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Last Updated: Oct 16th, 2008 - 13:33:17 |
Re: "Night Class" by Nic Garcia, photos by Dawn Madura
I am very confused about the newsworthiness of the article "Night Class". When I first saw the photos my knee-jerk reaction was that this young, 19-year-old woman was being exploited in a college newspaper, but then I thought you all were more thoughtful than that and gave the article a chance. I still do not understand why the photos and story are considered 'news?' There is no point to the story, and it feels like you all wanted to print the photos in effort to create controversy. Similar to non-news magazines like the Enquirer, the story leaves the reader wondering what the point is.
Are you going to do an article next week on a young man who has to work the janitorial night shift in order to expose Metro students to the fact that people have limited economic opportunity and paying for college is getting increasingly more difficult?
Please help me understand your thought process in publishing this 'story.'
Thank you,
Erika Church, Program Assistant,
Institute for Women's Studies and Services churche@mscd.edu
Dear David,
My name is Katrina Craig and I am a graduating senior at MSCD. I am sending this e-mail in regard to the offensive photos included with this week's cover story in The Metropolitan. These photos look more like a Playboy centerfold than a respected college news publication.
A warning label should have been included with this publication. These offensive photos are a setback to women on this campus and all over. While I understand the story and the need students have to meet their always increasing tuition, the photos went overboard and should be considered soft pornography. Women are still discriminated against on a constant basis both in society and on this campus. These photos are a setback to women everywhere.
kcraig10@mscd.edu
Fellas,
Sweet story on the leggy lady of MSCD. We much enjoyed. Not the least of which because you dared to print nipple. Gives a new meaning to the word spread.
We weren't exactly sure what you were gunning for with the cover layout? Regardless, it was refreshing to see the Met do so revealing a profile while keeping the text tasteful. No funnin' intended, I only wish I could find students at UCD so ready to take their clothes off for print.
Always a fan,
R. Kelly Liggin
Editor in Chief, The Advocate
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