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Pastimes : Murder Mystery: Who Killed Yale Student Suzanne Jovin? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (720)	3/28/2000 4:03:00 AM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1397

Re: 3/28/00 - University's comments on the Jovin case University's comments on the Jovin case -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Published 3/28/00 To the Editor: Even though the murder of Suzanne Jovin may never be solved -- and let us all hope that will not be the case -- it should certainly never be forgotten. It occurred at a bad time for the University, right after another scandal could not be hushed up, but when has there ever been a good time for a murder to happen? Whether Yale was hurt by the murder is not the issue anymore. Of course the University was hurt by it. But the problem seems to me very like Antigone's. Politics would have the thing hushed up, forgotten about and shoved under the table, while the people who cared -- and still do care -- about Suzanne rightly feel she is owed some justice. Some attention. Maybe even a lot of it. Even Antigone felt she was right in burying her brother, who had been condemned by the state. In the end, however, the evasive actions and the constant hushing up and secretiveness on the part of the University only ends up really destroying the University's reputation. The trouble with the statements is not that they are political. The trouble is that they sound political. They sound as if the University were trying to avoid any connection to the murky business. While I understand that a certain degree of dignity must be preserved, this is not what will preserve it. A dignified person will admit his or her mistakes, deny what is false and try to remedy the wrongs. With their actions, the University has appeared spineless and politicized, and that is what saddens me most. Peace be with you, Suzanne, and may you have a proper burial some day. Niko Smrekar March 23, 2000 yaledailynews.com