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...Although Power is continuing to support Senator Obama, she has been quoted in The Nation as saying “if he doesn’t get the nomination I will be backing Senator Clinton with the same enthusiasm.” —Material from the Associated Press was used in the reporting of this story...
...controversy surrounding women’s only hours, which Fox News and the Associated Press have made national news, stems from its source: Muslim women who requested these hours because they must be fully clothed if men are exercising alongside them. If students need education and real-life experience with any civic issue—the supposed goal of our revitalized curriculum—it is this: the politics of multiculturalism and how America will deal with its changing ethnic and religious makeup...
...speaking English, this is the United States.” From these two pieces, it seems as if cultural sensitivity is not The Campus Press’s forte. This decision amounts to a serious lapse of judgment on the part of many higher-ups in The Campus Press. Freedom of the press is a right to be defended at all costs. It is crucial to remember, however, that along with asserting the right of freedom of the press comes a responsibility. By virtue of the influence and mission of news publications, it is their responsibility to publish well-informed...
These racist columns that made their way into a college publication violated that responsibility. Because of this, it was a wise decision on the part of The Campus Press to temporarily suspend the opinion section. The publication is currently under self-examination, and opinions editor Pehrson is in the process of drawing up an opinions policy that will set an “acceptability standard” for content in the future...
These are all steps in the right direction, and hopefully will prevent this sort of racist discourse from running under the radar in the future. Many other opinions writers for The Campus Press wrote that they were appalled to see, “If it’s war the Asians want…” appear in the paper...