Don't tell me what I don't want to hear By Jeff J. Galad Drama in Education student September 17, 2008 It upsets me to see published for the entire student body to view an article giving students a thought to question the integrity of our Student Leaders. Although I am happy to be informed where my student fees are being distributed, this can simply be done through financial statements that we all have access to.
I encourage you, as a reporter before writing an article such as this one to spend a day with one of these fine leaders. Watch as their day commences at 9 a.m. and hopefully finishes at 9 p.m. >> | Journalism: a thankless job By Lance Staff September 17, 2008 Dear Jeff,
Thanks for your concern regarding the last edition of The Lance. It’s encouraging that you hold the student body’s elected leaders in such high regard, and I’m sure they appreciate your kind words.
But no matter how “passionate” or “fine” they are, the Lance cannot ignore its place in the student community, which is to follow the actions of the student body’s elected officials.
Without sounding like a walking cliché, it is the job of a responsible paper to be a guard dog for the public’s best interests, not the lapdog of the people in charge. >>  | | Campus Kiss | | Having their cake and eating it, too By Sam Shinde 3rd Year Political Science September 17, 2008 It’s ironic how the UWSA offers a food bank to assist students who are in need of basic nourishment – while the executives of our student government feast at the pub at the expense of those same students. The four executives of the UWSA had already been receiving a $1500 tab to be used at the pub. Once the pub closed, the board of directors deemed it appropriate for that pub tab to be converted into wages. But once the pub re-opened this September, the executives were granted an additional $1500 tab for the pub, on top of the $1500 raise they had just received as a result of the perceived closing of the pub a few months prior. >> |
