In response to the Daily’s article on Mar. 3, written by Chris Miller, I say shame on you. You have added insult to injury. Your explanation of the article was longer than the article itself. Did you think that the Daily readers wanted to know about Troy’s test scores? If so, why weren’t his test scores published while he was a student at Iowa State? You printed an article that was factual but negative about Troy Davis, and now you want to explain why you printed it. Where was your explanation on Feb. 28? Why didn’t your explanation get “above the fold” coverage?

Troy Davis can flat out play football. How the Daily could print anything that even so much as insinuates that he may not have the mental capacity to understand the game of football is ludicrous. I can excuse the Milwaukee paper for printing the article. They didn’t see Troy’s determination, they didn’t see him break 2,000 yards two years in a row, but the Daily did. That young man suffered nationwide humiliation two years in a row as he was robbed of the Heisman Trophy. Many sportscasters and writers said it was because he played at Iowa State, but Troy never said anything negative about the football program at Iowa State. He was made fun of by our own state governor because of his speaking ability, but he did not say anything about our governor in retaliation and now the Daily has decided it needs to print the facts about Troy Davis. I believe those of us that were here to watch him play football already know the facts about his ability, mentally and physically, concerning the game of football.

It is too bad that your explanation was needed since your intentions were to allow the reader to interpret the article. Perhaps if your intentions were more obvious, then your explanation would not have been necessary. Whatever your intentions were, you missed the mark with me. Your “above the fold” space would have been better utilized if it had been left blank, than to have printed that article.

Melanie Harris

Senior

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