Cauldron

Issue date: 2/19/08 Section: Letters to the editor

You recent article on the importance of newspapers has me thinking. One of the things I enjoyed most about the three years I lived in Mexico was the explicit "yellow journalism." Although politically, I'm probably located somewhere between the conservatism of Alex Keaton (from "Family Ties"), Ronald Reagan and Leo Strauss, I find that I really enjoy reading opinionated material from both sides of the aisle. In Mexico, I loved reading "La Jornada," probably Mexico's most liberal newspaper, not because I agreed with all the leftist propaganda (I disagreed with most of it!), but because it moved me, angered me, and kept me awake with it's challenges. Sadly, I find the "The Cauldron" only a bit more exciting than Euclid's Elements. The "media" often rants about the "left" taking over college campuses, often employing the college's newspaper as the preferred means. I could only think of one thing more deplorable, a campus newspaper that seems opinion-less, as if it had been sabotaged by a high school yearbook class. Please don't be afraid to be a bit more opinionated and, um, interesting.

David Fitzmorris
senior philosophy major

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Unsigned editorials represent the majority opinion of the Cauldron editorial staff. All other columns and opinion pieces represent solely the opinion of the author.

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