Editor,
I do not expect this article to be printed, but I have half an hour until my next class and nothing to do but mess around on Zimmerman’s computers, so I’ll write it anyway.
Please, UNM, please give the Daily Lobo more money. Abject poverty is the only excuse I can come up with for the newsaper’s presentation. minor errors that even a simple, 1985 design spell checker would correct are rampant.
My indignation with the Daily Lobo’s errors started early this semester, when some Lobo representatives were manning a booth in order to recruit new employees. I asked if they were hiring copy editors, and they said that they were pleased with their current one. I was then handed a flyer inviting me to attend a meeting for potential Lobo employees the following “wedneday”. I didn’t attend, as wedneday does not exist and I was confused. Perhaps the meeting was held the following wedneSday, I’m not sure.
Last Wednesday’s edition has shown me that the writers have finally learned how to spell a word most learn in elementary school, but are still yet to attain a basic grasp of spelling. a headline stated, “Origen of 25-acre fire in Pojoaque still a Mystery”. Origen? Origen (182-251) was an early Greek philosopher. He wrote approximately 6,000 works on the topic of theology and Christianity. I’m absolutely sure he had nothing to do with a recent New Mexico fire, the ORIGIN of which is still unknown.
There are many other errors in my memory (such as the recent “preserve” debacle. “Perserve” is not a word. One can persevere to preserve a culture, but one may not “preserve” a culture.) But I do not know the exact dates of many mistakes, nor do I care enough to look for them in the online archives.
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At one time I cared. I aspired to transform the Daily Lobo into a publication that was not routinely mocked by students at other institutions across the country. However, I soon decided that were I required to actually read the Lobo every day, I would promptly gauge my eyes out, little by little, with the dull end of my editing pen. How fleeting dreams are. I cannot help but point out, though, that Wednesday’s article on GPSA was missing an indication of the past tense.
It read, “Olmos said her conversations with peers who have and have not receive funding through the program led to her decision to scrutinize the funding process.” Received. “Received” is past tense, “receive” is present. The situation described took place in the past, thus requiring the additional letter “d”.
All of these mistakes are easily detected by a computer word program. Yet they go unnoticed and published. For this reason I have concluded that UNM has denied the Daily Lobo access to both a computer and a dictionary. Even the hobos writing the “Street News” have more resources than this. For shame, UNM!
Michela Dai Zovi
Undergraduate student
Editor’s note: This letter was published in its original form to retain the integrity of the writer’s argument.
