Show i 6 y To The Editor To The Editor I have just finished reading reading reading read read- ing your column titled College Humor by a certain certain certain tain Annie Dote in the November issue of Points West Far from being amused I was nauseated by the utter and total annihilation of the english language True nothing was misspelled misspelled misspelled mis mis- spelled but the proper use of the word stops there I counted at least 20 errors in this column in regard regard regard re- re gard to punctuation imF improper im- im F 7 proper sentence structure incomplete sentences and bad english The 4 just plain tense of the story changed from present to past at least six times in the chronicling chronicling chronicling chro chro- of a single event I wont won't even mention trite trite- ness Now I aint no english major nor do I pick nit-pick someone with poor comi command com com- mand of the language but buta i- i a a college newspaper should at least feast be able to report on an eight grade- grade level Lets Let's send Annie back to junior high and get a college student to do dothe dothe the writing for college stu stu- dents Paul Electronics Student Student From the Editor Dear Paul Your letter to the editor I was welcomed and cerr certainly certainly r I am in complete agreement with you Yet there is one aspect to look at we have asked for student student student stu stu- dent input for the Points West and have had no re re- re suits Most of what we use is from journalism a class designed for news writing The writer of r Annie Dote came to us usand V s J and wanted to contribute It is not the purpose of this paper to turn down a potential unless the article t. t 4 is proven inadequate J. J Well one must try on a pair of shoes to know if they fit Points West students have equal opportunity to contribute even to express express express ex ex- ex- ex press feedback It is of course not a testing ground but try we will I could go into a complete complete complete com com- editorial on how many college students cannot write Your capability capability capability cap cap- ability is proven I thank you for your input By the way Paul I need more stories from the electronics electronics electronics elec elec- You have an ness of of p proper oper grammer and it is apparent you can write How about submitting submitting submitting submit submit- ting articles about the students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents happenings and human human human hu hu- man interest Hey we welcome welcome welcome wel wel- come your articles with enthusiasm 0 I Ed Lile f a. a |