2008 Woodie Awards
Praise and criticism for the 'Jack
Stephen Wieland
Issue date: 3/12/08 Section: Opinion
I find great humor in your March 5 issue. First a bright picture of something which took me a while to figure out what it is. It's still that while, [is it] a cup or trash can?. The bright colors are nice and all, but it looks as if the student-run Lumberjack got swept up by globalization and outsourced to the preschool. A light, fluffy article about reducing (very important), reusing (awesome!) and recycling (a commodity shipped all over the world). I think reducing and reusing are the most important, and feel that "recycling" is doing more harm than good. Most heavy metals that get recycled get shipped a few hundred miles offshore and loaded onto giant Chinese-owned container ships that just float out there and do all the processing right there. Then all the toxic byproducts get dumped into the ocean because there are no environmental laws in international waters. We should stop buying stuff that we really don't need. We can't buy our way out of global warming.
I think that banning military recruiters from contacting minors is a good idea. However, we should be writing our declaration of sovereignty from the U.S.A. The war in Afghanistan and Iraq is unjust, unconstitutional and violates many international laws. Plus the kicker is we INVADED countries, an act of aggression based off lies from our political leaders (dictators.)
Let's talk about some real solutions. First thing y'all need to do is clean up your formatting a bit, like reducing bold headlines and bold "ran out of room…" Having giant quoted text with huge empty spaces is kinda annoying. More importantly, do some investigative reporting. A lot of space is being wasted in your paper because you print articles with inaccuracies, then have to print a letter that points out inaccuracies. Go to the source of the problem. There are a lot of closed door meetings going on at this school amongst administrators. This is benefiting them and their corporate agenda to turn you all into sheep. They don't want to make Humboldt State better, they just want to make their resumes better and bank accounts bigger. The forum is the only interesting part of your paper and I hope the challenging and informative letters keep coming.
I think that banning military recruiters from contacting minors is a good idea. However, we should be writing our declaration of sovereignty from the U.S.A. The war in Afghanistan and Iraq is unjust, unconstitutional and violates many international laws. Plus the kicker is we INVADED countries, an act of aggression based off lies from our political leaders (dictators.)
Let's talk about some real solutions. First thing y'all need to do is clean up your formatting a bit, like reducing bold headlines and bold "ran out of room…" Having giant quoted text with huge empty spaces is kinda annoying. More importantly, do some investigative reporting. A lot of space is being wasted in your paper because you print articles with inaccuracies, then have to print a letter that points out inaccuracies. Go to the source of the problem. There are a lot of closed door meetings going on at this school amongst administrators. This is benefiting them and their corporate agenda to turn you all into sheep. They don't want to make Humboldt State better, they just want to make their resumes better and bank accounts bigger. The forum is the only interesting part of your paper and I hope the challenging and informative letters keep coming.
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