Word: yoon
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Assuming the role of Emily Post for campus discourse, Evan P. Cucci advanced his view of what constitutes responsible intellectual discussion in a recent editorial. He was joined in his critique by Miss Manners for the campus press, Tehshik P. Yoon, in an editorial one month later. Yoon argued that the intellectual level of campus debate has sunk to the level of Beavis-and-Butthead ridicule...
Before proceeding, I would like to put my remarks in context. My differences with Cucci and Yoon represent legitimate differences in our conceptions of what campus opinion writing should...
...Yoon's editorial is entitled "Beavis Is No Bill Safire," and it was quite a revelation for me (I thought Beavis and Safire were the same person). Yoon writes, "Campus opinion has been brought down to the level of name-calling and ridicule. In short, Beavis is invading the written word...
...Yoon demonstrates his failure to understand the different functions of different modes of discourse. He also shows a lack of understanding about the theoretical bases of the popular culture that Beavis and Butthead epitomize...
...example Yoon cites to support his point is my editorial on Harvard-Radcliffe Students for Choice, pointing out that I spent a significant part of my article attacking the egregious typographical errors in their newsletter...