The Blue Banner

It is my hope that The Blue Banner, a newspaper for the students and by the students, would not place a burden on the student body, rather, be an uplifting and cohesive factor for our community. However, it seems as though the Banner wishes to prove itself as a "hard news," "crime" reporting paper, more so than it cares to wonder how such reporting negatively affects its community.

I agree with the purpose of the Police Blotter, to make our community aware of crime trends on campus. But is it also meant to reveal trends among basketball players? Or students with dreadlocks? Or what about freshmen? That's right, let's point out the trouble-making freshmen before they even get their foot in the door.

Does revealing the student's name behind the "crime" really matter? We put our faith in the university's guidelines to ensure that a student will be expelled if caught doing a serious, community-threatening crime. Not in the Banner's Police Blotter.

With that said, it is perhaps in any student's best interest to note that the Banner wishes to set your reputation straight. In case you weren't aware that the Banner plays this role in your life, become aware, for every eye is on you if you screw up. Oh, and if the Banner happens to err on the side of human nature (which I guess we're all subject to) don't point a finger, because next week a correction box will run at the smallest corner of page five to let everyone know that defamed UNCA student had less than a half-ounce of marijuana, not more. Oops! It was the police report that was wrong! Sorry defamed student, but you should deal with your mistakes like an adult! Suck it up, rule-breaker.

Gosh, I went to Catholic schools, and I thought they were bad!

Katie Bachmeyer

Junior sociology student

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