Response to the Elephant in the Room

I am a student-athlete at Amherst College who plays for the men’s soccer program. I am not enrolled in classes such as Bowling 1; I do not have people doing my homework for me as I prepare to get drafted by a pro sports team; and, there are no “fans” asking for my autograph as I walk around campus. I say this because I felt disappointed and slighted by the way that male athletes at the College were stereotyped in Professor Dumm’s article, “Elephant in the Room,” because the athletic scene that P