At least the rumblings have started:
Streetwise-
http://media.www.gonzagabulletin.com/media/storage/paper375/news/2008/10/24/Features/StreetWise-3504988.shtml
'Lip service to the city's unsolved problem-
http://media.www.gonzagabulletin.com/media/storage/paper375/news/2008/10/24/Features/lip-Service.To.The.Citys.Unsolved.Problem-3505001.shtml
Grasping the 'Homeless Blues'-
http://media.www.gonzagabulletin.com/media/storage/paper375/news/2008/10/24/Features/Grasping.The.homeless.Blues-3505007.shtml
At House of Charity, all are welcome-
http://media.www.gonzagabulletin.com/media/storage/paper375/news/2008/10/24/Features/At.House.Of.Charity.All.Are.Welcome-3511192-page2.shtml
Granted, the language used by the two editors looking to 'experience homelessness' is offensive, if not just in poor taste. Anyone who would make a joke about the 'homeless diet' even in jest probably needs their head examined, or refer to people persevering through circumstance hard to even comprehend as 'derelicts', well, at least the articles were written.
They do begin the talk of Gonzaga's involvement in a Spokane tent city--which is more than encouraging.
1 comment:
I also had a hard time reading the articles from the Gonzaga Bulletin. I did not feel that the two were truly trying to experience homelessness. But could they? It's hard to say. Sure, being without a home is one part, but how about knowing that tomorrow you will not have a home, as well as the next day. And how about the feeling of helplessness and feelings about whatever the situation was that caused the homelessness? I thought the article was in poor taste and a poor attempt at showing homelessness.
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