Dilemmas In Dawn Mackeen's 'Creeps On Campus'

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Denying Rights of Creeps Do universities have the right to deny admission to students based on their criminal or moral history? This was the dilemma in the case of a certain David Cash, a student at UC Berkeley who witnessed his best-friend rape and murder a seven year old girl and did not report the crime to authorities. A great example that provides input to this dilemma can be found through Dawn MacKeen’s essay, “Creeps on Campus”, which tells about Cash’s struggle to attend school and MacKeen’s own personal standpoint on the rights universities should have. It can be argued by some of Cash’s critics that although he broke no law, Cash’s mere lack of moral responsibility during the tragedy that occurred was enough to prevent him from attending UC Berkeley. As many of his critics claim that a person …show more content…

This is conveyed through a quote from the essay, “Creeps on Campus” as MacKeen states, “David Cash broke no law, except the moral law that commands us to help others.” (Paragraph 3, Line 1) This quote provides leverage to the fact that although Cash demonstrated a lack of morality in his past, he still possesses every right given to him by the constitution to attend a university, on account that he legally broke no law. This same concept is echoed through a quote in the essay from one of Cash’s most peculiar critics, Najee Ali, a former crip gang member, ex-convict and college student. Ali sees Cash as unfit for attending a university based on his perceived lack of morality and remorse pertaining to the tragedy that took place. Ali states, “ I don’t care what type of crime it is, you have a right to compete for an education to better yourself.” (Paragraph 10, Line

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