Spring Break
Committee discusses student publications
Erik Myers
Issue date: 2/29/08 Section: News
Steward also noted the relationship between the paper and the administration would be much less strained.
"It also relieves the (administration) of them that crutch, where they feel like they have to answer, it gives the Collegian organization a piece of mind that they aren't as liable to be facing some kind of action on the part of the administration."
Sean Reed, Collegian editorials editor and committee member, said he felt the paper needed no shift from its current format, the university-operated student newspaper.
"I'm not sold that we have to change anything," Reed said. "I think that the university is not comfortable of being held liable, but I think there are ways of doing that that don't involve us leaving completely."
Reed continued, saying that because of the Collegian's role as a "mothership" of Student Media, exiting the current format could have lasting effects on other student media entities.
"There are a lot of variables to be considered; we subsidize a lot of what goes on in the other branches of Student Media: CTV, KCSU, College Avenue," Reed said. "If we leave entirely, I think it'd be a little more tricky for us to help those other branches and to work together."
News Editor Erik Myers can be reached at news@collegian.com.
"It also relieves the (administration) of them that crutch, where they feel like they have to answer, it gives the Collegian organization a piece of mind that they aren't as liable to be facing some kind of action on the part of the administration."
Sean Reed, Collegian editorials editor and committee member, said he felt the paper needed no shift from its current format, the university-operated student newspaper.
"I'm not sold that we have to change anything," Reed said. "I think that the university is not comfortable of being held liable, but I think there are ways of doing that that don't involve us leaving completely."
Reed continued, saying that because of the Collegian's role as a "mothership" of Student Media, exiting the current format could have lasting effects on other student media entities.
"There are a lot of variables to be considered; we subsidize a lot of what goes on in the other branches of Student Media: CTV, KCSU, College Avenue," Reed said. "If we leave entirely, I think it'd be a little more tricky for us to help those other branches and to work together."
News Editor Erik Myers can be reached at news@collegian.com.
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