I find Dean Bakers’ comments about the student body in Thursday’s article, “Students discuss issues with deans,” absolutely inflammatory and unfounded. He said 18-year-olds are “not technically” adults. Yet, individuals of that age are allowed and even expected to make potentially life-altering decisions involving voting, medical care and joining the army. But Dean Baker says these “psuedo-adults” should not be allowed to decide who can stay in their own room overnight.

According to Dean Baker’s “statistics,” 99 percent of the student body is held accountable for the actions of the other 1 percent. However, I agree with Student Union President Zach Coseglia that the majority does not deserve to be punished for the crimes of the few. Those isolated incidents should be handled on an individual basis.

Baker makes a dangerous allusion to the “silent majority.” If he remembers his history, another prominent individual made such a claim of a “silent majority” without evidence, the result of which led to the social and political divide of this nation and prolonged a war that should have ended much sooner than it did. He should learn to be more careful when making such powerful references.

He also claims we at Boston University live in a democracy. I always thought that in a democracy, the decisions are supposed to be made by vote of the people, and those who govern are meant to rule with the consent of the governed. To the best of my knowledge, there has been not one vote about a new policy, and the administration has virtually ignored or shown indifference toward student requests. This indifference is evident by the absence of cable on campus and the lack of change in the Guest Policy.

How can an administration that does not truly know the student body judge its character? Until the administration makes more of an effort to know the student body, it should not make arbitrary opinions about its character.