For the first three years I attended Baker, one of my biggest pet peeves was receiving countless emails which did not pertain to me or catch my interest. This year, that problem has been solved with the daily Wildcat Wire, but it seems there have been a number of complaints from students about that as well.
The Wildcat Wire is a great tool for students and faculty to keep up to date with what is going on around campus. It is an easy way for organizations to publicize upcoming events they are hosting as well.
The problem is that many people are not taking time to read what is in the Wildcat Wire to stay informed with what is happening at Baker.
Last year, I’ll admit that I had a bad habit of immediately deleting emails when I saw who sent them and what the subject was. There were even a few emails I accidentally deleted because I assumed they would not have any effect on me.
This year, I have not have received very many emails that I have contemplated not even reading and a lot of that has to do with the Wildcat Wire.
The Wildcat Wire only takes a minute or two to read through the daily email, but people still have the automatic reaction to delete it when shows up in their inbox. If someone does not take the one or two minutes it takes to read the Wildcat Wire, it is their own fault for not being aware of what is going on around campus.
Would the people who delete the Wildcat Wire without reading it rather receive numerous emails that they won’t look at instead?
There still might be a lot of information in the Wildcat Wire that students and faculty aren’t interested in, but it is still not too much to ask to read through it.
The Wildcat Wire is sent out at approximately 6 a.m. every day, so it is usually one of the first emails that students and faculty have in their inbox. It serves as a good reminder for what events are going on each day.
I understand there will still be quite a few people who will continue not to read the Wildcat Wire. However, before saying that no one reads the Wildcat Wire or complaining about it, just remember all of those emails sent the past few years that did not pertain to a majority of Baker students and faculty. The Wildcat Wire is preventing that from happening as well as summarizing what is going on around campus.
