I have known Tom Randall for 3 years, and he is one of the finest and most responsible people I know. Tom is a serious student, and he is also a very caring person. He plans to be a teacher and works as a volunteer with special education students in a local school. He would never do anything to intentionally hurt anyone. His only purpose in having the Halloween party was for people to enjoy themselves. He paid for the whole thing himself! As far as people drinking is concerned, the fact is that drinking is one of the major social activities on campus. Virtually everyone drinks; it is just the way things are here. People just do not pay attention to the drinking age on campus. It is as if the college is its own little world with its own rules. The people at the party were not drinking because Tom was pressuring or encouraging them to. They were drinking because that is what they do when they go to parties. If Tom had not had alcohol there, people would have gone out and brought some, or they would have gone to a party that did have alcohol. I did not see Tom talk to Kelly, but he was circulating, trying to be a good host, and seeing if people needed anything. He certainly would not try to "pressure" someone into having a drink they did not want to have. What happened with Kelly was a terrible, unfortunate accident—it certainly is something Tom should not be held responsible for.