Surprisingly enough, the very people who choose to attract so much attention to themselves are the same people who hide behind their unknown identities in order to escape punishment. Tuition will forever be on the rise if students speak through vandalism. In this higher-learning environment, students learn the art of expression and the means of communication. Students grow, learn and develop into the adults who will be the future of the country. There are a lot of high expectations that ride on the shoulders of young adults today.
College is a vehicle to experience many of life's good and bad moments.
But the hope is for students to learn from their experiences at Drake and grow into better people. Unfortunately, it's not the vandals who are punished. Whether it is waking up in the early hours of the morning to soak up water leaking into the rooms of their neighbors, or whether it is seeing an added fee on the semester bill, students are the victims. Students should be able to expect the same behavior of each other as the world places on them. Pranks like flooding a bathroom don't hurt Drake nearly as much as they hurt fellow students.