TO THE EDITOR:
I’m sorry to be the one to break this to you, but you are a horrible waste of trees. You really are. You occupy a relatively unique position as the independent voice of a much-heralded liberal arts university, but you do absolutely nothing with that position. Your best quality is your ability to toe the university line. How does that make you an independent voice? Are there no would-be journalists in your ranks who realize that “investigative” is a necessary precursor to the word “journalism”?
Your recent publications regarding the changes in Facilities Services are laughable at best. You assert that the former director of housekeeping Bill Burston “left” the university. Does the public not merit knowing more about that sordid tale? Did you bother to ask for a quote from Carolyn Elfland or Chancellor Thorp or any of the housekeepers who were chronically victimized? Or are you just a bunch of coddled kids who are more concerned about your major getting you a job?
I hope some will read this and understand that independent journalists have a real and true duty to serve their readership, not just be a vehicle for reprinting “the news” as it is dictated to them.
Jason Palivoda
Grounds Services
