2008 Woodie Awards
CSU Republicans hold public petition
Erik Myers
Issue date: 9/25/07 Section: News
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McSwane will be brought before the Board of Student Communications on Wednesday, 7:00 pm, in the Plant Science building, room C101. The hearing, originally scheduled for tonight, was rescheduled due to a scheduling conflict with CSU's diversity conference keynote speaker, Ambassador Andrew Young, as well as for reasons of security.
According to the BSC manual, members of the public will have the opportunity to share their opinion on the editorial. Following public comments, the board will determine whether complaints of the editorial hold merit; if so, the board will schedule a time and date for a hearing panel to hold a private discussion to decide a course of action. The time when the board will announce its decision has not been decided.
Leading the push for resignation has been the CSU College Republicans. Yesterday, members of the group set up a booth at the Lory Student Center plaza, with a petition asking for McSwane's resignation. Kimber Denny, College Republicans outreach associate, had spent the entire afternoon at the booth, offering passerby the opportunity to sign the petition, and discussing the situation.
Denny said that the group questioned McSwane's editorial credientals, saying he had abused his power as Editor in Chief to promote a political agenda and had grossly offended the university and Fort Collins community. She said "hundreds" of members of the CSU and the city community had signed the petition. Denny said the petition wasn't intended to be politically motivated.
"It just so happens that the College Republicans have become the voice of CSU," Denny said. "We're standing up to present the voice of CSU and the Fort Collins community."
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Alum'01
posted 9/25/07 @ 6:02 AM MST
Check those petition names. I'm sure dozens will be fake. It wouldn't be the first time the GOP did that on campus. Plus, ask them where their funding is coming from - probably from the same people who want to ban books, create a theocracy, and enslave women to the kitchen. (Continued…)
jim
posted 9/25/07 @ 6:54 AM MST
Ask the GOP about Dick Chaney using the F word and the Pres flipping off on camera.
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Eric Pattison
posted 9/25/07 @ 7:49 AM MST
Does anybody on the side of the editor have anything intelligent to discuss, or are they going to just point fingers and try and shift blame? The allowance of such an absurd comment in a school paper has to raise questions about the editor's character and decision making ability. (Continued…)
Peter
posted 9/25/07 @ 8:06 AM MST
LOL...
Well, Wednesday night is the night!
The blame everyone else time is starting.
Who cares where the funding comes from!!
Who cares that the Vice President of the United States used the F word!!
These two comments have nothing to do with the current situation. (Continued…)
Alum'01
posted 9/25/07 @ 9:49 AM MST
What has consistently amazed me about the GOP faithful is the absolute ignorance of the views that the majority of their leaders possess. Sure, they play nice around TV cameras and news reporters in order to not alarm suburban women (the coveted vote for both sides) around election time, but privately the agenda of the GOP leadership is a much, much more sinister set of philosophies. (Continued…)
Jeanne B
posted 9/25/07 @ 10:02 AM MST
This is such an embarrassment. The Collegian is supposed to be a newspaper representing the student body of Colorado State University. The editors had to know that taking this strong public political stance would immediately segregage and alienate a large percentage of the CSU student body, the alumni, and the surrounding community. (Continued…)
lynnstash
posted 9/25/07 @ 10:22 AM MST
It's easy to call for someone's resignation when you're not the one being censored. The whole point of the editorial was to call attention to abuses of our civil liberties, including the right to free speech and the freedom of the press. (Continued…)
JON
posted 9/25/07 @ 10:37 AM MST
Hey FU*K CHELSEY PENOYER! Oh my gosh, what are you and your sissy friends going to do now? Make the country resign? oh and FU*K the Republicans at the Rocky Mountain school. (Continued…)
Joshua Covington
posted 9/25/07 @ 12:14 PM MST
I support the College Republicans in speaking out on this issue and in making their petition. They have the right to say how they feel and to disagree with the Collegian editorial, but isn't it a bit much for them to say that their organization has become the voice of CSU and the greater Fort Collins community? While it is true that many agree with them, not everyone does. (Continued…)
Erin
posted 9/25/07 @ 12:31 PM MST
What really upsets me about this whole thing is the total self-absorbment of the editorial staff of this paper. They assume everyone will share their opinion or that everyone who reads this paper or has affiliation with CSU is young, progressive, liberal and foul-mouthed. (Continued…)
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