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Bailey: CD Printing Distortions

will benefit all citizens of
Albemarle County. I make this
statement because I think we
will have fewer people
returning to the jail if we have
the rehabilitation program.

Troublesome

I have always enjoyed
reading people's attempts in
your Letters to the Editor
columns to correct some of the
"facts" and impressions
published by Cavalier Daily
staff writers. But I never felt
that I, too, would be in a
position to participate in this
troublesome activity.

However, having read your
articles on the Resident Staff
Program, I now join the
not-too-exclusive society of
persons who have been
misrepresented in the Cavalier
Daily.

Perhaps it is the nature of
articles in which there is
extensive use of quotes to
present those quotes in a
misleading manner. Perhaps,
too, it is the nature of college
journalism to use quotes in
contexts entirely different
from those in which the
statements were originally
uttered. Regardless of the
nature of this type of
journalism, I feel Mr.
Bardenwerper and Ms. Alford
should be aware of the fact
that their use of quotes was
sloppy and quite possibly
deceptive. In addition to
outright misquotes, Mr.
Bardenwerper carelessly
presented hearsay information
in the article on housing.

I do not know if the others
who were quoted feel as
though their statements were
improperly used; my letter can
only express my own
complaints. It would not
surprise me, however, to
discover that the Cavalier
Daily's jockeying of quoted
material offended others in
addition to myself.

Excellent, But...

Last Thursday evening I
was a moderator for a
broadcast interview with
student council members and
Mr. Fontana, the Director of
Food Services. I wish to clear
up several inaccurate
impressions that were left by
the story which appeared the
following day in The Cavalier
Daily.

Mr. Fontana did not, as the
story stated, say that recent
cutbacks in Food Services were
part of a program to "shake
students up." He was
misquoted and misrepresented:
Mr. Fontana made no such
statement.

His public attitude was one
of a man who, within the
constraints of a state law
forcing him to operate on a
no-loss basis, is trying to
provided a service to students.
While it may be proper to
question both his success and
his sincerity, it is by no means
proper to quote him as saying
things he never said.

As one who has been a part
of WTJU's news effort, I am of
course aware that it represents
no conscious effort on the part
of the CD to misrepresent Mr.
Fontana, and I don't want this
letter to be taken as criticism of
The Cavalier Daily's generally
excellent reporting work. But
we at WTJU frequently have
problems finding
administrators willing to speak
with students on-the-air, and
stories such as appeared Friday
morning makes matters worse.

The story, in mentioning
that the program was broadcast
over WTJU, also failed to
explain that the show was in
fact, broadcast over WTJU and
WUVA. It is a part of a regular
series of broadcasts the two
stations are doing in
co-operation with the Student
Council. Both WUVA and
WTJU are pleased at the fine
response the series has thus far
had, and we hope that we can
provide equally pertinent
programs in the future.

1619710

I felt it coming on two
years ago when I had to share
Professor Graebner with 500
other students in HIUS 52. But
my psychiatrist told me that he
really cared, and that I wasn't
just another; parasite in a
mammoth institution. I felt a
glimmer of hope coming on
during University Tuesday, but
I lost her in the crowd to a
smooth-talking Young
Republican.

Then things went from bad
to worse. I had the distinct
feeling in Economics class that
year that Mr. Elzinga didn't see
me once, even though I
attended every class. My
psychiatrist explained that it
was just because my mother
didn't love me that I felt this
way. Even Happy Day was a
somber occasion for me, as I
was trampled by a mob racing
for the five-cent cokes, and
thrown in the mud three times
simply because I look a little
like Edgar Shannon. It wasn't
until last week that I felt
myself going under.

At the suggestion of my
psychiatrist, I took Psych 3,
and had already been
disappointed by the lack of
personal attention, and the fact
that the Professor couldn't
explain my strange affliction.
But when I saw the quiz, I
knew I was going to lose
control. An eerie chill I hadn't
felt since I took the SAT tests
ran up and down my spine.

Yes, in the University
which promised me a
meaningful, individualized
place in an academic
COMMUNITY of dedicated
scholars. I was being given a
COMPUTERIZED TEST A
medium lead sharp, No 2
pencil made an ideal weapon
for a crazed, frustrated
individualist I lost control, and
as soon as I had folded, bent,
spindled, and mutilated my
answer sheet. I ran to my
psychiatrist's office, raised the
pencil and ...

I hope that four years   at
an impersonal institution such
as U.Va. high school has
become does not have such an
effect on many others. And
yet, I still retain a measure of
faith in the humanity within.
Having heard that the
computer reads the D. I ask
that you withhold my name,
student status, and social
security number, and sign me.