In “iBigotry” (June 21), you called the residents of Collins “as homogenous and predictable as the next dorm.” As a former resident I feel obligated to stick up for them. In my three semesters at Collins, not once did I smell puked-up booze in the hallways. Not once did I see rowdy, screaming students in the halls and not once did I hear racist or homophobic banter. I never saw anything vandalized, and I never saw cop cars outside the building. Yet, I have observed all of this at other dorms. I find the “Collins kids” to be unfailingly polite, well-spoken, artistic and open-minded. And I know it’s going to make me sound pretentious, but I heard an amazing variety of music during my time there, whereas the other dorms were saturated with Dave Matthews Band and mainstream rap. So, yes, Collins is different, and I think you have to be blind not to see it.
Adam Kent-Isaac
