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Show OPINION A 4 F,'1; : 04 IL!) 91411;1. L r (i ! 77) I j I 1 I -- k .: I (11 I 1 j ri LI :1----9- ' L Our View: Newspaper, journalism vital to DSU, cutting our fees unnecessary this year. Adviser Rhiannon Bent, editor-in-chiRyann Hein len, news editor Abby Doman, and opinion editor Kelly Seaton went before the committee in February and presented their findings as well as established why they believe the news organization deserves to maintain its $1 BY DIXIE SUN NEWS STAFF Dixie State Unlversity holds a place on the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education's top ten worst colleges for freedom of speech list not without reason. The fight against these rights has impacted faculty and staff relationships. It has lead to two editorials published within the last year. Now, the DSU Student Fees Allocation Committee plans to propose to the DSU Board of Trustees that the Dixie Sun News' student fees be decreased for a second time. Last year, the Dixie Sun News attended the SFAC hearings to defend its right to $1 of student fees that are put toward the student news organization. After presenting how its fees were used, the committee attempted to cut the Dixie Sun News' fees without even a courtesy call. The staff marched down to the Truth in Tuition meeting and the cut was reversed. This year again, the SFAC asked the news organization to present again and show how they had improved the utilization of these fees allocation. Because the system for selecting members of the SFAC is flawed, the Dixie Sun News staff knew before presenting the first time that an uphill battle would be ahead. as an impartial, advisory body and separate from student leadership; however, the DSU Student Association is the body that chooses members that sit on SFAC. This creates a biased committee that not only dictates their own fees, but also the fees of those who serve as their checks and bal- ance system. On the reviewing committee, for instance, over 50 percent of members were associated with the DSU Student Association; there was also a current athlete and a Multicultural and Inclusion Center director's immediate : well-writte- its readers. Dixie Sun News does not edit comments. However, an editor will not post any comments that are libelous or vulgar. I , , 11;,-- . , ' .Zr ' ',-. , 'r.-:.-- , ,, ' ..d'--' , ,.: ',.. ,' ''''' - -, .,,,.,- I, ' ' 'I .4.,,. - .,. .1k -..' --------- . 'N' ',',. ,-. - N,'-f r'. '''' ' . , -- ,,, - ' ,4.. m , , 't , ,,-(J- ,,, , 2 g ' ' i - , Sr- t ,,,,, i I- i - ..., NI ... ,,,,, t, ..... .' .. t , t i ( , - t 1 , 1 ' ' '', 7 1 ) ! '' 4.e..ara - ..., .......... BY NOELLE SPENCER noellespencer The Dixie Sun News staff consists of 17 students with a passion for journalism, news writing .. s, ir. . ,,, .. , 1 ,. ir is,l. its.' 17; t ,, 4 , ''''''' ,Th'.i is r, P '''''''' 0 i , , . 1; lecl or' 46 , a !!: i r z. ..,". 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Online news typically generates much less with advertisements as well, which would also result in fewer funds for the Dixie Sun News. Hillary Warren, adviser of Otterbein360.com at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio says in a USA Today and news editing equipment, conferences, a web hosting fee, a news wire, and a plethora of other vital learning accessories. We are the press, the checks and balances, the personification of the first amendment. We are students dedicated to our passion. Therefore, don't cut the Di-)d- e Sun News' fees. Help us change the board of trustees mind on or before March 22. If you stand with us, write to us at dbdesundixie.edu and explain why. You can also sign our petition at https: ,... Ltrntuv, 1 'k corn. The guidelines for letters are as follows: Submissions should be no longer than 250 words and must be Writers must include name, phone number and email address. Students should also include year in school, hometown and major. Letters are subject to editing for length, style and grammar. Letters consisting of inaccurate, libelous or highly offensive content will not be published. Letters should be submitted to dixiesundixie.edu in the body of the email, not an attachment. Letters become property of Dixie Sun News and may be published in any format. Dixie Sun News en- . 1 10'CH- 1104 v14' - Nr Alternatives If the SFAC still believes this cut is justified, let us help you remember that our money is not just spent on printing costs and scholarships. Funds are spent on a number of other avenues such as broadcast Printing costs and passionate about journalism, not the enemy Send letters to the editor to DixieSundixie. edu. Letters to the editor are accepted and may be published in the newspaper andor dixiesunnews. cut is. off campus. DSN staff 110 10)', article, "Online revenue for college papers do not match what can be made with print editions." Again, the SFAC's lack of knowledge about this truly shows how unfounded this students that they pick up a newspaper in one stand and put it back in another. It is unreasonable to assume tracking papers is straightforward when a great number of papers are migrating on and st Waste Both of these arguments relative. of money to move to a digital platform. Therefore, this is obviously not something we could achieve with a fee cut. The argument that the Dixie Sun News throws away newspapers is unfounded in itself. We have heard from multiple clearly show that SFAC members do not know the details of our newsroom and that they are justifying a cut to our fees by asking for unreasonable requirements It is completely unreasonable to expect a student newspaper to produce zero waste, and we should not have to hold ourselves to this expectation. Every single department on campus has waste whether it be athletics or the writing center. Targeting a newspaper for something everyone on campus produces is simply radical. The SEAC suggested that the Dixie Sun News focus more on the online presence; however, the Dixie Sun News already holds a digital-firphilosophy. We publish all of our content on our website before it hits the stands, reach out on social media daily and focus on available content. The only way we could create a more online presence would to move entirely online. Despite the obvious reasons for rejecting this, such as not all students have access to smart devices to read the newspaper, or that the Dixie Sun News is the only longstanding print publication left that records the history of the university, it also costs a lot newspaper allocations range anywhere from $2 to $8 With this information, even after a presentation with thorough evidence proving the SFAC 's recommendations from last year were taken into consideration, the fees received a 25 percent cut. This means the Dixie Sun News would only receive $0.75 per student if the SFAC's recommendation is approved by the board of trustees. The committee had two main arguments for this cut: the Dixie Sun News produces waste through the newspaper and we should focus more on an online presence. The selection process The SFAC is meant to act 1 i On the other hand, it was a former Dixie Sun News reporter, not a current member, that was included to represent our concerns. This is unconventional for student fees committees across the state. Adviser Rhiannon Bent also requested a current member be put on the committee, and this is what we got instead. It is key to mention here that the Dixie Sun News receives the lowest amount of student fees on campus and the lowest allocated journalism fees statewide. Across the state, ef a staff picture. The staff On Wednesday our newspaper comes out and we discuss what went well and what we can do better as a staff. For example, things such as grammatical errors, other writing errors, and issues that need to be discussed in future editions of the newspaper. e All of us are students with busy schedules, so keeping up with the load of the Dixie Sun News is no easy task. The staff has to be capable full-tim- SEE STAFF PAGE 4 "Roma" is undeniably worthy of its two Oscar wins for best foreign language film and cinematography. It is a riveting film that is sprawling and epic while remaining beautifully intimate and enrapturing. I was reminded of films I watched with my mom and grandmother when I was young while watching "Roma." Films like "Citizen Kane" or "Dr. Zhivago" that were made in the golden era of Hollywood. I thought of those films because "Roma" is an exercise in classic film making. There are no hyper active fast cuts. The camera only moves when it needs to. Director Alfonso Cuarón masterfully allows the story to simply unfold before our eyes through long, slow tracking shots and moments where the camera remains still allowing the moment to happen instead of interrupting it with a cut to a new perspective. They just don't make films like this anymore and that is the main reason I enjoyed it so much. "Roma" tells the story of a woman named Cleo who is the maid for a middle-clas- s family in Mexico in 1970 and follows the events of her life from the summer of that year until the summer of 1971. Cleo is based on the director's real life nanny, Liboria Rodriguez and the film is a kind of retelling of her memories from that year. One of the most poignant scenes of the film is the recreation of the Corpus Christi massacre, which involved the killing of student protesters during the Mexican Dirty War on June 10, 1971. Curaon approaches this brutal moment in history through the perspective of Cleo who is at a store with her employer. 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