| Show o. o f CONSTITUTION CHANGE NEEDED By MIKE DAME Presently the Associated Students of Utah Technical College a at t Salt Lake SL constitution- constitution provides that the student newspaper will be directed by Vice President of Publication The paper for some time now has been under the Councils Council's admin admin- Many problems arise when a student newspaper is under the d direction ire c t ion 0 of fits its officers both le legal legal legal le- le gal and technical For the period of time before before before be be- fore December 1972 the same situation existed at the University University University sity of Utah The Daily Utah Chronicle student newspaper at the University was under the direction of the Associated Students of the University of Utah according to the constitution Even though the was not or administrated by representatives they remained remained remained re re- re- re the publishers On December 6 1972 received word that they were being sued by a former Vice President for libel and slander On the same date an article in Volume 82 Number 48 of the Chronicle was published concerning the suit The headline was CHRONICLE NAMED IN 2 MILLION SUIT A summary in quotation of the article reads thus A 2 million law lawsuit suit has been filed against the Daily Utah Chronicle Chronicle Chronicle Chron Chron- icle Id d the Associated Students Students Students Stu Stu- dents e University of Utah by Tod Hayes The com complaint filed in Third District Court Monday alleges alleges' that the e Chronicle libeled li libeled libeled li- li Mr Hay Hays Hayes s in an article appearing in th the Nov 3 Chron Chron- icle Mr Hayes is a former Vice President Could this happen to should Points West even by mistake libel someone someone someone some some- one Yes According to the the Ex- Ex Council are the publishers publishers pub pub- lishers ushers therefore they would sued sued not not the be paper In most colleges and universities universities universities uni uni- the student newspaper newspaper newspaper new new- is a body separate from the student association or government asit as asit asit it is called Current President Clark Campbell says when a student newspaper is directed I by the student government that it denies academic and publishing freedom Most colleges and uni- uni that have a student newspaper as a separate body are administrated by a publications council which directs the financial affairs and gives suggestions on making the paper better Essentially the publications council are I Ithe I the publishers Clark Campbell says the same in that A publications council should be the pub pub- lisher Campbell adds that there should always be a of the press and the state in effect the student newspaper and the student association Administrative President President President dent Jay Nelson says The paper has to be directed by a publications council President Nelson says I Iam Iam Iam am fully in favor of a publications publications publications council De De Wise Editor of the Utah Technical College at Provo says of their pu publications council Its helpful and we get a lot of opinions De De explains that Provos Provo's publications council primarily helps in matters matters matters mat mat- of financial decisions and helps to decide on a few policy matters She says she likes it because the policy is fair What is the role of the student newspaper De De has the answer The student newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper should represent the stu stu- stu- stu of the college Of the Editors Editor's role she said I feel the Editor should be di di- responsible to the students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents because the students finance the paper Even though the Editor gets a lot of pressure from the staff faculty faculty faculty fa fa- fa- fa culty administration and student student student stu stu- stu- stu dent government he is still responsible to the student body Why should the student newspaper be a separate body from the student government If for no other reason than to avoid suit President Clark Campbell has one comment on student newspapers newspapers newspapers news news- papers and tive councils The student newspaper of any school should be separate from the body in which it is critiquing |
