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Letters to the Editor: Column in Generator Magazine evokes response from student athletes
Issue date: 10/19/06 Section: Opinion
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To Marist Athletes:
I've been reading your letters, I've talked to many of you, and have heard how you feel about the recent "Christine Cackles" in the Generator. Those of you who are familiar with the Generator know that we feature very edgy, outspoken opinion columns that tend to push the envelope and even upset a number of people. That being said, please remember that the Generator is your magazine as
much as it is anyone else's. And so, we invite you to send us your letters in response to this article for our next issue. I look forward to hearing from you.
- Amanda Waas Editor-in-Chief Generator Magazine
To The Circle,
In a recent edition of the on campus magazine Generator, there appeared an article that not only offended, but tried to compromise the credibility of the Marist College department of athletics and its approximately 575 student athletes. The piece titled "Christine Cackles" by Christine Rochelle attacks the student-athletes with false and ignorant statements. In the article, she infers that the student-athletes here have everything handed to them on a silver platter. She suggests that the student-athletes receive money, first pick of classes, and have their school work done by free tutors and "basketball groupies." She also states, with no basis for her argument, "Do [the athletes] not know where the library is," and "Do we need to hold [the athletes'] hand through every academic obstacle?" I understand that Miss Rochelle intended this editorial to be satirical in nature. If you look up the definition of satire you will not find lies or slander anywhere in it.
Being a student-athlete and a member of the men's basketball program here at Marist, I felt attacked personally by this article. For three years I have been working hard to manage both my academic and athletic endeavors and to suggest that I, or any other student athlete, have been given special advantages in the classroom is simply false. The mere fact that Miss Rochelle suggests that I have had "basketball groupies," and all the tutors Marist athletics can buy, hold my hand through every academic obstacle is ridiculous.
I've been reading your letters, I've talked to many of you, and have heard how you feel about the recent "Christine Cackles" in the Generator. Those of you who are familiar with the Generator know that we feature very edgy, outspoken opinion columns that tend to push the envelope and even upset a number of people. That being said, please remember that the Generator is your magazine as
much as it is anyone else's. And so, we invite you to send us your letters in response to this article for our next issue. I look forward to hearing from you.
- Amanda Waas Editor-in-Chief Generator Magazine
To The Circle,
In a recent edition of the on campus magazine Generator, there appeared an article that not only offended, but tried to compromise the credibility of the Marist College department of athletics and its approximately 575 student athletes. The piece titled "Christine Cackles" by Christine Rochelle attacks the student-athletes with false and ignorant statements. In the article, she infers that the student-athletes here have everything handed to them on a silver platter. She suggests that the student-athletes receive money, first pick of classes, and have their school work done by free tutors and "basketball groupies." She also states, with no basis for her argument, "Do [the athletes] not know where the library is," and "Do we need to hold [the athletes'] hand through every academic obstacle?" I understand that Miss Rochelle intended this editorial to be satirical in nature. If you look up the definition of satire you will not find lies or slander anywhere in it.
Being a student-athlete and a member of the men's basketball program here at Marist, I felt attacked personally by this article. For three years I have been working hard to manage both my academic and athletic endeavors and to suggest that I, or any other student athlete, have been given special advantages in the classroom is simply false. The mere fact that Miss Rochelle suggests that I have had "basketball groupies," and all the tutors Marist athletics can buy, hold my hand through every academic obstacle is ridiculous.
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