Nocturnal marching band flyers about cancer were in poor taste

I am writing this in reference to a flier for your concert last Saturday night, which depicted two little girls, one giving the middle finger, and stated that a reason to come to your concert was “because this little girl has cancer.” Although this flier was presumably supposed to be a joke, as someone whose mother died of cancer, whose father had cancer, and who has many close friends who have had family members or friends who have also died of, or are living with, cancer, I found it very offensive.

Although you do of course have the right to make whatever statements or jokes you want in your fliers, I think it is also important that we all remain sensitive to issues like cancer (and other issues as well) that affect many people on this campus. Though these types of issues may be more private and less well known than other issues people face, they are still offensive to joke about.