Dear Editor,
While attending Tufts from 2004-2008, I consistently grew to appreciate the writing and content of our school's newspaper, the Tufts Daily. I even once contributed an article of my own, co-written with a friend of mine from the University of Pennsylvania. Recently, to my and my fellow alumnae's disgust, a repulsive, immature and poorly written weekly column called "If You Seek Amy" by Logan Crane has entered the dialogue of the Tufts Daily and, even worse, the Tufts community.
Now, before I go any further, and anybody who knows me can vouch for this, I am not averse to inappropriate humor or writing of any kind. I revel in acting inappropriately and support the inappropriate behavior of my peers. I also find no fault with Mina Ratkalkar's weekly column "Sextrovert." That at least serves some value in encouraging safe sex in one article and giving advice for dealing with long distance relationships in another. However, if I want to know how to hold a girl's legs to avoid a queef or where the best place is to have sex in public, my first instinct shouldn't be to pick up the latest issue of the Daily — although that is quickly changing.
We reserve that type of writing for other publications, like the Penthouse Forum for example. The Tufts Daily should encourage detailed reporting in its daily articles and impressive and educational prose in its weekly columns — not borderline pornographic stories that my bulldog Rufus could write while drooling over the most recent winner of the Westminster Dog Show. Instead, from reading this most recent entry, I'm left with a worse taste in my mouth than when I recently saw a trailer for the "Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience" (2009). Tufts is a great school, and the Daily used to be an impressive newspaper. Let's try to move forward from this and keep "If You Seek Amy" to Crane's personal e-mail list.
Sincerely,
Eric Miller
Class of 2008
