Editor,
I do not expect this response to Michela Dai Zovi's article yesterday to be printed -er- spelled correctly, but I have a minute before my morning stretch and nothing better to do than respond.
It seems that Dai Zovi has a problem with some of the misspellings that have surfaced in various articles printed in the Daily Lobo. Yes, I'll agree that misspellings have a tendency to nudge a reader's elbow, causing his coffee to spill into his lap. But hey, misspellings are a constant concern in any publication. It is the job of the copy editor, not to mention the author of any article, to root out those nasty misspelled words.
Whiners are a dime a dozen. People who can constructively criticize are rare. If you go around pulling your hair out about every article in every publication you read that has incorrect spelling or grammar, Dai Zovi, you will soon be as bald as Jean-Luc Pickard, Piccart, Pickles - aw heck, I can never get his name right.
Besides, you can live with the smug realization that if these aspiring editors don't clean up their editing practices, their chances of becoming an editor in the real world will be no better than their odds of correctly spelling "I." Just remember that this is a student publication and they are still learning. Can you spell "learning?" I knew you could.
But let's get to the crux of Dai Zovi's "indignation." I'm talking about rejection. Dai Zovi is simply angry at not being considered for a position that had already been occupied, that of copy editor. And now, armed with proof that such a decision by the Lobo was ill fated, Dai Zovi writes to the same publication that she claims to despise to let the world know what they're missing without her on the job. Thanks to Dai Zovi's article, the world has a good idea what they're missing - and I don't mean good spelling.
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Curtsi . curtile . courtis . Curtis Berry
Lobo reader and defender of the faith
