In your last issue, Entertainment Editor Ryan Broderick wrote an article entitled “Hofstra Concerts still working out formula.” As a member of the organization’s elected board, I cannot even begin to pick out how much is wrong with the reporting in this piece.

First and foremost, Broderick misspelled names of two of the opening performers, “Mike McClain” is spelled “Mike Maclain,” and “The Vice” is spelled “Device.” Another problem with the article is that Mr. Broderick did not come to us in Hofstra Concerts to ask our side on the issue. Instead, he just blathered on and on about what a band used to “playing in basements and keggers,” The Broosevelts, thought about playing at a real show with a real schedule. But aside from the heavily flawed reporting skills of the article’s writer, The Broosevelts themselves left a whole lot of information out of their obscenity laced interview.

The band neglected to mention that they arrived an hour and 15 minutes late for load-in and sound-check, and that it took them close to 15 minutes to tune their guitars. Even though Hofstra Concerts had the band sound-checked on time considering their lateness, The Broosevelts still started playing 15 minutes late. We had a schedule to maintain and, as a matter of fact, we generously extended the band’s set by five minutes. Hofstra Concerts has a level of professionalism to maintain, and whether the performers are a band like Boys Like Girls or The Broosevelts, we’re going to stick by what has made us one of the most highly respected clubs on campus.

The Broosevelts also tremendously disrespected Device, a band that flew over from the United Kingdom to play around the area. During Device’s set, The Broosevelts and their fans screamed obscenities, jeered and even started a fight on the floor of Hofstra USA as a joke. Maybe it’s because the shows they’re used to playing involve a few dozen inebriated co-eds, but regardless, a little bit of class can only do you good in the music world. So maybe you can go and say that Hofstra Concerts has to do more work to “perfect the formula” or maybe you can just say we should just stop booking bands that show up late and disrespect their fellow musicians.

I am disappointed by The Chronicle’s lack of fact-checking and balancing the bias, and am also upset by the fact that we have been attacked by a band that has absolutely no credibility amongst students outside of their fan base. Maybe the bands bad luck can be blamed on the fact that no one wanted to lend them a guitar when a string was broken, but blaming their short set time and misfortune on anyone but themselves is unfair and wrong.

So for a band like The Broosevelts and a writer like Mr. Broderick to go and tell us that we don’t have the formula right-well that’s just nonsense.

David Winchell is a junior video/television student.