Editor,
“I heard s**t went down.”
Luke Holmen, quoting a student who clearly hasn’t put any thought into his remarks ultimately loosens the overall effectiveness your article has.
Furthermore, a good journalist quotes not those who hear about what happened, but those who saw what happened.
For future articles I encourage you to take your reporting much more seriously by quoting students who provide eye-witness examples that accurately depict just how much security and police enforcement were actually “cracking down.”
And, in the future, when you do choose to use quotes that include cuss words, please ensure that the context in which the cuss word is used will strengthen the overall idea of the person using it, not make them appear as mindless.
If the use of a cuss word does appear as mindless, it would be smart not to use the quote.
However, I did admire your willingness to do a little on-grounds research. Noting that there were “eight cigarettes butts in a non-smoking section” illustrates to the reader exactly how certain rules were broken (numerous times).
Best regards, Luke.
Sean Ritchel
UNM Community Member
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