took place. That kid is not responsible for my not coaching at Indiana."\nThe only people who deserve to be driven from Bloomington are those who want to inflict physical harm on another human being because of an issue as trivial as the firing of a sports figure. And the fact that Harvey and his brothers still feel alienated from the community suggests to the national media that Bloomington is a short-sighted and unforgiving community.\nKnight's dismissal was a direct result of Harvey's allegations. If the man who lost his job is willing to forgive, the student population should follow their General's example.\nStaff vote: 9-0-0