This past week, Emmitt Holt was released from the IU men’s basketball program following an incident wherein he was cited for illegal possession of alcohol.
I must admit I fully agree with IU Athletics in its actions. I am just as shocked as they are to hear students at a Big Ten university are drinking alcohol underage.
I think I speak for the bulk of the IU community when I say underage drinking is the darkest of sins a student here could possibly commit, and knowing a student has consumed alcohol illegally at one point in time casts a long and dark shadow across almost 200 years of IU history.
Although I agree with IU Athletics, I must implore them to continue this Spanish Inquisition.
I have it on good authority that many student athletes may have overdue library books or at some point in time received a parking ticket. It is even possible that one of them may have jaywalked on one of the many crosswalks on campus.
This is a transgression never even contemplated by an IU student before.
I ask IU Athletics to address these violators with swift justice and dismiss those whom they find guilty.
For we all know the greatest threat to the success and prestige of our basketball team doesn’t come from subpar recruiting or the inability to construct offensive plays, but it comes from a fifth of vodka from a convenience store.
Nathan Krummen
IU student
Bloomington, IN
