Ed, I’m calling about the trouble at Rider University. I was the cook there at Phi Kappa Tau from September to May. All these boys were like my sons. I’m 75 years old and they treated me with the utmost respect. It’s sad about what happened, and I don’t think Rider is being treated fairly. And to all my “sons,” the shirt you gave me when school ended, you made me number 1. And you are number 1. Thank you from your cook, Buddy.

Chef

The alcohol-poisoning death at Rider is a tragic story, and it’s hard to tell whom to blame. Prosecutors, however, are spreading blame like it’s going out of style.

—Ed. Note