2008 Woodie Awards
Letters to the Editor Articles
Buying used textbooks is not a good idea
Thanks to Breanna Herschelman for the well-written article on cutting textbook costs. From the perspective of a professor and author, let me make a couple of additional suggestions. First, for a student paying $500 per hour for course instruction, cutting corners on textbooks may not be that cost-effective.
Journal article doesn't fully explain MetroLink
As an advocate of public transportation, I was really depressed and aggravated to see your half-hearted attempt at encouraging students to take Metrolink and the bus. You don't even mention that the MetroLink has a wonderful "tripfinder" function on its Web site, which allows you to figure out exactly how and when to get where you're going.
Loop article is opinion, not fact
Perhaps I missed the moment when an innocent freshman insulted Angela Riley, or maybe spilled her soda on Mallory Skinner. Whether I did, I hardly think freshmen deserved the attack The Journal used in their article (or more appropriately an "editorial") "The Loop is Lame: Delmar Blvd.