By: Ross Williams

Ross Williams
Tue, 08 Dec 2015 14:00:56 +0000

As an OSU graduate who attended in the early ’70s, before this so-called “tradition” began, I have always believed that sooner or later somebody would die because of it.

Now, it has finally happened, and my thoughts and prayers are with the family of the student who senselessly lost his life.

Incredibly, but not altogether unexpectedly, there are students, as this article indicates, who wish to continue this moronic and dangerous “tradition”, despite the fact that a life has been lost.

If the loss of a life is not enough to convince these students that this “tradition” should end, then I would suggest that the university should drain Mirror Lake, fill it with dirt and plant grass on it. It would be a shame to lose one of the more beautiful spots on campus, but frankly it is not worth the death or serious injury of one more student.