Letters to the Editor
Issue date: 2/19/10 Section: Opinion
Editor's Note: This letter is in response to the "Love at DePauw" article in the Feb 12 issue.
Dating story lacked diversity
How is it that The DePauw continually fails to properly represent the DePauw student body? In the article "Love at DePauw" in last Friday's edition, four couples were highlighted as beacons of hope for finding love on a "singles' campus." Much to our disappointment, however, all of these couples were white heterosexuals. DePauw as an institution always insists on pointing out that diversity should be celebrated here. Reading this article, however, it seems that it is blatantly disregarded.
The DePauw has yet again failed to miss its mark of providing well-researched and well-rounded journalism. Rather than reporting on interracial couples, minority couples, or couples who are members of the GLBT community, The DePauw took the easy route. Instead of presenting an article that would have reflected the real diversity of relationships on this campus, The DePauw chose simply to stick with the status quo. Rather than discuss the hardships faced by these groups, The DePauw discussed the alleged hook-up culture of this campus.
It doesn't help that this is the issue all of the prospective students took home with them after the Preview Day this Saturday. We're sure that you represented the DePauw community well.
Laura Pearce & Adam Gilbert,
seniors
Student questions Safe Ride
On Friday night I was drinking; I have a ticket that says so. The real problem though, is the story behind the ticket.
I had heard talk that Public Safety had driven past a few times. With this in mind, when I decided to leave I took Safe Ride; a service offered for the purpose of getting people back to where they live without worry. What I wasn't expecting was that in the 27 steps it takes to get from the curb to my dorm, a public safety officer confronted me, and things went downhill from there. In short, he issued me a ticket for drinking, adding a new level of stress to my already hectic, unmanageable schedule of classes and activities and making it now mandatory to deal with the Putnam County legal system.
Dating story lacked diversity
How is it that The DePauw continually fails to properly represent the DePauw student body? In the article "Love at DePauw" in last Friday's edition, four couples were highlighted as beacons of hope for finding love on a "singles' campus." Much to our disappointment, however, all of these couples were white heterosexuals. DePauw as an institution always insists on pointing out that diversity should be celebrated here. Reading this article, however, it seems that it is blatantly disregarded.
The DePauw has yet again failed to miss its mark of providing well-researched and well-rounded journalism. Rather than reporting on interracial couples, minority couples, or couples who are members of the GLBT community, The DePauw took the easy route. Instead of presenting an article that would have reflected the real diversity of relationships on this campus, The DePauw chose simply to stick with the status quo. Rather than discuss the hardships faced by these groups, The DePauw discussed the alleged hook-up culture of this campus.
It doesn't help that this is the issue all of the prospective students took home with them after the Preview Day this Saturday. We're sure that you represented the DePauw community well.
Laura Pearce & Adam Gilbert,
seniors
Student questions Safe Ride
On Friday night I was drinking; I have a ticket that says so. The real problem though, is the story behind the ticket.
I had heard talk that Public Safety had driven past a few times. With this in mind, when I decided to leave I took Safe Ride; a service offered for the purpose of getting people back to where they live without worry. What I wasn't expecting was that in the 27 steps it takes to get from the curb to my dorm, a public safety officer confronted me, and things went downhill from there. In short, he issued me a ticket for drinking, adding a new level of stress to my already hectic, unmanageable schedule of classes and activities and making it now mandatory to deal with the Putnam County legal system.
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heidialbinmenzel
Heidi Menzel
posted 2/19/10 @ 2:23 PM EST
Let me get this straight, you are a freshman, therefore I assume you're under 21. If this is the case, you went out drinking ILLEGALLY, and you are blaming Safe Ride for you getting in trouble?? May I just say, this is a problem far too prevalent with students today. (Continued…)
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