The letter claims "SGA has no right, nor place, to pass judgment on these instances, and will remain unbiased and unaffiliated...However, we throw our full support behind the Office of Student Conduct."

In my opinion, that is not only a biased comment, but it is also contradictory to the message that is trying to be conveyed.

Being a personal friend of one of the victims, I am outraged by this statement. I feel as though SGA should be at the forefront of this issue, doing the best that they can to ensure that justice is served and that all members of the Appalachian family are protected, not just those who are able to bring in income and media attention for the school.

I can assure everyone that this story is only beginning to unfold. It will get bigger and hopefully it will bring some media attention to the issue.

I hope that in the meantime, members of the administration, student conduct board and SGA are able to sleep at night, knowing that there are members of the Appalachian family who are afraid to sleep at night.

Matthew Splawn

Sophomore political science major