Comments on: Unpromoted Crimson Editor Burns Bridges, Collects Ashes, Re-Burns Them; Then Packs Ash Ashes Into Payload of Nuclear Warhead and Hurls Into Sun

By: cc'10

cc'10 — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:34:40 +0000

this is in poor taste IvyGate. i know it’s a fine line between humor and integrity, but you guys should know better. this kid does not deserve the ridicule of your readership and a lifetime of google-ability for an angry email (which may very well have been appropriate – you and I both don’t know the circumstances). So yea, be smarter about this next time please.

By: hahahaha...so asian

hahahaha...so asian — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:36:52 +0000

kid's a winner. http://www.andrewdegrado.org/2002_comp4/yifei_chen.htm

By: hahahaha...so asian

hahahaha...so asian — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:36:07 +0000

kid's a winner. http://www.andrewdegrado.org/2002_comp4/yifei_chen.htm

By: penis

penis — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 18:27:16 +0000

i like yifei

By: Captain Obvious

Captain Obvious — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:43:07 +0000

While I think the verdict on toolishness has come down quite clearly, I think “jj” misses the fact that blocking groups are selected towards the end of freshman year–indeed, basically into the second semester of involvement with an organization if you comp in the fall. The fact that they’re all from the same blocking group does not independently prove anything. Knowing a few of them, the actual reality seems to be that they blocked together AFTER becoming heavily involved with the board, not vice versa, which actually makes sense in a world lacking insane, petty conspiracy theories levied by morons.

By: Sub

Sub — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:52:17 +0000

I didn’t finish reading Yifei’s resignation letter, for the same reason he probably didn’t get promoted: the kid can’t write. Well, it’s either that, or the Crimson editorial board is “an excluding, cliqued organization that stands commensurate with as final clubs.”

By: jj

jj — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:15:11 +0000

Yifei may or may not be a tool. But he was right about the crimson editorial board, which elected 5 out of their 6 recent associates from one blocking group.

By: funny

funny — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 04:11:45 +0000

NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE!

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 04:02:16 +0000

It’s one thing to post emails from top Crimson editors about an internal dispute about how they should cover themselves. That’s clearly fair game if the emails are leaked. They shouldn’t be given a free pass, since they do similar things as journalists. It’s another thing to post an email from a random nonexecutive at The Crimson who is upset about his lack of position. This has absolutely no value whatsoever except to make the kid look like an asshole. He may well be an asshole, I don’t know him, but he doesn’t deserve to have the whole world know that because he posted something to a list when he was upset. This isn’t like Aleksey Vayner, who made up lies about himself and circulated them widely. I don’t think The Crimson would publish something like this (though if people have counterexamples I’d be interested).

By: btmitch

btmitch — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 01:59:07 +0000

I’m not necessarily disagreeing with the thought that this is pretty mean to this guy, but I just want to briefly point out that the journalism industry wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for leaks, so it seems disingenuous to give journalists (especially Crimson writers, who are notorious for printing “off the record” comments or taking quotes radically out of context) a free pass.