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...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...
...heard [Burton] had affairs with Hillary Clinton and Linda Tripp," quipped David P. Tuttle '02, when asked if he had heard of the push to remove Burton from office...
Jordan N. Bulger '00 said it was irrelevant who had sponsored the bill calling for Burton's removal. All that mattered, he said, was whether the allegations against Burton were true...
...though students disagreed about whether the charges will stick, there was near unanimous sentiment about one particular aspect of the controversy: whether Burton's race was a factor in driving his impeachment. Most students rejected the idea...
...Both Burton and the council president, Fentrice D. Driskell '01, are black. All the sponsors of the petition to remove him are white, a fact that was not lost on Driskell...