I'm writing to express my disappointment with your follow-up article about the Ludacris protest on Feb. 25.
Considering that the first article written in part by Joanne Tucker was unbiased and complete with quotes from all parties involved (protestors, ASI, people who supported the protest and people who did not), I was expecting an equally comprehensive article the second time around.
But I was dismayed to find the only quotes in this article were from Ludacris and his DJ. Why were there no quotes from the protestors or the concertgoers? At least five of the event staff commended the protestors and expressed their support.
Why did no one talk to them?
While there were quotes from the protestors online, they should have been included in the article, which, as you know, reaches a wider audience. And by the way, there were a total of 20 protestors (not 12), myself being one of them, which you would have known had you bothered to stick around until the end of the concert.
Had you stayed, you might have mentioned in your article that we passed out information to people leaving the concert that explained why we were there.
You also would have known that in addition to some concertgoers who "waited outside in the rain for more than six hours," we also stood in the rain and wind for more than three hours to make our presence known.
If you had listened to us the first time we were interviewed for your paper, you would know that we were not interested in stopping the concert or reaching the concertgoers.
We are concerned with raising awareness about the bigger picture of violence against women, a fact that could have been reiterated in your article.
- Alaina Chamberlain, junior women's studies major
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