Mascots honor, not mock
This is in response to Desiree Lone Elk and her letter on derogatory team mascots.
Notre Dame Fighting Irish, New York Yankees, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Dallas Cowboys, Oklahoma Sooners etc. The ones I’ve just listed are just a few of the MANY examples of “white” mascots used by professional and college teams. Here in South Dakota we even have the Augustana Vikings.
If we are going to ban Native American nicknames from sports then we should get rid of some of those nicknames for all races. After all, who knows who will be offended?
What should a friend of mine, who considers himself very Irish, do when he goes to a Notre Dame game and hears the opposing crowd shout “Kill the Irish”? Should my friend be afraid for his life? Maybe the ones who want to keep the Irish name actually want to kill all Irish people.
I just don’t understand what the big deal is. Why can’t Native Americans consider it an honor for their names to be chosen as professional and college mascots? The schools that possess these mascots show them off proudly, not mockingly.
Andrew SchneiderBrookings
Poor story choices, errors
I have to say, I am disappointed with the Collegian. I expected more out of a university “newspaper.”
In reading the paper, it is not rare for me to find grammatical errors or spelling errors or typing errors that were overlooked by whoever is supposed to edit the articles. You also seem to make a lot of corrections from week to week. This makes the print less credible to me. When I see the question: “What college did you got to?” I know that its a mistype, but this is supposed to be somewhat professional!
When I read an article one week, only to see the clarifications and multiple corrections the next week, I am a lot less likely to believe other things you print. You have lost credibility many times in this way, this year.
I also have a problem with how articles are titled. Recently, you printed an article with a catchy title. (Some thing about riots of 1990 – I don’t have the paper sitting in front of me and I don’t want to misquote it.) You did well in that aspect: catching my interest. However, the article mentioned the riots in ONE OR TWO paragraphs- in the middle of it too! The main point of the article had nothing to do with the riots. In the real world newspapers, that kind of thing will lose you customers.
The third thing I have a problem with is the choice of articles you choose to print. I know we’re college students, but honestly, people drink too much without the paper practically advertising for people to go out, get drunk and get laid on this Hobo Day weekend.
I’ve realized that much of what you write is not news.
In fact, the majority of what you print is opinion of one of your writers being passed on to the front page, or some special interest story to make us “feel” good.
Poor excuse for news if you ask me.
I would appreciate it if you would watch for errors more closely, title your articles so that they are not misleading as to what the article is about, and choose some better content for this so called “news”-paper, even if means having a shorter paper.
Rae PetersBrookings
Too much ticketing
Can someone tell what the deal is with the UPD? Are they on some sort of unchallenged power trip?
These questions have been building up for some time and I just need to get them off my chest. It wasn’t until recently that my blood boiled to the point where I just couldn’t stay quiet anymore.
I went over to Young Hall the other night to help a friend with his English paper. Like most everyone that is making a short trip over there, I parked in the twenty-minute parking lot.
About one hour later I came back to my car to find a parking ticket placed under my windshield wiper. The ticket read “Marked time of 1935.” I looked at my watch to see it was 8:05, which would be 2005 to this particular police officer. If it wasn’t bad enough that I was just ten minutes over the acclaimed limit, it was the fact that there were six open spots next to my car.
As my rage subsided, I began to imagine this cop staking out next to my car, waiting for the twenty-minute ‘guideline’ to end.
Maybe they enjoy screwing over already poor college students, but in all reality it makes one think that there are just flat -out too many officers patrolling the campus, and lame parking tickets like this help solidify my claim.
Scott BreyfogleBrookings”Brookings Alive” thanks
Thank you for a successful Brookings Alive dining/theatre event.
The Brookings Alive dining/theatre event, held Oct. 26 at The Ram, was the kickoff to the 125th Anniversary of the Brookings community. Downtown Brookings, Inc. sponsored the fundraising event and would like to thank the many people who contributed to the evening’s success.
The committee consisted of Ray Peterson, John Miller, Mary Raney, Carol Harwood, Pam Merchant and Tom Yseth. Researchers and writers for the Brookings characters portrayed included Pat Fishback, Pam Merchant, Helen Loen, John Miller, Deanna Rude, Matt Cecil, Jennifer Widman, Doris Roden and Mary Raney.
The characters (and actors who portrayed them) included Myra Fishback (Mitzi Trooien), Ada Caldwell (Pam Merchant), Vivian Volstorff(Angie Roden), Neils Hansen (Rob Andresen), Hubert Mathews (Dave Johnson), George Rude (Rich Widman), Ben and Stella Mae Dickson (Ryan Siebrasse and Molly Vetter), and Hank Claussen (Stu Melby). Ray Peterson, Mary Raney and Carol Harwood coordinated costuming, accessories and makeup.
Entertainment during dinner included Jack Getz on the harmonica, Dennis Bielfeldt on the accordion and Craig Howell on the mandolin. The Ram and Cook’s Kitchen provided the meals and dessert.
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