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I would like to take this post to thank the Whitworthian for attempting to uphold dwindling moral standards on the Whitworth campus. This past week in the Whitworthian there were multiple articles calling attention to the falling standards with regards to the entertainers Whitworth has brought to campus. I'm sure everyone remembers the email headline "live group sex therapy" that circulated around. While this did in fact get me to read the email, I was slightly offended that this is the level that Whitworth was sinking to in order to get my attention. Because of night class I was not able to attend this "therapy session" but did talk with others afterward. Whether this was a comedy act or not was up for debate.
This has been a common pattern among recent entertainers on Whitworth's campus. I remember attending a comedian about a month ago and while I was only there for about 20 minutes of it I left feeling unimpressed and offended by the humor.
I am the kind of person who can take a bit of what is considered "dirty" humor. If cleverly used. However this comedian was more offensive than funny. The only laughter was nervous laughter.
This combined with Daniel Packard's performance that inspired no less than three articles in the Whitworthian about his offensive performance leads be to believe that Whitworth needs to consider who they endorse on campus. In one article, the writer reported being so offended in her interview with Packard that she ended the interview prematurely. In another article, the writer expressed similar concerns about Whitworth's boundaries and standards.
I recently attended the slam poet on campus and he was practically boring in comparison to the uprising about the Packard performance. He still used inflammatory content in an attempt to "make a point" as he said.
As I walked away from the poet with my friends there was a distinct divide in opinions about the poet. Everyone agreed that he was talented but there was a great discrepancy as to the nature of the content in his performance. Some of my friends thought it was great that the poet was touching on awkward topics, others did not and thought that Whitworth needed to uphold their standards a little better.
While this is a topic that has been covered in recent Whitworthian articles I am simply taking the time to agree with them and let them know that I appreciate the honest work the Whitworthian does in trying to hold the administration accountable for their actions. If that's not what journalism is all about, then I don't know what is.