2008 Woodie Awards
Police Blotter not newsworthy
Issue date: 11/11/05 Section: Rocket Letters
To the Editor:
I'm writing to question the validity of the police blotter as "news". I mean, is someone getting an underage or a drunk in public really news? And beyond that fact, for some persons this is an embarrassing fact that they might not want the entire campus and community to know. By letting the entirety of campus know doesn't that just compound the problem? And the last question I have to ask, Mr. Editor, is what about the people that are found innocent of the citation after it is published in your paper? I have never seen a section for that! I know a lot of people wondering these same questions. Why the paper finds it necessary to compound the problems surrounding any citation. Please let me and your readers know.
Emily Gallagher
Junior
Community Health/Pre-PT 3+3
I'm writing to question the validity of the police blotter as "news". I mean, is someone getting an underage or a drunk in public really news? And beyond that fact, for some persons this is an embarrassing fact that they might not want the entire campus and community to know. By letting the entirety of campus know doesn't that just compound the problem? And the last question I have to ask, Mr. Editor, is what about the people that are found innocent of the citation after it is published in your paper? I have never seen a section for that! I know a lot of people wondering these same questions. Why the paper finds it necessary to compound the problems surrounding any citation. Please let me and your readers know.
Emily Gallagher
Junior
Community Health/Pre-PT 3+3
