Despite both the gravity of the event and the impressive turnout, somehow Thursday's Take Back the Night vigil didn't make the cut for Friday's news page in The Cavalier Daily. In fact, it only appeared on page A2 as a photo and caption (which doesn't go on their web site) and in the Opinion section as a jumping-off point for a column about something else.
I understand both the event's timing (late at night) and its sensitive topic made this difficult to cover. But that doesn't make the event any less meaningful, relevant and newsworthy for the community, marks on which I think it scored very high. In addition, the organizers advertised it for weeks, giving the paper plenty of time to decide whether they would cover it. Considering some of the other news stories that ran in Friday's paper ("Maintenance repairs continue on Grounds" ?), they didn't exactly make the gutsy call.
It'll be interesting to see whether they include it in Monday's paper or just let it pass.
Late Update: Nope, no mention in Monday's news, but an interesting column on TBTN and sexual assault more generally from CD columnist Erald Kolasi.
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