The State News reported two sexual assaults on campus. However, it would have been more constructive to write a story about how to stay safe on campus, rather than singling out isolated events that are still in the investigation stages. It is not the place of The State News to decide how the situation should be dealt with.

For you to make it public before the proper officials could fully deal with the situation and the Residence Life staff was able to present the proper information to the singled-out residence hall community is out of line. Residents were not told of any such events because they were not in any immediate danger. The State News invaded the privacy of certain individuals and of the Emmons Hall community by taking it upon themselves to make the situation public.

As a mentor, I am extremely protective of every resident that lives in my building, and when I think that they may be made to feel uncomfortable or that they are unfairly being exposed, I will stand up to defend any one of them. I am disgusted that The State News feels like it is their place to scare our residents and start rumors floating around our building. The State News needs to realize that there are some things that they have no right to stick their noses into, especially in the manner that they did. I am thankful for our new security system, if only to keep your harassing reporters away from our residents.

Rocky Rosa
Emmons Hall mentor and biology senior