Column shows author’s journalistic ignorance

In response to Justin Davidson’s column,

You forgot one part of each day for Mike Adams.

4:09 p.m. – Reflect on the past decade of turning UGA from an academic joke into a well-respected school for knowledge and research, making it therefore possible for people like Justin Davidson to get jobs despite a total and complete lack of common sense, respect or journalistic talent.

You, like most Adams haters out there, don’t understand what a University president does because you choose to not, and would ignore the facts even if they were given to you. I expect this kind of letter from a freshman who’s pissed off about our football team and thinks that “change starts at the top,” but not from a senior with the intent of entering an industry where your work (even when your work is your opinion) is supposed to be rooted in fact and, at the very least, supported by something other than snarky comments which might (might) make your roommates chuckle.

I hope you are a great copy editor or page designer, because you sure don’t have a future as a columnist.

Alec Wooden
Alumni 2008,
Athens

Column ‘void of substance’

I hope I wasn’t the only one disappointed by the glaring lack of journalistic content in Monday’s article about President Adam’s schedule. While it may have garnered some chuckles – even from Adams because, hey, he can laugh at himself, too – it was void of substance.

Yes, Adams has privileges. So do many leaders, from business executives to the U.S. President. And no, we wouldn’t want the man who meets regularly with state and local government officials to be late to that 8 o’clock meeting, because he was competing with students for North Deck parking.

Anyone who has taken Michael Adam’s freshmen seminar can tell you he works nearly six days a week and travels extensively to promote his administration’s policy goals. That student could also tell you that Adams and his wife resided in the President’s house on Prince Ave. for several years.

As someone writing about President Adams, I would be cautious to allow the intangible distance between writer and subject make me propose false though witty conjectures. Investigate further, and you just might discover that Adams does more to enhance the UGA educational experience than you previously thought.

And yes, his work may involve cruising in a Mercedes.

Emily Goff
Senior, Marietta
Political science and Spanish