If the Emerald wishes to gain support in their crusade against being “censored” and “defunded,” as with the PFC fiasco earlier this year, wouldn’t it be much easier to do if readers didn’t pick up the paper and find a huge amount of articles, photos/graphics or headlines taken from the Associated Press?
Example: April 22, 2005 issue. Why should we (students) pay for this out of our incidental fee, when we can go to the library and read the same articles on the Internet for free? So that we can read Ailee Slater unintelligibly whine for a few paragraphs (justice = terrorism? Is she related to University Professor Chuck Hunt?), then delve straight into some of the AP’s best work?
Further more, the issue I picked up is now three days old, and resided on a very large stack (no less than 20) of unused and soon-to-be-thrown-out copies of the same edition. What a waste of my time and money. The Emerald’s over-the-top liberal rhetoric is simply a veil for what the paper really is — a joke. Rather than take action, such as reducing printing or placing more emphasis on original work, the Emerald has reverted to the same ol’ same ol’ now that their
financial battle has been won.
Thanks for nothing.
Lance Lucas
Eugene