“I Don’t Think They’re Talking About the Language Anymore”: Concerns Grow about Friend Pursuing Italian Minor

MORRISON DINING—For months, Nathan Reed ’26 has spoken passionately about pursuing an Italian minor. His peers recall him using phrases like, “I’m learning so much,” and “I’ve really been enjoying my minor.” Two of his friends, Joy Nguyen ’26 and Eric Walters ’26, assumed he was just really into the language, but they soon realized that he was studying anatomy rather than a foreign language.

After reconsidering Reed’s words and noticing his proclivity to linger on North Campus, the friends adopted a “new, fresh perspective of the last few months,” two adjectives that Reed seems to be fond of. “All of a sudden, the term ‘doing a minor’ took on a different meaning,” reported Walters as they began to put together the pieces. “I don’t think he’s talking about the language anymore.” Nguyen added, “That comment he made the other day about ‘less than 18’… Well, let’s just say, he wasn’t talking about credits!”

Nguyen and Walters reported their friend to the authorities, and there is now an ongoing investigation regarding the student’s activity. The university has confirmed that the Student Activity Fee most definitely does not fund “those kinds” of student activities, and that the funding the university receives is for the corruption of the university’s leaders, not the students.