U of Miami newspaper.

http://www.themiamihurricane.com/2009/09/09/letter-to-the-editor-hurry-canes-shuttles-embarrassment-to-university/

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"Letter to the Editor: Hurry ‘Canes Shuttles embarrassment to university Posted September 9, 2009 at 5:10 pm By Hurricane Reader // Letter to the Editor To read more stories from this writer, click the name. As a graduate of the venerable School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I take my role as a trained observer very seriously, and my responsibility as a grammatical invigilator no less so. Last week, I arrived at the University of Miami to begin work toward a master’s degree in multimedia journalism in the School of Communication. I was immediately provoked by a prodigious punctuation error that is disturbing not only in its grammatical magnitude (really bad), but also in its physical dimension (in letters about five feet tall) and geographical reach (all over campus!). I am writing, of course, about the green-and-orange Hurry ’Canes shuttles that ferry students and faculty about campus. Even the casual observer would note that a comma must appear after the word “hurry.” The phrase “Hurry, ’Canes” directly addresses the campus community of “’canes,” imploring us to “hurry.” Thus, a comma is required before the name of the person(s) to whom the admonition is directed. With the comma, “Hurry, ’Canes” is grammatically correct. (That bothersome capital “C” and the purloined period at the end are matters for another discussion.) Without the comma, “Hurry ’Canes” means…well, I don’t think it means anything at all. I have read that our school is now No. 50 in US News and World Report’s annual ranking of universities. I trust that action will be taken to correct UM’s glaring grammatical gaffe; hopefully before the editors at US News find out about it. -Charles “Stretch” Ledford, Multimedia Journalism Graduate Student EDITOR’S NOTE: While it may seem grammatically incorrect in other circumstances, the Hurry ‘Canes shuttles are a play on the word “hurricane,” in reference to our sports teams."

[Edited on September 11, 2009 at 8:08 PM. Reason : .]

9/11/2009 8:04:36 PM

the "Stretch" in his name almost assuredly refers to his butthole.

9/11/2009 8:06:19 PM

EDITOR’S NOTE: While it may seem grammatically incorrect in other circumstances, the Hurry ‘Canes shuttles are a play on the word “hurricane,” in reference to our sports teams."

9/11/2009 8:07:38 PM

The editor's note is the most retarded part of the article.

9/11/2009 8:10:11 PM

actually it was a matter of fact, yet clever retort.

9/11/2009 8:11:47 PM

You're right. It was.

9/11/2009 8:16:32 PM

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"Stretch Fucknuts embarrassment to North Carolina"

for being such an assgrabbing faggot.






[Edited on September 11, 2009 at 8:21 PM. Reason : ]

9/11/2009 8:17:29 PM

I didn't know hooksaw moved to Miami.

9/11/2009 8:29:52 PM

hahaha this is typical tar heel shit

9/11/2009 8:30:34 PM

i hope this guys dyes in a fyre

9/11/2009 8:33:13 PM

^^^ that's some hooksaw-level grammar nazi shit, but i dont think he could be such a complete and total douchebag faggot.

the gayest part about this is it's about a football game shuttle for fucks sake. leave it to a UNC journalism school graduate. no wonder they don't get jobs.





[Edited on September 11, 2009 at 8:36 PM. Reason : ]

9/11/2009 8:35:35 PM

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"As a graduate of the venerable School of Journalism and Mass Communication I have a sense of entitlement that I can't explain because of my association with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill"

9/11/2009 8:37:01 PM

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"actually it was a matter of fact, yet clever retort."

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"hahaha this is typical tar heel shit"

9/11/2009 8:37:37 PM

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"As a graduate of the venerable School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I take my role as a trained observer very seriously, and my responsibility as a grammatical invigilator no less so am only probably 22-23 years old, and have no concept of this thing called 'the bigger picture,' and will inevitably fall into a pattern of questioning things that aren't important."

9/11/2009 8:43:54 PM

Tarheel or not, I still want to hit this shitstain in the head with a hammer.

9/11/2009 8:45:43 PM

^^ haha, yeah.

9/11/2009 8:52:29 PM

the "Stretch" in his name almost assuredly refers to his butthole.

9/11/2009 8:53:54 PM

^^ *high five for being closer to 30*



... oh

9/11/2009 8:54:42 PM

9/11/2009 8:56:39 PM

This was in the worst issue of the UM newspaper I've read(yes, I go to UM). Miami beat a ranked rival
FSU away monday night, in a game that people are calling an instant classic. Three photographers
including myself traveled 1000 miles total to cover it. Then they put a photo of fucking ROTC as the
big front page photo and cover story.

Then there was an article about lots of women having rape fantasies, another about Jacory Harris
being the savior and Miami football being back, and another crying about mean FSU fans.

This silly grammar UNC letter is just the icing.



[Edited on September 11, 2009 at 9:15 PM. Reason : .]

9/11/2009 9:14:46 PM

awesome

9/11/2009 9:20:24 PM

I do hope this boy gets his ass kicked and learns a little perspective on life.

Anybody with an attitude like that deserves nothing less than a life of failure and suffering.

9/11/2009 9:35:32 PM

^^^ ew, that's pretty bad. no wonder they're barely hanging in on the top 50.

but still... anyone who complains about a football shuttle nickname missing a comma needs an asskicking.

9/11/2009 10:05:30 PM

The funny thing is that it could be completely grammatically correct, as in "This bus is used to hurry 'Canes to the stadium."

9/12/2009 12:10:15 AM

the "Stretch" in his name almost assuredly refers to his butthole.

9/12/2009 1:29:01 AM

the "Stretch" in his name almost assuredly refers to his butthole.

9/12/2009 1:49:08 AM

Damn...Jared...what the fuck are you doin' on here on a friday nite?

The "Stretch" part obviously does refer to his anal sphincter whilst being penetrated by three raging homo cocks.

9/12/2009 1:51:29 AM

Going to bed

9/12/2009 2:00:32 AM

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"prodigious punctuation error"

9/12/2009 3:01:43 AM

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"the "Stretch" in his name almost assuredly refers to his butthole."

Most excellent first reply... I laft

9/12/2009 3:55:03 AM

Well at least now all his classmates know what an uptight douche he is.

9/12/2009 4:01:23 AM

This would make more sense on a XC or track t-shirt.


comma however:

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"hopefully before the editors at US News find out about it."

ohnoes!

[Edited on September 12, 2009 at 7:12 AM. Reason : [i][i]]

9/12/2009 7:12:01 AM

queue this pic:



but with the UNC logo in the background

9/12/2009 10:14:29 AM

9/12/2009 10:40:08 AM

I hope someone writes a witty, berating response for the monday edition.

9/12/2009 1:30:28 PM

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"EDITOR’S NOTE: While it may seem grammatically incorrect in other circumstances, the Hurry ‘Canes shuttles are a play on the word “hurricane,” in reference to our sports teams.""

did the guy not think about this before he wrote that dumbass letter?

9/12/2009 2:01:24 PM

haha homeboy obviously didn't get into UNC's journalism grad program. what a dbag

9/12/2009 6:12:54 PM

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"there was an article about lots of women having rape fantasies"

is there a link to this?

9/12/2009 7:19:02 PM

I'm sure he sighs to himself while watching "The Simpsons," viewing the comic book guy as the character everyone should take seriously

9/12/2009 11:44:43 PM

Apparently he was a bad Creative Writing major who transferred into Journalism at the last moment, most likely having realized he can't write worth a damn. If it's commonplace for UNC Journalism graduates to write with that kind of padded writing, poorly used adjectives and chunky prose, then I really don't feel bad about being an English major at NCSU.

...okay, well, maybe a little.

EDIT: And despite it being a Letter to the Editor and not requiring that he actually write as if he were a journalist, the way he does write makes it seem like he's never even heard of the AP Stylebook.

[Edited on September 13, 2009 at 2:00 AM. Reason : But who really pays attention to the fucking stylebook anyway I guess.]

9/13/2009 1:59:00 AM

Hurry Cane bitches!

9/13/2009 2:10:19 AM

Even if they have better architecture, we have better buses

9/13/2009 2:11:58 AM

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"But who really pays attention to the fucking stylebook anyway"

really boring writers, B

but even I'm not anal retentive enough to write a letter to someone about their supposed grammatical mistakes

9/13/2009 2:26:39 AM

You know he probably spent at least an hour checking and double-checking every obscure grammar concern (and he didn't, since I can spot a couple) so that people wouldn't throw his annoying bullshit right back at him.

Not that people probably haven't anyway.

9/13/2009 2:56:35 AM

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"is there a link to this?"

http://www.themiamihurricane.com/2009/09/09/dark-alley-fantasies/

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"Dark alley fantasies Posted September 9, 2009 at 5:32 pm By Irene Daboin // To read more stories from this writer, click the name. A recent study published in the Journal of Sex Research considered the contents, prevalence, and frequency of a very particular kind of sexual fantasy in women: “rape fantasies.” As surprising as it may seem, the study’s results indicated that 62 percent of women have these “rape fantasies,” with these varying on a continuum from “completely aversive” to “completely erotic.” Those labeled as “completely aversive” (9%) would probably fit the general public’s label of “nightmares” rather than that of “fantasies.” The rest were dreams that were, in one way or another, sexually arousing. “Fantasies that apparently involve rape are not uncommon among women. This study did find a higher prevalence, probably due to their extensive use of prompts [suggestive survey questions] and the fact that some prompts were stated with [careful] wording such as ‘overwhelming’; which is much less emotionally charged than [the word] rape,” UM Professor Franklin Foote, sex therapist, lecturer and licensed psychologist, said. The study evaluated 355 female undergraduates through fantasy logs, questionnaires, and self-ratings, and found that this high frequency of “rape fantasies” in their findings was probably due to the age bracket of their research. “Rape fantasies” have always been a tricky issue for researchers given the particular nature of their content. In truth, most of what falls under this category of fantasy is far from corresponding to what we call “rape” in real life. From what has been the social example in traditional romance novels, the heroine runs away from the hero and tries to avoid his seducing ways until she just cannot resist him any longer. Pretty much the same has been described by most women who have reported having “rape fantasies.” “Erotic rape fantasies often included feigned non-consent, low levels of verbal or physical resistance, and … positive emotions for the fantasizer,” according to this study. “[Erotic rape fantasies] contain minimal to no violence, the perpetrator tends to be overwhelmed by his desire for the target, he typically has no hostile intent but cannot control his need for her, and the victim often resists only because she believes sex is inappropriate in the situation but she really has a great desire for him as well,” Foote said. “Such fantasies, of course, are very far from what a rape experience is like; the reality of rape is not viewed erotically by women.”"

9/13/2009 3:14:34 AM

I wonder why he didn't say anything about the misspelled word on the front of the shuttle.

9/13/2009 9:06:02 AM

thanks for that, Bweez

9/13/2009 9:14:04 AM

yip!

9/13/2009 2:40:15 PM