Editor,
Talk about irresponsible reporting. As though Greek Life at UNM did not have it bad enough already, the reporters of the Daily Lobo found it necessary to run a story about someone’s death before they even bothered to collect more facts.
This is an atrocity to both the student who died and to good reporting. This is a student’s life your paper wrote about. His passing should be treated with more respect.
Just because one of your writers takes issue with UNM Greek Life does not give them the liberty to write a few lines that were almost certainly intended to mislead readers into believing that the Greek community at UNM continues to participate in dangerous hazing practices.
They have all worked hard to eliminate these practices, as well as the image that has long accompanied them. Perhaps next time, your writers will choose to exercise their journalistic liberties more responsibly before submitting a story.
Ben Parker
UNM student
