Calculated response
The Commonwealth Times recently reported on the SGA Senate Bill which would have reccomended that TI-89 calculators be allowed in all classrooms. What the article failed to highlight is that the bill was not struck down but purposefully dropped, and that by doing so the student body lost out.
I was the Senator who amended the bill and unfortunately caused its demise; however, if the bill’s sponsors hadn’t selfishly dropped the legislation, it would have saved students huge amounts of money. The bill after my amendment would have stated that students must be informed of their classes’ policy on caluclators before they even add it to their schedule.
I personally am ashamed that two of our Senators would remove this bill just because they didn’t get their way. Sen. Michelli stated he brought forth this bill because he bought an advanced calculator and found out he couldn’t use it only two days before the exam. If this bill had been in place, then he wouldn’t have bought the calculator in the first place, or at least he would have had time to save for a new one. I know it may be too late for these two Senators to save money by being able to use their nice caluculators, but I wish they would give the rest of the students a chance to not even be in that horrible situation!
Unfortunately, it is too late for any other Senator to resubmit the bill for this year, but believe me, it will be passed in the fall. I just know it’s going to be too late for many.
Jessica Lee
Senator,
Monroe Park Campus SGA
Watching, not making
I just wanted to comment that you misquoted me in the “porn star” article. You stated that my club is “currently” not making porn, inferring that I will be at some point, which is not true in the slightest.
The Porn Club has yet to be even officially started, so really we can’t logically be making or watching porn right now – I plan on starting the club next semester.
Since this issue of the paper has come out, I’ve had quite a number of people come up to me and mention the article and even inquire when I’ll start actually making porn. It may not seem like a big deal, but this is really damaging to my reputation. I have quite high morals, and things like this really hurt. You have no idea how terrible it is for people to assume that I would even consider making porn videos.
That’s all I really have to say on the matter; thanks to your article, people now see me in a very wrong light.
-Jennifer Koca
My roommate, Jen Koca (not Roca), has not just been affected by the harmless error of a mistyped letter in her last name. On Monday, Apr. 18, the article “Porn-star, ex-porn addict debate ethics of adult film industry” stated “Jennifer Roca, a VCU student, said she plans to start a pornography club at VCU. Currently, the club doesn’t make pornography, only watches it, she said.”
Any educated person (as I’m sure all VCU students are) would instantly notice that ‘plans’ to start a porn club equals the club not ‘currently’ doing anything; however the more significant error here is the reasonably perceived implication that Jen and the potential club intend to make pornography in the future.
If anyone on campus knows Jen Koca – unfortunately, as her roommate, that would be me. I can assure you Jen has no intentions of making pornography now or in the future. Furthermore, I can assure you Jen did not state or imply this at the debate.
I urge your writers to be more alert in the future so that such character defamations through misstatements can be avoided. This article was published on April 18th, not April 1st.
Sincerely,
Shelley Mountjoy
Editor’s reply: The Commonwealh Times apologizes for the unintended implication in Louie Corbo’s story, “Porn-star, ex-porn addict debate ethics of adult film industry.” We regret the error.