Every wednesday, I sit down to read the DFP at the CAS cafe. I’m hoping to read some interesting articles about what’s going on at our school, or maybe see how the team did last night. But alas, I continuously stumble upon Mr. Klein’s article, “A Ghoulishly Good Time.” I am well aware that story that follows is anything but funny and I will not learn anything from reading it, yet my eyes are forced to focus upon it anyway. Upon finishing, I am continously left in a stupor, trying to understand what Mr. Klein was talking about and why anyone would find it humorous. First of all, the title of the weekly article makes me think it’s going to be some kind of halloween story, though even that would be better than what is about to follow. The article is strewn with numerous “jokes” that mayke light of stressful college situations. What Mr. Klein fails to realize, however, is that he is not funny. His senseless stories of eating a snack of water and butter, or the countless proclamations that he is some kind of god can’t even spark a smirk on my face, yet I’m sure they leave the writer himself in stitches. I’m almost positive that Mr. Klein has a list of words he wants to use in his articles and always includes them, no matter how out of context they are. For intance, in this week’s article, artfully named “Paper Title Goes Here,” he obviously felt the need to include Scottie Pippen as a compariison to a page in his paper, which makes absolutely no sense. I know I’m not the only one who is highly irritated by Mr. Klien’s writings, as I’ve heard many of my peers complain about the article. Please do us all a favor and get rid of it.
Robert Elliott [email protected] 516-655-9644 CAS ’09