Opinion

Claire Biddiscombe is a fourth-year journalism student. She thinks the recent downfall of media organizations is a threat to democracy ( Photo Provided )

Would you let a kid from a high school wood shop class build your house?

No. That’s a stupid idea.

Do you know what is special about today?

It’s not just March 26, 2009, but it’s also Make Your Own Holiday Day, as well as National Women’s History Month and the International Year of Astronomy. It was also recently National Bubble Week and Crochet Week.
With so many groups to raise awareness for and celebrate, are they all really getting the dedication they deserve?

Dear York University students,

It has come to our attention that Brittany Smyth, president of our student’s association here at Carleton, was sighted on your Keele campus.

Though her job description is to represent us as a student body, we did not send her to York on our behalf. It was as much of a surprise to us that she was there as it probably was to you.

Hey, this message goes out to my roommate, or I guess you call it suitemate. Get it? Roomie? Suitey? Haha. This goes out to my suitey, Alex. She’s having a hard time with all her essays right now. So I just wanna say, yo you’re the best. BRAP. Best roomie ever. Peace and love. Bye.

BLEEP!

RE: “Levelling with real journalism,” March 19-25, 2009

We live in an era where "journalism" means concentrated corporate media with a business agenda and a stark priority: If it bleeds it leads.

So when the author of last week’s opinion piece denounced The Leveller because it's not "real journalism" it makes you wonder. Has she ever read The Sun, or the National Post, or the new free Hollywood dailies like Metro?