2008 Woodie Awards
Respect issues
Issue date: 4/28/05 Section: Letters to the Editor
I must complain about the article titled "Student Car Woes" published in last week's Journal.
I was interviewed for this article and was ecstatic to be a part of it. I was asked to bring my 1970 Pontiac GTO to school on Monday so that I could have my picture taken by it. I spent a few hours Sunday night working on this car so that it could be driven to school on Monday and enhance the article.
I thought that it would have been a nice touch for the article and given it something to catch the average person's eye. Instead of working on a paper that was due that Monday, I worked on my car and became even more behind in school than I already was.
So, when Thursday came around, and I looked in the paper to see how the article turned out, I was extremely disappointed and upset. Not only was my picture not in the paper, but a picture of some dancing couple was instead, which I did not see the relevance of.
If I wasn't so behind and if I didn't have papers to do instead of trying to make the paper look good, then it wouldn't be a big deal. But it is a big deal to me since you have wasted my time, the time of my interviewer, and the photographer.
I'd like to think that the "No. 1 paper in the state" would run better than this, and treat those they interview with more respect. It's no wonder people at school think so lowly of The Journal.
Justin Detjen
Junior
English Major
I was interviewed for this article and was ecstatic to be a part of it. I was asked to bring my 1970 Pontiac GTO to school on Monday so that I could have my picture taken by it. I spent a few hours Sunday night working on this car so that it could be driven to school on Monday and enhance the article.
I thought that it would have been a nice touch for the article and given it something to catch the average person's eye. Instead of working on a paper that was due that Monday, I worked on my car and became even more behind in school than I already was.
So, when Thursday came around, and I looked in the paper to see how the article turned out, I was extremely disappointed and upset. Not only was my picture not in the paper, but a picture of some dancing couple was instead, which I did not see the relevance of.
If I wasn't so behind and if I didn't have papers to do instead of trying to make the paper look good, then it wouldn't be a big deal. But it is a big deal to me since you have wasted my time, the time of my interviewer, and the photographer.
I'd like to think that the "No. 1 paper in the state" would run better than this, and treat those they interview with more respect. It's no wonder people at school think so lowly of The Journal.
Justin Detjen
Junior
English Major