'IDS' irresponsible

It does not surprise or shock me that the IDS published Horowitz's inflammatory, wholly and knowingly false, racist monologue (he certainly did not want to encourage rational dialogue in academia). It does not shock me that the IDS has such a "tin" ear when it comes to deciding what is racist and offensive to non-European Americans. After all, the IDS gave a platform to Benjamin "August" Smith the spring before he went on his racist killing and maiming rampage that ended the life of one of IU's own Asian graduate students. Their uncritical (read that as unquestioning) presentation of Smith and the World Creation church should, and perhaps did, prepare some African-American IU students, faculty and staff for the publication of the infamous "reparations ad."\nIDS has proven to be an irresponsible, commercial enterprise that too many of us have misunderstood to be a student newspaper (must have been the "Student" in the paper title, silly me to believe it). That responsible, analytical and respectful journalism does not have a place at the IDS has been shown repeatedly between its pages. Community service does not include the whole of IU's community. Because it will continue to exist and thrive as a commercial enterprise, I suggest IU students, faculty and staff view it as it truly is: a false follower of true journalistic integrity and unrepresentative of the student body as a whole and motivated, apparently, by the all-mighty dollar.\nThat said, I shall go back to my morning rag, the Washington Post, which has the advantage of never claiming to a paper that represents me.