These four students cannot have died for no reason, effecting no change in our actions. This is the closest to home an incident like this can hit. It provides us with an opportunity to really look at what we've been doing with our time at Colgate. Because this tragedy had relatively little impact, the administration felt it necessary to step in. No matter how independent we want to be at this point in our lives, we do not look out for ourselves and for our friends as well as we should.
Someone has to, though.
Yes, we need to make our own choices, but not if they are going to result in death. Granted, not being on campus, I am not totally aware of the steps that have been taken and what the students have been included in or excluded from, but if the student body does not feel that they are being listened to by the administration, they need to find individuals in the administration that will help them find their voice with others. It is the students' responsibility to seek them out and utilize them. Attempting to sabotage April Visit Days is not an effective way to do this. All that does is to make the student body look immature, irresponsible and like they do not have the best intentions of the institution in mind.