Local: Parents of precious little arsonists can cry me a river

April 29, 2008
By Billy Dennis

Kudos to Bradley President Joanne Glasser, who took a firm stand for a safe campus:

Three former Bradley University students convicted of manslaughter for a fatal college prank learned recently they would not be allowed to return to the college, a family member said.

The parents are livid, because they say they were promised their offspring would be allowed back in school after their finished their six-month sentence for killing their friend and fellow soccer-team member Danny Dahlquist. Naturally, the parents of these convicted killers think their kids are the victims. Here’s the money quote, as far as I am concerned:

Ron Mentgen [one of the parents] agrees Bradley officials have not fully explained their reasoning.

“The thing that is pretty amazing and shocking about the whole situation is if the other parents didn’t reapply for readmission, we probably would not know anything about this until the three students got out of jail,” he said. “That’s the really sad part about it.“

Oh, bullshit. The “really sad part” is that Danny Dahlquist doesn’t have a future. Your son does. But thanks to your son’s OWN actions, it includes a six-month stint in jail (a sentence many people consider lenient) and probably not a college degree.

But don’t worry. I saw a help-wanted ad in today’s PJS. They are hiring down at the car wash. Maybe the job will still be open when your precious little darling gets out of the clink.

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4 Responses to “ Local: Parents of precious little arsonists can cry me a river ”

  1. SD on April 29, 2008 at 4:17 pm

    I feel sorry for the young men who were involved in this tragedy, but nonetheless they committed a heinous crime and need to pay the price. Not being allowed to return to Bradley and a normal life as a collegiate is not really that bad. They could be on the other side of this coin and be dead like their friend. Pranks are pranks and unfortunately some are deadly. Maybe this will teach them and all their classmates to think before they pull some prank ever again. We must pay for what we do or we never learn.

  2. 11Bravo on April 29, 2008 at 8:31 pm

    I about threw up when I read the fathers whine about how their sons were wronged by Bradley. There are two men who are clearly very wrapped up in themselves and have blinders on to the rest of the world. I can’t even believe they would have agreed to an interview with the paper regarding this. The only things I can say is what a bunch of scum bags…

  3. AnotherExJSer on April 30, 2008 at 2:11 am

    I know these kids didn’t mean to kill their friend. But there’s a price to pay. Their sentences were mercifully light. They should slip quietly out of town and consider themselves lucky.

    And I will give them the same advice I give all Bradley students: If you want a mediocre education, you can get one much more cheaply at Illinois State, my alma mater.

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