Student newspaper ignores holiday, fails in coverage

For the second consecutive year, I am outraged upon skimming through The Daily Beacon. Wednesday was Nov. 11, Veteran’s Day, a day specifically set aside to honor those who have given of themselves to serve their country and defend the freedom we all enjoy. For the second year since I have been paying attention, the Beacon and this entire campus have failed. Miserably. The Beacon mentioned nothing about the day and its meaning. It is bad enough that asking several students what the day is would yield shrugs and ignorance. It is worse that the largest source of news on campus is also apathetic. We count on the Beacon to report the happenings of our world and Wednesday, it has failed us all.

It is long past time that everyone, including the editors of this paper, took this opportunity, this one day, to thank those who have given months, years and some even their entire lives to the service of our nation.

To the veterans: thank you. We will never know your sacrifice, but we appreciate it nonetheless.

Joshua Carrigan

Junior in nuclear engineering

UT Army ROTC