Monday, October 20, 2003
How queer is that?
Today's front page of The Daily Cal has two pictures.
The bottom one is of Michael Moore, who came to campus to whine about something or other. Note that the picture The Daily Cal finds is not one of Michael Moore in Berkeley, but a shot from one of his movies. Way to report, folks. "We take pictures of things which can be vaguely related to occurences on campus."
Not content to stop there, check out this work of art. In some surrealistic way, the photographer/artist Brad Aldridge is trying to make a point about how the high costs of journals can cause damage to libraries. And it's not a bad piece of work, actually, if you ignore the fact that the angle of the books make them more or less harmless to the structure of the library, if my civil engineering skills aren't failing me (which they may be. Also, if I recall correctly, there's not enough space for the full width of those books to be supported next to Doe, if the books are to scale.). But really, it's an artistic expression. It's not a news photo, and sure as hell shouldn't be sitting on the front page. "We put our metaphors in our pictures! Go news!"
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