Race Not a Factor in Council Dispute
The recent developments in the Driskell-Burton saga leave me both frustrated and dismayed (News, "Council to Vote Next Week on Burton," Feb. 7). The possible impeachment of Undergraduate Council Vice President John A. Burton '01 is by no means the source of this discontent. While I feel that he is in the wrong, hopefully by now we realize the general frivolity of the council and especially the small impact that the loss of one officer will have on the life of the College. The extremely troubling part is the instant reaction of some to bring in skin color and racism. Must we really be so petty? This is not a vast right-wing conspiracy or the work of a prejudiced Harvard plot. Not everything is about race. I was glad to see that issues of skin color never came up in Burton's election, so why should they come up in his fall?
Clay B. Tousey '02
Feb. 7, 2000