Editor,
I read the UNM Daily Lobo Spotlight in Tuesday's edition and I realized how irrelevant the whole thing is.
The questions directed to the students are basic and so are the curt replies. For example, Paul Baker was asked, "Where are you from?"
The reply was simply, "I'm from Texas."
Wow. I think I just produced goose bumps.
Put frankly, the questions posed to students are boring. I couldn't care less about how much Daily Lobo does or doesn't know about football. I couldn't care less about how many times Baker gets to go home. I don't know how much of a challenge this may be for you, but try a new spin with your questions.
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Here's an idea: Ask the student about his or her major. It's listed under the school year, so why not talk about it? Ask the student how they like UNM, campus life, the student body - something that has to do with the University and education.
And where on Earth does the Daily Lobo find these students to interview? Are they just randomly accosted by someone with a tape recorder or notebook and prodded to answer certain questions?
In case someone didn't realize, not every single word of a student needs to be put down on paper. The Daily Lobo ought to be prepared with several questions, and if they get a boring or utterly useless reply, throw out another question that may produce a different answer.
The same applies to that little section that occasionally pops up asking students to give their so-and-so opinions on one topic or another.
I've read what some students have said in the past. Nothing. If a student has nothing to say but still talks, why publish it?
It has no meaning and just goes to prove that not many people are opinionated. All in all, the Daily Lobo should seriously look into some of the unnecessary waste of words in the paper.
Yagazie Emezi
UNM student
