Get involved with KLSU, Tiger TV
An open letter to the students of LSU: Thank you for your attention.
Please allow me to introduce myself: I am the new advisor for KLSU and Tiger TV. I came from Atlanta five weeks ago, and I couldn’t be happier about coming to LSU.
My mission is to improve the radio and TV stations.
I hope you listen to KLSU and watch Tiger TV, campus cable channel 75. If you don’t, and your reason is they don’t have programming you like, or whatever your reason may be, then join the stations. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the kind of program you’d like to see and hear.
This week, the media board will choose new managers for KLSU and Tiger TV. The applicants for the managers’ positions are a very sharp group. This is an exciting opportunity which will take the stations to the next level.
Right now, the strongest aspects of KLSU are the music, the personalities and the sports. At Tiger TV, the creativity and technical competence are unsurpassed. That’s because the people involved are passionate about what they do.
However, we especially need to develop the news and information content of KLSU and Tiger TV. Are you passionate about finding out what’s going on and telling people about it? Then we need you to help develop our coverage of the campus, the city and the region.
We won’t shy away from the difficult, the embarrassing stories. But, we need you to help cover and report those stories.
And, if you want to develop a show on KLSU or a program on TigerTV, we want you. It won’t always be easy, but you’ll get out of it a lot more than you put in.
Applications for KLSU and Tiger TV are available in Room B-39 of Hodges Hall. Please apply by this Friday at noon.
I look forward to meeting and working with you.
Rob Bigalke
Program Advisor — KLSU and Tiger TV
Students should find out how to vote
In reading Jimmy Dunphy’s recent article, I felt my response was imperative. First and foremost, most college students do not vote for the simple fact that they don’t feel like it. I find it highly unlikely that this is because of being “uninformed.” As LSU students, we must have shown some signs of remote intelligence upon being accepted to a somewhat selective university. If an LSU student can find the resources to write the school newspaper, I find him more than capable of registering and casting his vote. In using these communication skills, Glynn Wallace simply could have asked a registered voter how he could solve his dilemma.
As a registered voter myself, I realize how simple it is to become eligible. I, like most other young citizens, was not born knowing how to vote. However, common sense allowed me to overcome this predicament. I communicated with others who were more experienced in that area.
It is understandable many students become informed of current affairs by reading The Reveille. However, it baffles my mind some people expect to be taught how to vote by this newspaper. “I am from out of state,” is a weak excuse used by Mr. Dunphy. We, as students from in and out of the state of Louisiana all have the same patriotic duty. Are we not all U.S. citizens? I’m sure voting procedures are similar in most states. If you are unsure as how to vote, part of your patriotic duty should be to learn. Relying on The Reveille to provide such information is nonsensical.
Finally, I would like to “inform” the confused individuals they have two years in between upcoming elections (midterm and presidential) to find out how to vote. Blaming The Reveille for your own irresponsible decisions as a last-minute resort is absurd. If you depend on The Reveille for daily news, and you read what Mr. Dunphy quoted as the “get out to vote campaigns,” this was a reminder to register to vote. So, in the future, I would hope to see more votes being cast and less scapegoating.
Patrick Domingue
Sophomore — Biology
Complaining is free speech, too
I am writing this in response to Michelle Masson’s letter in Wednesday’s letters to the editor. Now, while I agree people sometimes can be too harsh or complain more than they should, complaining is their right. Just as the preacher has the right to preach in Free Speech Alley, LSU (and non-LSU) students alike have every single right to complain about it.
I mean, seriously, how can we accept free speech without accepting all sides of it? I am not trying to say you have no right to complain about the complainers (which is your right), but just that your logic is flawed. We cannot have one without the other.
Bret Hall
Sophomore — Physics