Mean Sprited Behavior...is this the Norm?

Hanna
Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:48:14 +0000

“I don’t know…I’m guessing that students don’t complain because there are no names listed. So you really can’t claim slander or harrassment if it you’re not identified personally”

That’s a legal standard. You could certainly complain to the campus newspaper about an entry that didn’t rise to the level of libel or harassment.

I’m sad to say that I don’t think this problem (i.e. the taste level of the DP not being up to the standard of its excellent reporting) is generational. A friend of mine wrote a piece for 34th Street back in the 90s, about being a curvy woman uncomfortable with the stares in the Penn gym. Street ran it with a picture of a skinny woman and the caption “[author’s name] after breast deflation.” Charming.