By: Anonymous

Anonymous
Thu, 07 Aug 2014 07:26:12 +0000

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Dear OSU staff:

“FREE FACIALS”

I went to a football game last year. I was walking down Lane Ave. that had been blocked off as most of us know happens .There are apartments there. As I, a 50 yr old woman at the time, and a former OSU student, walked along the street, I was barraged by young men on their lawns, with minimal clothing on, yelling, screaming.. out to any passerby.. and with LARGE SIGNS IN HAND..stating “free facials”..

After the game, I went to find my car, and yet there were many other disruptive and obscene behaviors being presented to me on the street as I walked by.

Were these “kids” being held to any standard? That standard to get out on a field, of some hundreds of thousands of people .. to perform? ..don’t miss a step or not guide right..? do the street perverts even know what that means?

I was assaulted as I tried to attend a football game. Who is responsible for the general behavior of these young adults? If one is to hold Mr. Waters responsible for the actions of few in the band..then who really is responsible and to be held accountable for those kids.. that demoralized me on Lane Ave.?

What is really sad is the fact that it’s 3 o’clock in the morning, and I’m still up and distressed over this b.s.

My daughter has been in the band for 4 years. She proudly has decided to do a fifth year, with hesitation. Why.. why would my daughter hesitate at all to be the musician she is, to display her talents, to engage the crowd, to get the thrill – the goosebump feeling as you stand out there on that field as the crowd claps along?

Dr. Drake, you and all of us are “sexualized” and live in that culture. My daughter had given many hours, lost a lot of sleep, forfeited time with her family on holidays to go to football games, and if warranted, bowl games. I missed my daughter on those holidays. She gave her time to the band, the University.

She has been a victim not oF any culture of the OSU band, but a victim of being “pimped” out in a group.. the band.. to earn money for the university. Those children have talent. Without that, the Ohio State University would not generate the revenue they seek, to pay your salary. You’re NOT paying my daughter.. she is paying you. And also, offering her talent, stamina and honor to your University.