Reunion Stand

In the coming days, members of the classes that will be celebrating milestone graduation anniversaries this summer will be receiving emails and letter from Columbia asking them to participate in the planning for their reunion weekends in June.

This is, of course, basically a fundraising letter.

Already, I am hearing reports of some reunion class members telling the alumni office that they will not donate nor participate in anything until the issues with athletics are addressed.

This is an excellent way to make the University and the Bollinger administration sit up and take more notice.

Athlete alumni and alumni who support athletics should not be treated as 3^rd and 4^th class citizens. We are 1^st class alums in every way. We are the most committed, the most generous and the most aware of what occurs on campus today. This is the time to stand up and be heard.