Granted, being aware of other people and respecting their circumstances is crucial for overall happiness, but isn't Uni coming dangerously close to coddling its student body? Racism, sexism, and all other prejudices are a constant in this world, a constant that will never likely dissipate in our lifetime or ever for that matter. How do we deal with these constants as an institution and as an individual? As an institution, our great administrators, like Ms. Patton, can enforce constipating rules on the student body to crack down on those making things "NOT fine for all students at Uni" in hopes that racism will never show its ugly face on the first floor hallway. What does this ultimately do? Nothing! Uni students never learn how to deal with prejudice, knowing that they can run off and tell and administrator who will undoubtedly call in the perpetrator's parents for a pointless meeting. As individuals, however, we all can combat prejudice. We can make personal efforts to refrain from being intolerant of others and learn how to deal with these intolerances when directed at us. Having a racial slur slung in our faces sucks. But it's life. Let me address those who are extremely upset about the "hot list." The list was juvenile and retarded at best but do you think such events won't occur again? Let me ask another question, do you use Facebook? Facebook in essence is a national vehicle for rating girls and guys based on their appearance. Hypothetically, let's say you are a freshman girl on your new college campus and you sit down with your friends for dinner. You hear a group of guys behind you talking about the girls they saw on Facebook, those they deem attractive and those they don't think too highly of. Let's go on to say you are one of the girls they "talk smack" about. You are inevitably going to be hurt by their words but what do you do? Do you go to the administration. NO! The administration could care less. Learning to deal with such instances in high school is EXTREMELY important. And if you don't think instances like the one above will happen to you in college, you are dead wrong. People at other schools are not half as nice as Uni kids. Uni should seriously chill out.