2008 Woodie Awards
Letter to the Editor: Senior Outpost Pub nights
Issue date: 2/9/06 Section: Perspectives
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To the Editor:
There are a number of issues I have with the article Courtney Kohloff wrote about Senior Pub night. Yes, there are a few more regulations this year, in comparison to years past, but the facts in her article are baseless and it is clear that Kohloff did not take the time to investigate the event and the people that run senior night in the outpost pub.
First of all, on any given night in the outpost one has to produce two forms of ID's to drink - this is nothing new. Also, the line forms every year for senior events in the outpost because the doors do not open until 10:10, and people form the line beforehand. The people that have a hard time entering senior night in the pub are the one's that aren't on the list of seniors. If you do not have senior status, you aren't allowed to partake in senior events.
Weird concept, I know, lets rewind. So what happens is someone who does not qualify, as a senior, not on the list for graduation in May or the summer of 2006, cannot go into senior night in the outpost pub. Ok, I think that's clear.
Also, the Student Union is in charge of staffing the outpost. The head of Student Union Mike Moylan checked the ID's at the door. Public Safety actually was not even at the door. Two Fairfield Police officers were outside the pub door all night in case of any need for them may arise. They did not check ID's or call themselves public safety.
Another issue I have with the article is that Kohloff says that the pub night has been less entertaining - I'm curious to know where this information is coming from. There has been a couple of really good cover bands that most who attended can attest to this fact. Guests at well-established bars in the area pay covers to see these bands play, and seniors here get to see them for free.
The incident in question in the article also has no validity to it. If there is no official word on a specific issue - why put it in the article and create suspicion?
For a newspaper that is supposed to have come a long way from a bias, opinionated, clump of papers, this article represents exactly what The Spectrum claims to have little of - bias. This article appears under the section labeled NEWS. There is nothing newsworthy in this article except an opinion that is unfounded with absolutely 0 facts.
The fact of the matter is there has been a change in the amount of alcohol that can be consumed while at the outpost pub. Students are limited to a four drink maximum for the two hours that the outpost is opened. No, it is not received well but it's better than the elimination of our senior outpost pub nights due to the debauchery that happened at our first senior event in the outpost this year. A little bit of investigating would have uncovered the reasoning for the change. Its as if there was no investigating at all outside of hearsay.
Kurt McLoud
Senior
Plymouth, N.H.
There are a number of issues I have with the article Courtney Kohloff wrote about Senior Pub night. Yes, there are a few more regulations this year, in comparison to years past, but the facts in her article are baseless and it is clear that Kohloff did not take the time to investigate the event and the people that run senior night in the outpost pub.
First of all, on any given night in the outpost one has to produce two forms of ID's to drink - this is nothing new. Also, the line forms every year for senior events in the outpost because the doors do not open until 10:10, and people form the line beforehand. The people that have a hard time entering senior night in the pub are the one's that aren't on the list of seniors. If you do not have senior status, you aren't allowed to partake in senior events.
Weird concept, I know, lets rewind. So what happens is someone who does not qualify, as a senior, not on the list for graduation in May or the summer of 2006, cannot go into senior night in the outpost pub. Ok, I think that's clear.
Also, the Student Union is in charge of staffing the outpost. The head of Student Union Mike Moylan checked the ID's at the door. Public Safety actually was not even at the door. Two Fairfield Police officers were outside the pub door all night in case of any need for them may arise. They did not check ID's or call themselves public safety.
Another issue I have with the article is that Kohloff says that the pub night has been less entertaining - I'm curious to know where this information is coming from. There has been a couple of really good cover bands that most who attended can attest to this fact. Guests at well-established bars in the area pay covers to see these bands play, and seniors here get to see them for free.
The incident in question in the article also has no validity to it. If there is no official word on a specific issue - why put it in the article and create suspicion?
For a newspaper that is supposed to have come a long way from a bias, opinionated, clump of papers, this article represents exactly what The Spectrum claims to have little of - bias. This article appears under the section labeled NEWS. There is nothing newsworthy in this article except an opinion that is unfounded with absolutely 0 facts.
The fact of the matter is there has been a change in the amount of alcohol that can be consumed while at the outpost pub. Students are limited to a four drink maximum for the two hours that the outpost is opened. No, it is not received well but it's better than the elimination of our senior outpost pub nights due to the debauchery that happened at our first senior event in the outpost this year. A little bit of investigating would have uncovered the reasoning for the change. Its as if there was no investigating at all outside of hearsay.
Kurt McLoud
Senior
Plymouth, N.H.