Va. Tech. Students to Media: F-Off, Parasites

Or words to that effect.

I'm impressed by the Student Government's actions here. They are sick and tired of the media's presence on their campus, and they are publicly calling for all the reporters to get the hell out of town by 9:00 tomorrow.

A spokeswoman for the student government says the campus appreciates the reporting on the story, but that students are ready to move forward.

Liz Hart says "The best way to know how to do that is get the campus back to normal."

She says students need to be able to get back to class and back into a "normal routine as much as possible" without any reminders of what a "difficult road" it will be.

Now, clearly, the SGA has no intrinsic power or authority to force their removal from campus. But by making their desires known publicly, they effectively put these media jackals on notice. It takes a lot of gall to stay somewhere after your welcome has been worn out, after all.

(And no smart ass comments about why I still post here, despite my having worn out my welcome months ago. In my case I have no where else to go.)

I just wish the SGA had gone one step further with regard to the media and put NBC and it's affiliates on a "campus blacklist". If I were a student at Virginia Tech, I wouldn't talk to NBC. And I would hope that my campus representatives would act similarly.

posted by Jack M. at 08:52 PM

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