By REBECCA COHEN<\/p>\n
Waiting to be served at the Rathskeller, I realized that the server I had was not pleased by my presence.<\/p>\n
It didn\u2019t take long to realize why. It was my most recent cover story in the The<\/i> Miami Hurricane<\/i> titled, \u201cLoopholes allow for underage drinking at the Rat.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although every member of the Rathskeller staff willfully spoke to me, disclosing their encounters with underage drinkers, they were displeased with my story. Why?<\/p>\n
Everything I said was factual and thoroughly researched. It is not my fault that these servers were exposed by the underage students they accidentally served.<\/p>\n
However, as a journalist, I take the heat of their anger. They blame me, because that\u2019s my job: to report the news as it is — even if people aren\u2019t going to be happy about it.<\/p>\n
Had I interviewed the dozens of Rathskeller-goers I did and found nothing but stories of a strictly enforced policy and failed attempts at underage drinking, I would have happily reported that. However, that is not what I found. Was I to report false cases of a strictly enforced policy? No.<\/p>\n
Although these servers may be upset by story, it will benefit the entire student body, including them, in the long run, because the attention drawn to the poorly administered policy is to result in a wake-up call to servers.<\/p>\n
In all honesty, I would likely shed a tear or two if the Rathskeller was closed, but it\u2019s closing will not be the result of someone exposing the loopholes in the system. It would be a result of the policy continuing to go down the slippery slope it is currently on, because nobody had the guts to draw attention to it.<\/p>\n
As a reporter, I am not a traitor to my community, but an investigator. A reporter\u2019s job is to investigate polices, report the facts and expose what is really happening in any given community \u2013 regardless if it\u2019s going to make people happy or not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By REBECCA COHEN Waiting to be served at the Rathskeller, I realized that the server I had was not pleased by my presence. It didn\u2019t take long to realize why. It was my most recent cover story in the The … Continue reading