First off, I must say I generally don’t read the Alligator because, overall, I find its news to be pointless and presented in a sophomoric manner.
My real complaint is with the article in Monday’s edition entitled “Mardi Gras fails to live up to hype.”
I was embarrassed to even have an article like this in my school newspaper, that only glorifies drinking (probably underage as well), wild partying and random hook-up sex. Focusing on nothing but the trashy aspects of Mardi Gras and New Orleans – not saying there are any classy ones – the article was the epitome of the dumbass college kid who has only ever “passed” the blunt and “graduated” from beer pong to the classier wine pong.
Seriously.
The article was trash, and it only made the already crappy newspaper trashier. I will only spread negative things about the Alligator until it improves its standards in this area of “news coverage.”
Editor's note: This letter refers to this article.
