Letter to the editor: Grammys shouldn't be only basis for Fiasco support
Issue date: 2/9/09 Section: Opinions
In response to the staff editorial ran on Feb. 5 stating why Lupe Fiasco is a good choice, I have to admit, I'm appalled. Not at the fact that they're saying Lupe Fiasco is a good choice, but at the fact that their reasoning is based on his Grammy Awards.
Now don't get me wrong, Fiasco probably is a good choice, not necessarily my first choice, but a good one nonetheless.
The fact that The DEN puts all this behind Grammy-winning Fiasco, who won't be here for eight weeks and makes no mention of Grammy-winning Libby Larsen, who is here for a concert being put on Tuesday by various EIU ensembles to this day.
Or how about Grammy-winning Bob Mintzer, who will be here on Saturday to play at the EIU Jazz Festival?
Or how about the Grammy-winning combo he's in, the Yellowjackets, who will be performing later that night in Dvorak?
When you look at the sheer magnitude of these musicians' careers and compare them to Fiasco's, pardon the pun, but it's a fiasco that The DEN hasn't even made mention of them, and without this little blurb, probably wouldn't until Feb. 11 where it's page 3 news about the concert, or Feb. 16 about the Jazz Fest.
It's really about bloody time that The DEN stop waiting until after major events occur to write about them.
Adam Chesi
Senior pre-business management major
Now don't get me wrong, Fiasco probably is a good choice, not necessarily my first choice, but a good one nonetheless.
The fact that The DEN puts all this behind Grammy-winning Fiasco, who won't be here for eight weeks and makes no mention of Grammy-winning Libby Larsen, who is here for a concert being put on Tuesday by various EIU ensembles to this day.
Or how about Grammy-winning Bob Mintzer, who will be here on Saturday to play at the EIU Jazz Festival?
Or how about the Grammy-winning combo he's in, the Yellowjackets, who will be performing later that night in Dvorak?
When you look at the sheer magnitude of these musicians' careers and compare them to Fiasco's, pardon the pun, but it's a fiasco that The DEN hasn't even made mention of them, and without this little blurb, probably wouldn't until Feb. 11 where it's page 3 news about the concert, or Feb. 16 about the Jazz Fest.
It's really about bloody time that The DEN stop waiting until after major events occur to write about them.
Adam Chesi
Senior pre-business management major
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