Dear Clarion,

I was just reading through the latest Clarion when I came across an article on the new apple shuffle.

Now I am as critical as anyone, especially of my fellow students here at DU but this article was just inaccurate.

I checked out the apple shuffle myself because I too can’t afford its more expensive brethren and I found out even though it is called the “Shuffle” it is only the title. The new mp3 player plays in a regular mode as well as in shuffle.

Also the price for the 250 song memory is actually $150, the $100 player only holds 120 songs.

I think the writer needs to check out the facts before she criticizes everyone else.

Sincerely,

Gene Ramirez

Dear Clarion,

I’m concerned about what’s happening at the Clarion.

I wonder if you are short-staffed on the copy desk, as I can see no other possible explanation for how this could have made it into an article (which I read on the Web site):

“Ali has about 130 friends online and has joined more groups then he can remember. He also started a number of groups including RAs, J-Mac, and those who came to learn the great American art of muff-diving.”

From “The Facebook takes off” by Jessica Slosberg (Tues. 1/25).

I suppose it is possible that the Clarion staff is naive enough not to know what muff-diving is, but I would be rather surprised if that were the case.

This is a no-brainer edit: just chop off the last phrase of the quote, and save the paper from looking ridiculous and publishing something that is potentially offensive.

I’m sure Ali and his friends got a good laugh out of seeing that in print, but I was rather disturbed that the editors could let something like this slip through.

As a professional journalist and past Clarion editor, I’d like to think that student journalists are more careful than this and have better judgment.

No doubt I pushed the envelope when I was there, but this is just careless.

Sincerely,

Derek Gale