<p>SC thank you for clarifying, when you said “everyone knows” and one person was on TV, I thought you meant more than just everyone suspected. </p>
<p>If a person identifies herself as a member of SWAT on facebook, that alone is meant to harass and intimidate, IMHO.</p>
<p>And what is your excuse for the school failing to report suspensions – its a yes or no question on the common application? That we’re Millburn, we’re number 1?</p>
<p>Agreed. SWAT supposedly stood for Seniors Will Attack and Terrorize. But I do believe some of the “hazers” wore other senior shirts so were in other groups of friends. And agree 100% on reporting suspensions. It an action is bad enough to suspend, it should be part of the student’s record.</p>
<p>My comment on the media frenzy – This story seems to have gone from local blogs to CNN overnight, giving the “journalist bloggers” their moment at breaking a big story. Fair enough. But why are they not doing their journalistic due diligence and looking at other towns/schools? And they are coming out of the woodwork. The “former senior” on The Today Show left school before senior year to pursue her modeling career. Guess her agent called the show. And CNN had a blogger/Millburn resident speaking on behalf of the community when she doesn’t even have a child in MHS. Everyone is now an “expert.” Yes, that bothers me. It seems as though they are there to promote themselves. Who outside of Millburn ever heard of alternative press or patch before this?</p>
<p>Confusing the matter is the fact that many of the victims did in fact want to be on the list. Please don’t take this as my way of blaming these freshman girls, but many want to be on the list and even go so far as to get their moms to take them shopping for the clothing they were told to wear. I think before everyone realized how vulgar the “list” would be, there were kids/parents who felt that inclusion on the list meant that they were “tapped” into the popular group. This desire to be on the list sends mixed messages, even to the hazers. Unfortunately, things took an ugly turn. And if there are girls who really are just minding their own business and never wanted to be on such a list, then those are the victims I would hope would come forward. As far as being ostracized/taunted by the culprits, these seniors must already be angry that some girls went home to complain to their parents, who then went to administrators. Why stop there? They are the only ones who can legitimately point the finger and stand up for themselves if they feel demeaned (and I’m sure they do). It went way, way too far.</p>