Affiliation

Due to some recent accusations I feel the need to clarify my position. I am not in anyway whatsoever connected with The Warrior, the student publication at Marquette University. I am an independent student journalist, who chose the moniker of "Warrior Watcher", because it defines what I do. I observe the actions of MU and its student body, many of whom still feel affinity towards the "Warriors" mascot from prior to 1990. As such, I am the "Warrior Watcher", and not The Warrior.

Who Cares About the Truth When we can Publish Lies?

The Marquette Tribune has never been accused of journalistic accuracy, nor being a place where grammar counts, but today it has sunk to a new low. In an online post the Tribune named a student as a suspect in a crime, without any information from the Milwaukee Police Department. Their source was an anonymous student who claimed to have witnessed the incident. The article goes into detail and accuses a male student, whom I will not name, of stabbing another student. The Tribune felt that it had enough information to name this student, and directly implicate him in stabbing a fellow student. Congratulations Marquette Tribune, your journalistic skills have sunk to an all time low. Gossip rags would hesitate to sink this low, but the Tribune just had to get out in front of everyone else. It even published before our friendly neighborhood private security forces sent out an email which misconstrued the entire incident. That's right, not even the wannabe cops of DPS announced anything about the incident, meaning that either A. something terrible did happen and they are covering it up, or B. nothing actually happened and the Tribune jumped the gun on this one. According to several sources who have information regarding this incident, the Tribune has misreported what happened. Since I do not know what actually happened in the incident I will not speak to the Tribune's details, but rather critique it for reporting on what happened. The fact that the article was written is bad enough, but to actually name a student, and claim that he stabbed someone, goes well beyond the lows to which the Tribune has previously sunk. This student, at least according to the information provided by the Tribune, should be reasonably considered dangerous and a suspect in at minimum assault, if not assault with a deadly weapon, or attempted murder. Way to go Tribune, you really out did yourself this time. Let's just hope that in the future the editors, who all collaborate with the administration by the way, control themselves just long enough to get some facts before they publish a bunch of rumors.

Here is a link to the terrible article:

http://marquettetribune.org/2010/02/14/news/student-stabbed-in-schroeder-hall/