Should we punish band members too?

Now that the Appleton North High School saga that saw 34 kids get served up with citations for drinking underage. I'm not immune to underage kids drinking fermented beverages. It's going to happen.

However, here's the rub. Would this party -- that has affected three Lightning sports teams -- be the same if newspapers took band boxscores?

My point simply is this. Since we publicize high school athletes by printing their names and images in newsprint is it fair that other kids -- that should be held to the same higher standard -- aren't included?

Is it fair that band, drama or forensics are able to get plowed after a performance? However, none of this is known. And even if it is, I guarantee you that there is merely a whisper of talk about it, for fear that the high school director would lose his entire winds section.

There is nothing new with North. St. Mary Central had the same problems earlier this winter and 1/3 of Hortonville's football team was caught when I was a junior. This isn't an isolated incident and it surely isn't going to stop anytime.

However, in the meantime, the rules have to remain the same for everyone. Just because they're not athletes doesn't mean they can't break the rules.