2008 Woodie Awards
'Skank' is not a four-letter word
Issue date: 4/28/05 Section: Letters to the Editor
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In response to "Provocative softball promos torn down" (April 21), this is absurd. I happen to have a few questions of my own that I'd like to pose.
First of all, the athletic director, Mr. Hart, said that he was walking past the bulletin board and noticed a flier featuring two scantily clad women. He then went out his way to look at a sexy poster and ogle it. That just goes to show how effective those fliers were at gaining attention, which was their original purpose.
And what exactly is scantily clad anyway? The girls that were on the fliers were in one-piece bathing suits. I guess Mr. Hart has never been to a pool before or to a swim team game either. I didn't realize that this was the 1920s and that one-piece swimsuits were too provocative, please.
On the note of inappropriate posters, I know I am not the only one who noticed the ads, shirts, & events of Webster's Sex Week last semester. "It just keeps on coming" was one of Sex Week's slogans, but somehow two women in swimsuits are more offensive. Has the world turned upside down?
And since when does two to three members of the softball team determine what is appropriate and inappropriate on campus? Please relinquish the prude 'tude while on a college campus; this isn't grade school and not everyone here is a baby.
One more thing that I was somewhat puzzled by was that in the article, it was stated that the girl on the second flier was black. However, no mention of race was made about the two girls on the first flier. What does it matter what race they were and why did you feel the need to only mention that particular one. Let's leave race out of it, and focus on the biggest and most important issue at hand, which is, when did 'skank' become such a bad word?
Nick Prosperi
Sophomore
Broadcast Journalism
First of all, the athletic director, Mr. Hart, said that he was walking past the bulletin board and noticed a flier featuring two scantily clad women. He then went out his way to look at a sexy poster and ogle it. That just goes to show how effective those fliers were at gaining attention, which was their original purpose.
And what exactly is scantily clad anyway? The girls that were on the fliers were in one-piece bathing suits. I guess Mr. Hart has never been to a pool before or to a swim team game either. I didn't realize that this was the 1920s and that one-piece swimsuits were too provocative, please.
On the note of inappropriate posters, I know I am not the only one who noticed the ads, shirts, & events of Webster's Sex Week last semester. "It just keeps on coming" was one of Sex Week's slogans, but somehow two women in swimsuits are more offensive. Has the world turned upside down?
And since when does two to three members of the softball team determine what is appropriate and inappropriate on campus? Please relinquish the prude 'tude while on a college campus; this isn't grade school and not everyone here is a baby.
One more thing that I was somewhat puzzled by was that in the article, it was stated that the girl on the second flier was black. However, no mention of race was made about the two girls on the first flier. What does it matter what race they were and why did you feel the need to only mention that particular one. Let's leave race out of it, and focus on the biggest and most important issue at hand, which is, when did 'skank' become such a bad word?
Nick Prosperi
Sophomore
Broadcast Journalism