Lame. Your other two columns were better. Now you're just dumbing it down and pandering to those who didn't get what you were doing in the first place.

Satire: the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.

Now that the world knows the definition of what should be a part of everyday vocabulary I feel that I can continue. It's without much argument that this article should not have been put into print. However, to then classify the Racquet as a "joke" or "tabloid trash" is turning the satirical humor right back around on the student body themselves. Let's go back in history a bit, shall we? The Pentagon Papers, an allusive array of documents surrounding the Vietnam war that found their way onto the front pages of the New York Times. Supposedly confidential documents were plastered on the front page for anyone to read. Needless to say there was an uproar in the Johnson administration. Just last week, ESPN published on their website a headline that alluded to a racial slur referring to Jeremy Lin: "Chink in the armor." With realizing that this could be seen as a ridiculing remark towards Lin's Asian American culture, the writer was fired, and there was an uproar throughout society. This is what media does. They cause controversy and commotion throughout the masses. Sometimes this is put forth intentionally and sometimes not. Whatever the reason for the Racquet publishing this article it was a decision that they made as a team and published. If they had foreseen the impact it would have had on the campus community I'm more than positive that they would have refrained from publishing. But, mistakes happen. Let's all cut them some slack. We are all a part of this campus and should be fighting for each other not against one another.

Please keep writing articles like this. Rarely does anything happen in La Crosse or on the UWL campus that is remotely interesting. I'd rather laugh than read about leading candidates for the Provost position or terrible relationship advice.

Please keep writing articles like this. Rarely does anything happen in La Crosse or on the UWL campus that is remotely interesting. I'd rather laugh than read about leading candidates for the Provost position or terrible relationship advice.

"Despite the fact that these comments all explicate the passion and disarray amongst the student body, I am not bothered or angry with any single person." ....No one cares how you feel Kelli Ponce. I don't think anyone was afraid of bothering you or making you angry with their comments. But thank goodness you aren't.