Loyola University Chicago, my alma mater, has found itself leading the Sun-Times news this evening.It seems that their literary magazine, Diminuendo, had some kind of a racy drawing on the front cover and the Society of Jesus decided that they'd had enough...the issue has been pulled.
This is such a run-of-the-mill story that it's not worth my having a very strong opinion on, but looking back on some of our adventures during those days (none of which landed us on the front page of the city's blue collar paper, mind you), it's good to know that the students there still have some, uh, spunk in them.
I'll be keeping an eye on The Phoenix for the rest of the story.
Go Ramblers!
2 comments:
As a former Loyola student, I am ashamed at what a rag of a paper The Phoenix is.
The student reporters are second-rate punks that have no clue about the outside world and how it works. What shocks me even more is the amount of the attention the Chicago Sun-Times has lavished upon a student newspaper in the last week. Instead of writing about what a disaster the City of Chicago has become, fiscally and socially, they instead report about what some hung-over students in Rogers Park are complaining about.
I support the administration (one of the few times I've ever done so) for pulling the article. Students need to understand there are limits in the name of decency, especially at a Catholic institution of higher learning. If you want to publish smut in a student newspaper, go to a City College, not an institution such as Loyola.
Also, here's the answer as to why Loyola holds stock in Halliburton and Wal-Mart: BECAUSE THEY MAKE MONEY. OK kids, here's our lesson for today: When Loyola received dividends on their stock investments, that means they don't have to raise your tuition. If you have a problem with it, leave Loyola and go to another school.
It's sad that Phoenix 'reporters' can't think for themselves and have to run with liberal smears on companies like Wal-Mart. If it's social justice they're seeking, maybe reading about the Jesuits role in the Spanish Inquisition would refresh their memories.
Now that's social justice!
Wow, another former Loyolan! ;-)
You might be more in tune than I am...you seem to be saying that the Phoenix is the problem, but my understanding from the ST is that it was the literary magazine...I only mentioned the Phoenix as a place to watch the story.
Is the Phoenix actually the same thing as the literary mag?
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