Editor:

This is a response to the question posed by Traci R. Martin in her Feb. 2 letter "The Noise and Blair." In it Ms. Martin asks, "why move next to a university and complain about parties?"

Ms. Martin, a university is an educational institution. Although you may feel that you are here to escape your parents' supervision, many of the rest of us are here to learn some things that prepare us for future careers. This involves reading, studying , hard work and late hours. These activities are interfered by having a bunch of loud, drunken near-children next door. It is your right to party, but it is your obligation to respect the rights of those around you. This includes allowing people the right to have some peace in their own homes or apartments. There are numerous places along Fourth Avenue you can go to party. Living next to a university should not subject us to harassment by people not mature enough to understand the purpose of being here. A student should not have to flee the university to find an environment conducive to learning.

Robert Mitchell
second-year architecture student