Editor,
Last Monday, the Daily Lobo ran a photo of our defending NCAA 1-mile champion, Lee Emanuel, who had just finished a grueling race inside the Convention Center Indoor Track and Field Complex. Your photographer, Junfu Han, simply rushed in, clicked a photo, never spoke with Lee and just assumed that he was dejected. This is shabby and unprofessional journalism at its best. Mr. Han should have done the appropriate thing and asked Lee if he was dejected, or maybe just fatigued. After all, Lee had just run the eighth fastest time in the United States in the 800-meter run, had a stirring battle with a runner from Arizona, who won the race, and ran the third fastest time in the country, and done it all at altitude, which is difficult at best. Lee’s performance is the 4th fastest time ever run by a Lobo 800 runner all the way back to 1958. A question I wonder is why, when Lee represented UNM at the NCAA Indoor Championships, and brought great honor to UNM by winning a national championship, did you not have his picture crossing the finish line with a huge smile on his face, proud to have achieved something special for the Lobo faithful? I just found the current picture to be very disappointing and misleading at best, and hope someone in a position of leadership will speak to Mr. Han about raising his standards, and not sinking to the lowest common denominator.
Thank you.
Dr. Richard Ceronie
UNM Staff
*Editor’s note: Junfu said Lee was visibly
angry and punched the fence.*
