Show Page 4 Student Life Monday Feb 14 1977 Utah Opinion Editorials Ijnitervt J (Letters to the EditoD High risers Sfudent Life staff has lack of professionalism by Ray Cornia - ' At! - d I I H ' f i‘' '! ’ pr a E'l: 1 s ' "is M ' '! it 't M t t r ( S' 'ir: is i tE 'SLtl '! I 'sis'"'s a" I E i " ' 7 s E i’ t! Si f ! f ' s i wEk E ex in pies ’it"A Hiirt E i :' IT tf c n:M ior i eii ' t ' un'Vn I' is l ! L bv u a! ( f f rtg alums' E in n'tf imc m v ' ur if arti ' SI Scra'i' ' s' II rt ! Life is rr tc r st a ltTi Mem-''plat e ta start Kt'tl 'a use pronouns u Mr ’ a bid fits 'f'a- - w r 1' elernontarv ' ' ' ' s s E 'a 'i!i' " s af - ! nti' i:i a Ingual d s i ‘a a ami catch such appear ir pra: E nr ir as ‘hese indicate a pr' frssmtialisni "f tfn- S'udori' I if' pa: s' iff I " k it is tunc far vour ap'its in am how to sjx'l how t" nsi ai eatable grammar and ! i' : a t i' ' M a a' ' S ! ' t i a - I'a'I M‘i' Sink I hr T v ' i’ r t ( ' ' i in a" ' latiner Mn tx‘ ntu editiTs and mpv readers could do tellu-lM- ed b an) prs i student life s ts Ent ' iiiiKr it makes no fin -- e rfrt logical Misquoting Dr Pitkin was not a service To the editortrie asi'( t of good w nting Ehis should mi lude journalism fi afiilit) to rci 'k'rile t)te 3UT MOM WOULD WATER A 6ATN NOW ONLM MAKE TRE PROBLEM WORSE RANKLY SPEAKING — by phil frank is Udweeri quoting in and iistortina the original inter: f a statement by quoting it sd f contest In an editorial published in Student Ijfe Feb IE under the heading FlKK prneram should be jurked" ttie editor quotes Irr Wilhs Fitkio direi tor of the English 1000 of which tEie writing program I riLt l sf i lepartnient Composition E 1 pur-wis- e ' 1 i badly English icish a :i- w I Iti CM college KKCCK MED'A SE ir WViCES- I'M QETTIMS BO 94 m BEeosE l £ y ca 94’Cc I news-writin- xt-nap- has fiavets b) !aci kie learns from stc :Eer he likes it or no! -t i Pis t! ' fl any trunk Setter is not anapoM£7r English Departmer: iTam I also feel as ic Pitkn that it can be urprow: the interview of Dr Pic the sane ai t! e fmnt page of Ecfi lh issue of Student uS St ' i H1 v t tc l rr I also find it isi&z on a pro?2 aimed at rnipm4 attacks sh-- i ifu ally stii'iiTit writing whentiwsf on misrsrr based are Eh and misinformatk sc acA is in fa t rather ironical from the editor of Student W hold tp If t fiusi of you who etprr® ions i oun'er to those them!-m- e discuss to wish here than top I would be more net to do so You may contact as f Department the English may already have guessed n George ft Hepworth work To the editor: F erhaps fhtkin has never written for a g newspaper In sentences have to be short and to the point Most people don't bother to read long rhetoric that beats around the bush As fi r s misspelled words Pitkin doesn’t realize :Ei' Student Ijfe is printed by newspaper and often errors 100 Ipartmen: may not know about newspaper when he says Student ELK K article Feb 9 p testimony of the ave’rag dent s inability to write The author of the articl tunately won’t have to ta writing labs because he Cl all his English credits a English ACT score was nation s top 97 percentilp wno E'xanunation-: no: students on’at with :Ef i 1 ' that i Dr Pitkin It is indeed ni-tak- are interested furth r submit that in misquoting I r E’ltkm and therebv misrepresenting himi the editor of Student Ijfe has not done a service t either the students of I 'SI' or ti himself Once ai ain then a test the I nidish epartinent Composition Examma'ion is a test - is not a teai instrument that is examination or E'DCF is one Used tini' alot e it is not The Knitlish as having said pirt the Trouram linx Ls a teachmu program is not designed as a instrument It of clasM's consists teai hint: instrument'" He then meeting three flours a week a proceeds with the quote In fa t text writ'en for the I’l'kin said this atiout the express of helping students pr'e cram improve students whose sole their wri'inn a writmn lab where ' “ntact with Ediclisn 100 has been students who wish to make an the EIX E should not find p effort at improving their writing startlmtt that the haven t iearre mi i'o for this purpose and a ed anything ' This latter is D'od deal of effort on the part of ! loser to the intent of the ordinal professors and tutors to provide letter to the editor submit that students with the information and if ou take the trouble to locate and read carefull the letter iri prar tice they need in order to pass a test: in this case the question the one written bv Dr FdH E Those who continue to Citkim you will discover that his regard trie Finnish 100 intent was to clarify the goals of as merely a test areProgram i t and the Elnglisn iOo program outline its metfiixls and suEL'es! reasons whv it has not tx'en 100 percent sin i essfu Dus letter aptwansi C5 in the E e! PCk issue if vou a r copy AN ’Eve is autfii r Ei lat a v' v " made from ' Fi'k'i ! |