Talk:Albany Student Press

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"a comprehensive news agency"? The ASP? Are you kidding me? It's a small-time student newspaper, with only about a dozen people who actually contribute to it. The paper is written with 4 computers, all of which hail from the Clinton administration, in an office that is about the size of a large dorm room. The content of the "news" is usually whining done in a manner to try and con the reader into believing that there is a valid news story hidden behind the complaining. There usually isn't. The editors usually print whatever they feel like printing, whether there is any interest among the student population or not. Relevance to the average UA student is not considered important among the ASP editors. Students are only allowed to write for the ASP if the editors and higher up staff members decide to allow said persons into what basically amounts to "The UAlbany Newspaper Club". I was shocked and amazed to find the ASP even somehow got a wikipedia entry. It's a waste of bandwidth and should be removed.
-UAlbany student

PERFECT. More mispellings from the Voice please!

- Dan Ruisi, former Editor-in-Chief

It's very fitting that the Wikipedia article on the Albany Student Press demonstrates some of the same immature style and faltering grasp of the English language that are present in the publication itself. How great is it that the ASP fan group on Facebook has at least five more members than the anti-ASP group? Does there really need to be a difference between "its" and "it's"? Will anyone ever proofread anything?

- a UAlbany student sick of pretend journalism

yes, there is, and should be, a difference between "its" and "it's". the former is a possessive, as in, when referring to the paper, "its staff", i.e. the staff that it possesses, et cetera. the latter is a contraction of it is. as in, "it is a good/bad publication".

I love the ASP. I think that while it is not the most professional newspaper, it gets the job done. Some articles (i.e. the one in a recent issue concerning that "your digits" are actually the number of people you've slept with) are really stupid, but on the whole, they do a great job. You think the ASP sucks? Then submit articles to them and make it better. Also: Nick Reisman is my savior.

Can I ask why this is tagged for nutrality? -mtirv