Word: masthead
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This is why we are not surprised that one of our own decided to express his frustration with the organization in his bi-monthly column by pointing out the most unctuous portions of its latest publication, and by naming those who appear on the masthead. What does surprise us is the response he apparently elicited. Someone within our community decided that the best way to let Peninsula know that he or she disapproves of its inflammatory and overblown rhetoric was to tape a swastika to the door of one of its members. Apparently, linking Padilla to the genocidal reign...
...author of that "vile" enemies list, I regret that I did not include Mr. Kaufman by name. The article was entirely my creation and yes, Joshua, I am proud of it. By listing the entire masthead of the publication, however, Mr. Kaufman committed a libelous offense. The vast majority of those people he named had absolutely no control over the editorial content of the previous issue. He even included the wrong Christopher Brown. Maybe Josh had better do some research next time...
...addition, given knowledge that the article was well-discussed by the Peninsula staff, and that such discussion led to massive staff fall-out, it was not unfair of Kaufman to list the names of all those on the masthead. For those who should not have been on the masthead, ask Peninsula for an apology--not Joshua Kaufman, and certainly not The Crimson Staff, who do not necessarily endorse the views of their columnists...
Then the flood began. The Crimson reported that two of those listed on the masthead had requested that their names be blacked out as a result of the Griffith piece, and that two others spoke to The Crimson revealing that they should not have been on the masthead in the first place, since they hadn't been involved with Peninsula in recent memory. Two of these students demanded an apology from The Crimson for running their names. A third student, John Applebaum '97, also listed in the Kaufman article, wrote expressing his distaste for Kaufman's piece and his objection...
...culpability of the entire Peninsula staff for the article written by one of its members, despite a Peninsula disclaimer on its table of contents page stating that signed pieces are the opinions of the authors alone. Despite this, I agree with Kaufman's premise that all on the masthead bear some responsibility for being associated with a publication that would allow a writer to speak for all of them by using the first person plural...