I'm disappointed at the utter lack of insight the students at The University of Memphis have displayed. Isn't it obvious to anyone else that Matt Presson's "Dark Side" articles are meant to incite controversy no matter how juvenile they are? But I'm not writing to criticize the man for trying to entertain himself; I actually really wanted to add to his list of worthlessness. I can agree that freshmen are annoying, resume padders that can be shot and that Greeks are not tolerated by many. I do need to say, however, that you, Mr. Presson, are a member of perhaps the most worthless major attainable at The University.
Come on, really, what is journalism besides creative writing? Aren't you just recycling an English major and adding the tiniest bit of legal teachings to it and calling it a whole new major. I've sat through my required English classes here at The University and I've went for a couple of easy As by using journalism classes as general education requirements. Even the doctored professors of the degree are bumbling idiots. Believe me I know, I've had them in class and drank with them in social environments. To tell you the truth, partying might be the only thing to set a journalists apart from an English major. But you've already written of drinking by the slew of trash talking directed at the Greeks.
Also, Mr. Presson, if you want to save money, what the hell are we doing spending money on The Helmsman. In my life I have never seen a worse piece of published material. I mean the people working on the thing are so fat and lazy (Matt, yes you might as well know that you're the fat man in question) that they can only get it out a maximum of four times a week. Really who doesn't know by Tuesday who our football team lost to on Saturday. You guys are really on the ball aren't you? Have you ever looked around a classroom after class at the various Helmsmans scattered around? I have and they are either opened to the Public Safety reports, which are terrible of late, or the crossword puzzle, that I must admit is a bright spot in the paper. Can you imagine if you charged for the paper how many would actually get picked up?
I really only think that it has any circulation at all because these retarded freshmen, incompetent non-traditional students and worthless art majors will have something to do in the otherwise remedial classes.
