Fallen student honored in Legislature

Wayne

Sat Apr 4 2009 23:01

Get over yourself Your Name. You aren't nearly as important as you make yourself out to be

Your name

Thu Apr 2 2009 11:11

It is good to see that Wayne has seen the errors of his ways and given up. Maybe he can pick up some extra shifts at McDonalds.

Your name

Thu Apr 2 2009 00:56

It is a joke. The same people who praise the "journalist" for his commitment to God are the same people who typically are secular humanists. Was not his commitment to God showing weakness and stupidity? It is too bad that the DE found it necessary to censor the majority view of the comments made about his being honored in DC.

Cynic

Thu Apr 2 2009 00:52

Will the general population who could care less about the journalist be subjected to more memorials for him when the 1st year anniversary comes? This is really becoming more and more absurd. Please try to function as a newspaper and try to restore some public confidence in your newspaper. You have destroyed it by planting false stories, doing a poor job of reporting, and the lavish praise and story after story about a guy who takes pictures.

Wayne

Thu Mar 26 2009 00:47

I'm not a zombie, I'm not a knucklehead. I'm just a person who knows when to put other people in their place when they are clearly wrong. You are wrong. I am done with this argument. I will not check this page again. Admit the fact that you are just a bitter person with nothing better to do than anonymously post on a newspaper Web site. It's sad really.
You can't argue with me because when you can't discuss the topic at hand, you attack me with politics. It's really pathetic. I don't give a damn about who is left wing or right wing, who liked Obama or McCain. You don't know me, don't pretend like you do.
I said knucklehead because that other guy did. Don't pretend like I am the worst person on Earth because of it.
Yeesh.

Factor

Wed Mar 25 2009 20:12

Here are some of this newspapers accomplishments:

1) Allowing a family to find out their student died before the University told them. Our hero was involved in this.

2) Writing a string of stories that were made up about some child and her Army father who later died in Iraq.

Good job and solid reporting.
To Wayne: Your response is what I would expect from a left winger hate America type. Of course the DE is a newspaper, it is just a piss poor one. Unless you are some kind of hard core fanatic you should learn to distinguish between sarcasim and reality.

Reality

Wed Mar 25 2009 20:07

Nice personal attack Wayne. Just about what I would expect from another Obama Zombie.

Wayne

Wed Mar 25 2009 11:11

It is still a newspaper, whether the thinks so or not. So deal with it. That isn't an opinion, that is a verifiable fact... knucklehead.

Factor

Wed Mar 25 2009 03:58

Wow you liberal types sure get out of sorts when you are called out. I see that the paper has already added another Rendelman to its staff. The DE is a rag that slams SIUC at every opportunity and has a hate America and pro Obama spin on nearly every article it writes. It also goes to massive lengths to appease minorities with favorable articles about gang and thug get togethers like the Players Ball. So knucklehead, when someone says the DE is not a newspaper, they are stating an opinion. It is just like when people say SIUC is not a real college... Deal with it.

Reading Comprehension 101

Mon Mar 23 2009 14:02

For those who have somehow been admitted to a university, without having obtained basic reading comprehension, let me single this quote out for you:

"Rendleman, a 22-year-old photojournalist from Batavia, will become the first collegiate journalist from the United States to be named on Newseum’s Journalists Memorial wall, which remembers journalists who have died while covering assignments."

That, my dears, would be why a newspaper, even (gasp!) a student newspaper, would consider the item newsworthy.

Matt

Mon Mar 23 2009 12:38

Reality, if you don't consider this a newspaper, why are you wasting your time here????

Reality

Mon Mar 23 2009 10:47

I do not consider this a newspaper. I consider it a joke. If the student involved was not a member of the DE, none of this would merit any mention. No one considers the DE a newspaper.

Wayne

Sun Mar 22 2009 14:54

I will not continue to encourage your crass comments. I will say this though, you put words like paper and journalist in quotations as if you don't believe them to be true. Yet, you constantly come to the SIUDE web site and comment on stories and read them. You are a reader of this newspaper, regardless of if you think so or not. Since you are reading the news the site puts up, you are indeed validating their status as journalists of a newspaper.
I would hope that the Daily Egyptian continues to cover students who have died with the same amount of reporting. I know they have in the past. They aren't "milking it," they are reporting it because it is news.
Thank you for reading the Daily Egyptian, you help give students the opportunity to be journalists before they even graduate college.

Your name

Sun Mar 22 2009 13:22

If you want to honor some "journalist" student who died in a car accident go for it. We know there is a huge conflict of interest in this story as the subject of the story worked for this "paper" and you people are now attempting to milk this story for what it is worth. Grow up!

Dubya.

Sun Mar 22 2009 04:47

Dear Reality,
How can you say Rendleman wasn't a journalist. He worked for a newspaper (Even if it was a college one) for years, doing exactly what he would be doing at any other publication. He wrote stories, he shot photos, he helped in getting a newspaper out every day. He was a journalist, he was doing what he loved and he did a good job at it.
I am sick and tired of some random commenter pretending like he knows everything in the world. You have the audacity to name yourself "Reality" as if it means that what you say is the absolute truth.
How do you define journalist, hmm? Does it have to be a reporter working for the New York Times? The last time I checked a journalist could be anyone who covers the news no matter the size of the publication.
"Reality" is something that you cannot grasp, since you live in a world where snarky little comments like yours somehow make you feel like a bigger person.
You are a sad person, whoever you are.

Dubya.

Sun Mar 22 2009 04:39

I don't see any proof that skin color has anything to do with any of this. By the way you phrased your comment, you aren't even sure of what you are saying. It seems to me like a majority of people who comment on this site only do so to cause trouble and stir things up. Why can't a story about a deceased student being honored by the state legislature create positive response. Alicia sums up my thoughts on this subject completely. I have heard of other students (even students who aren't white) who do get recognized even after they have died.
Get over the fact that someone who was loved and cherished by many left such a positive impact that it is being noticed and recognized by more people.
I worry that you are only spewing your venom here because for some reason you aren't like very much as a person, and it just boils your bottom to see someone else being appreciated for leaving a moving and inspiration effect on the people he interacted with.
Please, have a little class. Have some dignity. Be proud that an SIUC student is being recognized for being the great guy he was.

Your name

Sun Mar 22 2009 02:46

If the person who died was some black from the hood, there would be no special honors from the state legislature.
The proof of this is pretty clear?

Alicia Wade

Sat Mar 21 2009 22:57

It's disappointing to see such a negative reaction to a news blurb like this, especially when the thought of Ryan brings so many joy. At the end of the day, Ryan, a 22-year-old SIU student in journalism and photojournalism, was killed on his way to a story. Sure, Ryan might not have been a war hero and might not have worked for a Grade A Number 1 newspaper, but someone who was so much to so many people, like all those who die, shouldn't be the target of so many negative comments.

SIU has experienced so many student deaths over the years, and none of them should be regarded with disparaging comments and nasty remarks. I count myself lucky to have known and worked with Ryan, and was happy to read this blurb and hope others who die so tragically can be honored in as many ways as possible. I hope that those who continue to spew negativity on this Web site on articles of such a sensitive nature will think twice and respond with the respect you feel others should give your loved ones.

Reality

Sat Mar 21 2009 11:20

I am not quite sure how he was a journalist. He took pictures for a 3rd rate newspaper. Of course he has a big time family.

Your name

Sat Mar 21 2009 11:14

Why not honor the other students who have been killed in car accidents or who died at all?