University of Tennessee students, inspired by the administration's suspension of a fraternity for committing the crime of blackface, seek to make the campus' commitment to diversity more inclusive. I copy a letter to the editor of today's Daily Beacon, UT's student paper:

Editor, The Daily Beacon:

You would not believe the injustice that I witnessed last night as I drove home from work. As I pulled off the Strip, there dancing in my headlights was a group of what appeared to be witches. Knowing a few witches myself, I decided to head over and say "hello." But to my surprise, those that returned my greeting weren't witches after all but people dressed up in "witchface." After all the chaos on campus these last couple of days, you would think people would have a little more respect than to be impersonating someone different than they are. What do they think ... it's Halloween or something? I asked the impostors who they were and they responded as members of the local Halloween fraternity (Beta Omicron Omicron) commonly known as BOO. Knowing they were lying, I asked who they really were. I don't want to point any fingers, but you can bet I contacted my local BOO chapter. The whole BOO community is in a uproar. We are tired of always being looked down upon. When are things going to change? I know people have a freedom of self-expression, but I say take it away because it is hurting my fellow BOO's feelings. The least UT can do is to promote BOO awareness. And when they do, I hope no one is too fixated on their own problems to listen. Now that would be a shame.

Michael Hoover

sophomore in biochemistry and microbiology

An excellent proposal. But we should not stop at outlawing blackface and witchface. I would also urge campus sensitivity watchdogs to look out for people in twoface. Such people make a mockery of honest folks everywhere, and so do untold damage to the self-esteem of this country's future leaders. People in twoface can be hard to locate--there are many of them, but they blend in pretty well. But they must be rooted out all the same, and banned from all campus activities (including administration). I hear they can be found behind closed doors.