<p>Not saying I disagree with Interesteddad in the least. What’s worse, IMHO, is that this is a “newspaper” that is ostensibly run by students and there was no question to the party line of the administration. It definitely disappoints me that the students of Amherst, who should be quite inquisitive and intelligent, would just blithely write an article that offered nothing more than a press release. Is it truly a student run paper or is there an editorial control by the school? Seems to me that any mention of a school’s endowment would spur some spirited articles about who is watching the hen house. If this is the only resource of news on campus for students, I am seriously not impressed, especially when dealing with issues of this magnitude.</p>
<p>To be fair, I have found myself unimpressed with much of student journalism of late. I read every paper to every school my kid has applied to, and it seems to me that there is a level of passivity that would have been completely unacceptable when I was in school – and no, it wasn’t during the 60’s. Certainly, there is a way to disagree or question authority without causing riot, but to not question at all? I fear that we have truly turned into the Prozac nation that glosses over and ignore concerns hoping they will rectify themselves or that they don’t affect us personally. </p>
<p>Yep, pretty disappointing.</p>