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Immature Quick Hit made light of cancer

TO THE EDITOR:

I don’t know if I am more annoyed by the inappropriateness of the latest “Quick Hits” feature or by its infantile humor.

“That took ball(s),” said Quick Hits, referring to the newest Armstrong scandal.

I ask, is it really appropriate for the editorial section of a long-running university newspaper to make light of the suffering of cancer patients with a joke that is so easy? The DTH should rethink its juvenile Quick Hits or do away with it completely. It’s embarrassing.

Andrew Smith ’14
Global Studies, French

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