Civil War columnist needs

writing classes
Carole Chase can sure dish it out (“Eugeneans Are Smoking Quack,” ODE, 11/30). Can she take it? What was the point of her asinine article? Oh yes! Beavers are better than Ducks. Honestly, could Chase think of anything more ignorant to write about? Any half-witted English major could take her comparison and reverse it so Ducks are “super-duper” and Beavers stink.
I’m an English major. Many of my classmates have contacted me to review rough drafts before turning in final papers. Maybe Chase and I should talk before she submits another article to the Emerald. Gee, do I sound pompous and ignorant? I hope so.
I suppose Chase expected people to refute her argument. I refute her ignorant, uneducated manner of writing. Her barbs were blasé, and her wit was nonexistent. Her writing style is frenzied and below par for an English major.
It’s hard enough for women to earn the respect of their male colleagues in the writing world. Chase should stop giving us a bad name. It’s one thing to give an opinion and quite another to do what Chase did. She made herself into an opinionated jerk. This will affect other female authors in the future who wish to be taken seriously by the Emerald — not only by their colleagues, but by their male audience as well.
Shame on Chase, and shame on the editor who allowed her obvious lack of intuition and better judgment to be splashed all over the Emerald.

Jenny L. Hansen

senior

English
Editor’s note: Carole Chase is an Oregon State University student. Her column was
requested by the Emerald in a Civil War
exchange and was not edited by the Emerald prior to publication. Emerald editorial editor Julie Lauderbaugh wrote a column published in The Daily Barometer, OSU’s
student paper, the same day. Both Civil War columns can be found online in the Emerald’s archives at www.dailyemerald.com.