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TheManTheyCallKC's comments:

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Well, one of you did.

posted 5 years ago
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on School Trips

Seconded.

posted 5 years ago
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Perhaps the only grievance I had with Peter Steinberger from the interview was the fact that he didn't go further to explain that Whitebird is on campus to deal with all medical issues during Renn Fayre, not simply the results of drug and alcohol use. I believe the issues they deal with most frequently are sunburn and injuries from our softball tournament, picting, and other strenuous physical activities.

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You call us arrogant, and yet you are the one trumpeting your Ivy League degrees in this open forum. The Reed community does think it's special, however I would say that the majority of it doesn't think it's better than anybody else, just different. As for our obligation to "nurture students into becoming responsible citizens", we certainly do have and adhere to that obligation. However, we also choose to question whether being a responsible citizen necessarily means falling in line with preconceived notions of proper behavior, or whether it means continuing to question and examine the world around us. Finally, your conception of Reed as "reclusive, elitist" and "likes to pretend that it has no connection to and therefore no obligation to the wider community around it" is narrow-minded, unfounded, and has been debunked numerous times within these comments, the comments on the WW article, and during the broadcast itself. Please do try to actually participate in the discussion, rather than covering your ears and shouting your opinions at others.

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No offense to you (and I know things have changed a lot since the 80s) but people coming to Renn Fayre "because it [is] a acid trip party." is precisely one of the reasons that the campus is closed during it. The public perception of Renn Fayre, true or not, would tend to bring a lot of rather sketchy types to campus if we left it open.

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The campus is not closed because of drug use (the nudity is a factor). The campus is closed to provide a safe environment for the students to enjoy their end-of-year celebration. Please get your facts straight.

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I am a current Reed students and I am straightedge - no drugs, no alcohol. I've made this decision not for religious or even practical reasons, but because I am morally opposed to drug use. That being said, I believe that Reed College's Drug and Alcohol policy is wise and does an excellent job of making sure that its students are educated and safe in their drug use without the administration condoning such behavior or allowing it to go unmonitored. I believe that Mr. Pitkin's article was under researched and he seemed happy to make logical leaps in order to find a story. Furthermore, the fact that he made no effort to include anyone from Reed's rather large straightedge population in his article is troubling. Mr. Pitkin chose to focus on a certain subculture of Reed, and made no attempt to put that subculture in its larger context at the school. The Reed that he describes is not the school that I currently attend.

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