Responce to "Take a Good, Hard Look"

I think this article brings up some good points. Yes, JMU does have a reputation for partying. The students know it, faculity, parents, and prospective students are all aware of this reputation. One thing I think that needs more attention though is all of the good JMU does for the community. I think in some cases it outweights the bad. Just this past weekend JMU raised over $144,000 for Relay for Life. That's one of the top Relay for Life events in the nation. We were the ones that went out and picked up after the riot and we are continuing to support those in Fox Hills through fundraisers to fix the damage that was caused by our and others rowdy behavior. Sometimes people just need to look past the fact that yes, there was a riot, but things could be worse. We could just turn our backs on the issue and neglect that it ever happened, but we're not. JMU is taking responsibility for it's actions and we're doing soemthing about it. At the end of the day we are a strong community. There is a lot of good thats going on here and I think that we deserve so much more then just a party school image.