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JuicyCampus coverage promotes popularity
Where is the journalistic integrity in running a story on a gossip Web site, front page, two weeks in a row, and then adding a blurb claiming that you are shocked and appalled on the Web site’s new-found popularity.
Not only are you wasting space that could be used on much more important issues, but the cop-out “We are a responsible newspaper” addendum was shameful.
Not to
mention, in preparation for this response, I took my first and only
visit to the Web site which I, much like many of those involved in
those over 700 posts I am sure, had not even heard of until your
articled.
I found
that the majority of the people who mentioned full names were obviously
friends giving one another grief, and those who weren’t were so
obviously slanderous, the gossip they are spreading would not be
believed by anyone with any trace of logical thought.
The only
case of someone’s address being revealed was a group of roommates who
jokingly trashed each other back and forth and mentioned their own room
number.
Though I
agree this site which does no more than represent people taking
advantage of anonymity to talk trash and reveal their own ignorance and
Greek communities dissing one another is a waste of time, it is not the
horror it is portrayed to be. And like the site itself, it was not
worth the time and energy that either myself or your paper took to
cover it.
Tim Reis
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junior, social work major
9/11 display touching, lacks Democrat support
I
thought the 9/11 flag display on Sanford Mall was nicely done,
dignified and touching. I noticed it drew the attention of passersby
very effectively.
The
sheer number of little flags, each representing somebody’s child, or
parent, sibling, lover, or friend -made us realize the enormity of the
event.
I
imagine some people will consider the display, especially since it was
sponsored by the College Republicans, to be a political statement, an
easy leap to make after the Republicans used footage of 9/11 at their
convention.
However, the flag does not represent any party or individual administration.
And
while everyone killed on that day was not an American citizen, they
were all in the U.S. at the time, so that was the common denominator.
Nor were any of those people responsible for any U.S. policies that
might have led to the hatred of this country that motivated the
terrorists.
So I
say, well done. The only thing better would have been if the display
had been a joint effort of the College Republicans and the College
Democrats.
L.A. Middlesteadt
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Anthropology dept. secretary
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