I am writing in response to the coverage of the Writing on the Wall Project. First, I would like to thank and compliment Adrianna Campos for her excellent article on the project, Valerie Rausch for her amazing photograph as well as the photographer that took the photo that appeared on the cover of the Oct.15 issue. Their coverage of this event is greatly appreciated and the quality of the work was impressive.

However, there is one thing that concerns me about the article – its placement in the October 22nd issue of the News. The Writing on the Wall Project drew a lot of attention from the campus community and united a campus that is generally apathetic about getting involved. Taking into consideration the theme of the wall itself – prejudice – and looking at the response it solicited from the community, one would expect that such a well-written article and amazing photograph be in color – if not on the front page. With that said, I would like to take this time to express my extreme disappointment in the judgment of the editorial staff.

As I have found to be typical of The News, the stories deemed worthy of the front page in the issue in question are sensationalistic with a focus on pejorative happenings within the university. Last week, the centerpiece was on the Red Sox riot. Although many NU students were present, the news you reported was a week old and had been widely publicized by more professional media. While such a headlining article would draw some attention, its benefit to the university community is questionable given the prior attention it had been paid. In my opinion, the editorial staff consistently makes similar decisions, as one can almost weekly look forward to reading an extremely biased article filled with misquotations from university officials about what Residential Life is “doing wrong now” — something I have come to look forward to as an example of yellow journalism as well as a source of laughter and disappointment.

It is my sincerest hope that your coverage of university happenings improves beyond projecting an irresponsible and corrupt institutional image and begins to focus on more of the positive aspects of this fine collegiate community.

-Marc Lo is a middler communications major.