Show rrVAVvVAWvvAvv 4 l TbsUta 4 Controversy surrounds issue of press acccc The Utah Statesman editorial policy is the subject of a campus dispute by Jill Richards Nfc' JUl Richards mi eemmissiened by The Utah Statesman through th gfmDm Weelfbrd of the temmnnitalien department to write the following story fcfodsu t presently nor hot she ever been o member of The Utah Statesman wrote the story under the direction of Wool) ord who also edited the copy h loin Stale University recently the student government threatened to news isImiI the campus paper unless it prints more student-oriente- d 75 to 80 percent of our paper is student related’ said Don of the University News "It was only last semester that we IB print anything but university news" jad f lathy aid he chooses what is printed according to his editorial opinion Tseer refused to print campus news" he said "as long as it was possi-ka- d oar limited space and limited resources I choose the news that is lammuthy" Sandy a group of students at Utah State has been questioning the The Utah Statesman the Sigma Nu fraternity had a ceremonial banquet in honor of anthousaodth pinning a highly significant fraternity event which took it fljttn to achieve Many Sigma Nus who had graduated from Utah State ksatomeiid the event The fraternity felt the event was worth publication AIM Skksman so Chris Wold wrote and submitted an article three am before the event Tni practices of Ik Vbh Stutsman managing editor Wayne Adair felt other stories had story Bed to appeal to a small seg-t- o of our readers” Adair i “I didn't seem that aon value "The of the campus community Steven Sara student senator from the CeZsgt cf Engineering expressed disappointment in the lack of coverage the peyar to the Engineering Week activities He said Tom Stoddard who wriaes a pvt cl umn for The Utah Statesman volunteered to write articles on Enpaecfisg lor the paper "Tom wrote five articles" Sara said "Not one sms p-- Uit ed” Sara said Engineering Week is the only big event gmoaowd by die CcTrp of Engineering He felt coverage of the activities by the student aemptpv could have been vital to the success of the week Fred Browning adviser to the Black Student Union (ESU) mid should have given space to a Thanksgiving dinner at tic Newman Center and to BSU’s tribute to Martin Luther King "It was a slap in the face for no student body coverage" Browning said He said The Utah Statesman was notified well in advance of the King lriamr but no one from the paper inquired about the event before or after it took " £ BSU-sponaor- Ct place Jensen and Linderman presented the petition to the publications hoasrl at of the board to con sider the wording of the petition and to take into account the nearly signatures Wold also appeared to present the specific complaint the Nu fraternity had against the paper Wold said he hoped the board woifcU "look for someone who is more sensitive to students’ needs" when ehtanmj a new editor later in the meeting The board received t&e petition listened to the but took no action "It would be virtually ble for an editor to everyone" said Dick of the faculty members cf board "He would tlr(T either blacks f nities or whites alter editor must dad wUlt space staff tSatt-- cT C things enter in its meeting on Friday March 6 They asked the members O cotlato i kWa the story kfo the banquet didn't run the Sigma htrosched The Utah todiior David Eskelsen it could run Tadiemno" tl tb afterward Eskelsen said value had decreas- - d" Itansben Chns "il Mart Jensen told their article ml than the (JJyHt "' t 'v D“r °P °Pcr I y often run in the funded at least in pan by ASUSU He decided ttories submitted by student organizations was in conflict Publication guidelines which states: "Statesman shall be conducted °f tudent news and opinion All publications shall be of the student community" Nu and other campus organizations were being denied ° the student newspaper Ctl“ ° think that when it says in the s that The V Voce °f the student that it means them specifically” assignment editor at The Utah Statesman "We i by-law- I ffots n general” Thcr Sigma Nu Bart Linderman drafted and circulated a hnge in the paper’s policy "We want a more open “udents can use the paper for student opinion” order to change something you’ve got to take the time to - publish ?1 ' 7 " be reexamination of student funds supporting The Utedt eT- - We are in agreement that there is inadequate coverage of QUMUoni activities and campus related issues when space to features we consider to be of little value" 5 Jensen and Linderman took the petition with near Blythe Ahlatrom executive assistant to USU Prcai- - f tonuld be to look at it and then direct it to the nid "The students here seemed siocero TT1 1 indicate Sigma Nus Many cowyiaat cet ing place at the grasar J 1 v (with the editors asi the paper) If £cy ca’t CikO that level they shot£J c the board" board can — The situation in the i some publications There irony on student publications which are funded by ASUSU If the MtSitt ment withdrew funding from The Utah Statesman the paper would no IzrT come under the board's jurisdiction The paper would no its guidelines and it is conceivable that all student voice in the ptt — 17 could be denied by the editorial staff ASUSU receives 13 a student each quarter on attach it fccccj CTTT The 117500 of the budget which was appropriated to 71t cr received amounts of the one cmepr was any by largest year 1 1) r ' is also one of the smallest percentages of total Operating COO f business ASUSU student-fundeto group According Riemondy The Utah Statesman only receives 12 perce cffclt costs from ASUSU 3 f 7 Larry Baker adviser to the student newt”?er Si! tcrrJ was last tJ That ASUSU year without money funding equipment and desks The money for the actual pc— Cl "1 comes from ads and other special projects “We like the money” Bilker said "We'd ’ have it” Each spring quarter the btsjet fcr t r — T?)' "ihC ' editors to the pufciicatioas '1 the to agrees tractuaSy 1 — For school year ' are Mt Cl ' ' ct f'— tt Ui t’J r? ' t' tr dsa f 1 tat nc? a d til based on the idea that the paper funded by ASUSU ?? ttudents what the students request it is obliged to T"1 I t ef Publications 71 — 1C tIMfiCfM IBM ’i c°py of the todent publics- “ hc govem- - ' -v "I’m no CTTtaacJ JL tions —to studatts (71 I ’ complaints’’ he scl 3 " ' kora staff dad atikiad and decid could be li t- -- pllkiiCfldottfta fynofthe paper They fSr rith the response 5--d iatd Ilird cj tl te issued Varrt to e r r 1 f V- - |