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Still, the Vikings have more to prove than an ability to stomp their opponents. Over the years, they have suffered from a reputation as one of the league's most dysfunctional families. Several Vikings have piled up charges ranging from rape to assault to drunk driving to embezzlement. A provocative new book, Pros and Cons: The Criminals Who Play in the N.F.L. (Warner Books; $24), depicts the Vikings as emblematic of a troubling trend in the league. Authors Jeff Benedict and Don Yaeger estimate that 1 in 5 players has been charged with a serious crime. "NFL teams are recruiting...
Angela Miklavcic's concern for underage drinking in finals club (Opinion, Nov.24) is typical puritan vitriol. She attacks the AD for serving alcohol to her 16-year old friend, claiming that "Harvard students should have better judgement any day, drunk or sober, than 16-year-olds...
When we noticed they were gone, at around 4 a.m., we went to the A.D. where there was a large group of guys milling in the street. Once the door was finally opened, we saw the two girls standing in the hallway, drunk and surrounded by seemingly intoxicated...
...this incident, but now I have none for the A.D. and any others whose practices resemble it. I am not accusing any of the guys of hurting my friend's sister and her friend. I am accusing them of immature and irresponsible behavior. They should realize that having two drunk 16-year-olds surrounded by a large group of men at 4 a.m. is an unsettling and potentially dangerous situation. Why would you want to risk your reputation? Furthermore, why would you want 16-year-olds at your party? Shame...
...blame the high school students (and you may even try to blame us), but Harvard students should have better judgement any day, drunk or sober, than 16-year-olds...