Seven Hampden-Sydney students charged with drug distribution

[Carrie]

Oh and as for the 3 year olds who are doing all the name calling please grow the fu*k up. And yes SOME, not all rich but some rich people can be self centered pricks but thats only because they think they are special because they have money. They are just to stupid to realize the world has billions of people on it and they are not any different maybe more full of shit, and alot more plastic, and no common sense what so ever but no different than any one else. Oh and as for the HSC graduate you should place your words more tactfully you are making your self and your HSC brothers look like ass. Glad you got a good education at our wonderful SOUTHERN college to bad it didn't stick with you POS yankie ass! Well now that we have that out of the way lets continue about the matter at hand...

[Carrie stop posting]

Carrie wrote:

Oh and as for the 3 year olds who are doing all the name calling please grow the fu*k up. And yes SOME, not all rich but some rich people can be self centered pricks but thats only because they think they are special because they have money. They are just to stupid to realize the world has billions of people on it and they are not any different maybe more full of shit, and alot more plastic, and no common sense what so ever but no different than any one else. Oh and as for the HSC graduate you should place your words more tactfully you are making your self and your HSC brothers look like ass. Glad you got a good education at our wonderful SOUTHERN college to bad it didn't stick with you POS yankie ass! Well now that we have that out of the way lets continue about the matter at hand...

Carrie - Re-read your own post. You are terrible advocate for H-SC. Maybe do one less shift a week at the Brew Thru and enroll in an English class at Cape Fear Community College. Whatever you do; don't try to represent the school. Remember, a mind is a terrible thing to waste.

[Bustum DEA]

Can't do the time, don't do the crime.

[chi phi]

I was in on many a five dollar club....fun times

[T Whitfield]

I attended HSC during the 2002-2003 school year, and a friend of mine was busted with possession of blow also. It was shitty because there are a lot of kids at Longwood who never get fucked with because like other people have said they want to bust the "rich kids" because it makes them feel better I guess. Not everyone that goes to Hampden-Sydney is rich either. A lot of those guys are there on scholarships (like I was) and are in no way spoiled rich kids. When I attended there were few people that really acted like spoiled rich kids.

[mtnkidd]

Ah... Five Dollar Club memories, I still have my shirt from the 90s!!!

[gwwhite]

I went to HSC from 2004-2006. I KNEW those guys who got busted-Lantz, Chance, Bagby, and the rest. Hell, I was Chance's pledge at one point, and I lived next to Lantz. They were good people, who didn't deserve to be treated like domestic terrorists by our paternalistic government. Hampden-Sydney is a fine school founded on solid principles with all types of people in attendence. Some HSC students do drugs; some sell drugs as well. Does selling drugs make you a bad person? Of course not, it only shows your willingness to express your dissenting opinion with regard to the federal government's War on Drugs.

[Concerned College Grad]

Whether or not these kids are rich, poor, black or white, our government is completely corrupt. And as many of you say, this bust was a total waste of resources. All the time and money put into this case could have been used to stop rapists, murderers, or drug dealers who actually do harm to other people. Take it from someone who knows three of the major offenders--these are normal college guys like any of you, they were just unlucky enough to get caught. One of these guys was entrapped--called incessantly by the NARC until he gave in and gave him 1/10th of a gram of cocaine. He was not a drug dealer.
The biggest mistake anyone here can make is to assume they know what happened or what is now happening in court, etc. What we should be concentrating on is the conspiracies that have led to this situation.
Notice also that the Richmond Times Dispatch published an article the DAY BEFORE this happened talking about what a great institution Hampden-Sydney is. The next day they publish the story of the bust. Coincidence?

[Anonymous]

One of the kids made it out alive... but the lives of those other 7 kids are completely ruined. Right or wrong in their actions someone should call for an investigation into the Police departments handling of the situation. The "Confidential Informant" was running around without supervision and taking out his vendetta against HSC students. Kind of funny that He ( the "Confidential Informant") Received his first DUI while at Hampden Sydney.

[play4you]

Alexander wrote:

Those kids got screwed. What if they were really good people? Nobody would really care. It's all about the image of the government and as stated before, the political reasons. What kind of cold blooded asshole would ruin someone's life a month before college graduation?
-and "NONE"- you sound like a fairy. Don't justify the government's bullshit.

Your an idiot if you think these drug dealers should be let go because they were about to graduate. So I guess we all should get a free pass for breaking the law because we are underhandedly trying to do the right thing with our lives, they would havve conitunued to sell drugs if they hadn't got caught.

[play4you]

Anonymous wrote:

One of the kids made it out alive... but the lives of those other 7 kids are completely ruined. Right or wrong in their actions someone should call for an investigation into the Police departments handling of the situation. The "Confidential Informant" was running around without supervision and taking out his vendetta against HSC students. Kind of funny that He ( the "Confidential Informant") Received his first DUI while at Hampden Sydney.

This is the same tactic being used in the Michael Vick case and nobody is surprised about that, whoever has these guys back are just as stupid as they were for ruining their own lives by selling drugs and getting caught. The police/feds always set up a sting to catch drug dealers what makes these HSC students any less of a target.

[EX LONGWOOD STUDENT]

KEEP YOUR HEAD UP CHANCE

[lwcspe]

first of all, the $5 club rips; i miss it. as a former longwood student, i am familiar with the 'drug trade' that is part of everyday life at both longwood and hsc. for those that want to say that the majority of drugs come from longwood, pull your heads out of your asses; both schools have cats that party and neither school relies on the other to get their weight. fortunately or unfortunately, this is part of college culture; everyone that wants to throw stones needs to look at themselves, their kids, parents, siblings, etc., because light drug use is commonplace in u.s. universities/colleges from community college to harvard. yes, the law was broken, but everytime a freshman drinks a beer (i am sure 500,000+ times/day), the law is broken as well. where are the keg 'stings'(not suggesting that you do it, kooks)? a good point was previously brought up; these funds would be better served setting up stings for the heroin that comes straight out of the taliban's hands and many other uses. get over it, uncle sam; kids are going to party.

[lwcspe]

btw, don't give anybody shit about posting from ny, or north in general. i am southern, born and raised, happen to work in ny right now, and hate every minute of the yankee b.s. sometimes it is out of your hands. oh yeah, there are plenty of rich kids at longwood that could buy and sell half of the hsc dudes, so don't use the $ as your only self-appreciating logic for the bust. pipe down, kook.

[father of student]

NONE wrote:

I was there that day. And just to clear one thing up...the DEA and other law enforcement officals did not "raid" classrooms as it was stated above. They simply knocked on the door and asked the teachers if they could speak with the given student. This was a very low-key operation, meaning that law enforcement were trying to make every attempt not to draw a lot of attention while on campus. Yes, officers did wear bullet-proof vest while on campus but that is for their own protection. They do not know the students, nor did they know if the students had weapons. Also, no weapons were drawn, nor were there drugs dogs being dragged around.
Hampden-Sydney is a small school as far as student population is concerned but it is a largely known for the drugs that can be found on campus, which is what, I think, Jim was trying to say above.
Furthermore, to say that the police should have focused their efforts somewhere else is crazy. Most of these kids were charged federally, which means the possession or distribution of whatever drug was a significant amount. Sure, there are serious drug problems in the community, but problems on campus needed to be addressed also.
I do not think this is an issue of wealth but an issue of stupidity. These kids had everything going for them and made bad choices. Would most of you have the same reaction if this happened at an all male college, with mostly african-american students who came from less than fortuante homes? The answer, for most, will be NO...most would think they got what they deserved. Most of the kids at HSC are not sorry for what they did but for the fact they got caught. In order to catch the king-pin you have to start at the bottom.
As far as someone using this for the campaign, you're probably correct, however, wrong is wrong and these men were wrong for selling drugs...end of story.

for information only. if you consider a federal charge for 17 grams,( 28 grams in an ounce) a large significant amount of marijuna,
so be it. My son faces 1 to 5 years for this stupid mistake. By the way, 1 year is mandatory
under federal law.

[ENu1996]

sneaky Pete THETA CHI wrote:

Does anyone remember the five dollar clubs at HSC?

Brother do I

[Tonto]

http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp...

[Nicole]

I think it is important to remember that college is a time to make your own decisions away from your parents, kids are going to make mistakes...Sometimes big ones. There are not only drugs at HSC but also at Longwood and in the town of Farmville and in the State of Virginia. They are easy to find. Perhaps the problem was that they made bad choices in the open and someone who did not agree with what they were doing did something about it. There are plenty of raids in Farmville, not just to the rich kids but also to the people who are barely making ends meet or to the people who are doing the same things in the streets of the town who are not buying the drugs with mommy and daddy's money. FYI Carrie you don't know anything about farmville until you have lived there. Having a brother and a family friend does not make you knowledgeable of the town. For those of you who think that HSC is all rich people take a look into the number of students there on financial assistance,academic and athletic scholarships. Perhaps you are being stereotypical because your upset that you knew someone who got busted. There are consequences to every action good or bad. There's just happen to be bad...

[Tonto]

http://www.topix.com/forum/city/norfolk-va/T9...

[old and in the way]

I have great memories of the five dollar club. I was the one who got it started back in 90-91.

I've been wondering if the guys who got arrested were in fraternities. Does anyone know about this? thanks