To the Editor:

In regards to The Hawk Newspaper, Sept. 11 Edition, Article: Global Perspectives: Gun Violence and Mass Shootings, p. 4. While I feel this is a very relevant topic and important to get (global) students’ perspectives, I was disappointed that you chose to print Aakanksha Sanghavi’s (New Zealand) comments verbatim. Even though the world around us is changing, the SJU editorial staff should have higher standards when it comes to language used/printed in a campus-wide newspaper.

Ask yourself, was it really necessary to print profane language that is inappropriate? Could you not have “xxxxxed it out?” It would still give readers the same message and not descend to the level of the person being interviewed. Simply stated, it’s not appropriate for the SJU community.

While the topic is “explosive,” the language put in print should not be.

-George P. Sillup, Ph.D., Haub School of Business Faculty