Letter to the editor
Transcript demonstrates responsible journalism
Issue date: 4/16/09 Section: Opinion
Dear Editor,
I commend the editors and staff of The Transcript for the professional and responsible job they did in three important articles on the front page of the April 9 edition of our university newspaper.
A student was assaulted at a local pub and subjected to the ugliness of racial slurs. We are all diminished by any attack on our international students. The officers of Public Safety deserve praise for responding off-campus to a student in crisis.
The Women's House merits everyone's respect and sincere thanks for the yearly organization of Take Back the Night, an event I would call the most important of any organized by a campus SLU.
Lastly, censorship. What was the Admissions Office thinking? What's next? Perhaps sample classes should be pre-screened to make sure no below-average student might give a bad impression to a visitor. Perhaps we should sweep Sandusky of any homeless or not so well-dressed.
Women and men have died for freedom of the press along with our other cherished liberties. Students this week in my Rome class are exploring the issue of censorship during the last days of the Roman Republic. Any suppression of First Amendment rights and the prerogatives of a free press threaten all of us.
"50 Days" is a legal activity that is enjoyed by many of our of-age seniors. Next year, I'd be happy to be a faculty sponsor for a team. And I hope The Transcript highlights the next "50 Days." In the meantime, well done in handling three sensitive and important issues.
Dr. Lee Fratantuono
Associate Professor of Humanities and Classics
Whitlock Prof. of Latin
I commend the editors and staff of The Transcript for the professional and responsible job they did in three important articles on the front page of the April 9 edition of our university newspaper.
A student was assaulted at a local pub and subjected to the ugliness of racial slurs. We are all diminished by any attack on our international students. The officers of Public Safety deserve praise for responding off-campus to a student in crisis.
The Women's House merits everyone's respect and sincere thanks for the yearly organization of Take Back the Night, an event I would call the most important of any organized by a campus SLU.
Lastly, censorship. What was the Admissions Office thinking? What's next? Perhaps sample classes should be pre-screened to make sure no below-average student might give a bad impression to a visitor. Perhaps we should sweep Sandusky of any homeless or not so well-dressed.
Women and men have died for freedom of the press along with our other cherished liberties. Students this week in my Rome class are exploring the issue of censorship during the last days of the Roman Republic. Any suppression of First Amendment rights and the prerogatives of a free press threaten all of us.
"50 Days" is a legal activity that is enjoyed by many of our of-age seniors. Next year, I'd be happy to be a faculty sponsor for a team. And I hope The Transcript highlights the next "50 Days." In the meantime, well done in handling three sensitive and important issues.
Dr. Lee Fratantuono
Associate Professor of Humanities and Classics
Whitlock Prof. of Latin
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