12.24.2003
Trifecta: Boston University, Brandeis University, and Boston College
This semester has not been a good one for the collegiate press.
We've seen incidents at Boston College, University of Nevada- Las Vegas, University of Tennessee, Hampton University, and, of course, most notably when Brandeis University's The Justice printed a controversial column.
The Justice's copy editor explains, in a letter to the Daily Free Press on Boston College's campus press troubles:
"As a member of the editorial board of the Justice, the independent student newspaper at Brandeis, I experienced first hand the madness of last month.There were bright spots, however, like BU's The Daily Free Press and its excellent coverage of the university's stumble in selecting former NASA administrator Daniel Goldin as the new president, and the ensuing debacle when the trustees backed out, leaving Goldin with a hefty severance package without even gettting sworn in.
Following the printing of the now-infamous 'Tigger remark,' senior members of Brandeis Administration pressured our editor-in-chief to resign under the threat of halting production of the newspaper. Although he resigned for the survival of the Justice and we ultimately conceded to all demands, our editorial board felt our independence mocked and our paper denigrated."
It'll be interesting to see what the spring semester holds for student journalists.
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