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Student Editors Rebuked for Abusive Roles on Campus

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responsibly and discontinue
the editorial policy which per-
mits the publication of such
vicious and abusive articles.
"Further, we strongly urge
the South End to improve its
service to the University
community by providing com-
plete and broader coverage
of campus news in keeping
with the role and expectations
for our official student news-
paper."
This statement appeared on

Page 6 of the South End. On
Page 4 of the same issue
appears a "Memorandum"
entitled: "Subject: The South
End. From: George E. Gul-
len Jr., President, to: Student
Newspaper Publication Board
and Staff of the South End.
Date: January 24, 1973."
Heading this Memorandum
which sets forth a projected
set of rules for the student
paper, is a caricature entitled

"Chairman of the Board."
On Page 3 of Mondavi
issue, preceding both the
statement and the memor-
andum, are the comments of
the editorial board entitled
"Our Response to Mr. Gul-
len," In which it Is charged:
"The memorandum, which
Mr. Gallen has presented us
with is nothing but • smoke
screen to cloud the real is-
sue which is the right of this
paper to exist."

In the lengthy condemna-
tion of Dr.' Gullen and his
associates. the South End
editors state (misspellings
and punctuation errors in-
tact).
- "Cullen accuses the paper
of seriously hurting the uni-
versity maintaining that stu-
dents are refusing to pick
the paper up because of its
'excessive treatment of its
revolutionary idealogy.'
"He cites faculty members
in large numbers who are
incensed because of the
South End's 'poor composi-
tion, poor language and style,
its extreme hostilities and the
feeling that 'the training pos-
sibilities of the South End
are grossly neglected. Not
efficiently content in thank-
ing us with mere bows and
arrows, our general brings
out the B-52s and drops the
false issue of anti-Semitism
into the fray, stating that
many alumni and other com-
munity persons and groups

are incensed at the South

Ends incivilities and its anti-

Semitism. According Gullen,
these groups are claiming
that the South End is detri-

mental to the public reputa-
tion of the university and
should not be supported with
tax funds.
"We realize that when a
paper takes a general stand
which at times may prove to
be unpopular with a certain

percentage of the population

to whom it is distributed,
we will come under criticism
however, no paper can enjoy

full support by everyone and
instead tries to appeal to
the basic interests of as
many as possible.
"As for our extreme hos-
tilities we will always take
an uncompromising stand
where racism is involved. We
will refuse to accomadating

to capitalism while it robs
people of their right to com-
fortably exist under any-
thing but the slave wages
and runaway profits of a sys-
tem which lets the few grow
rich at the expense of the
many. In his regard we will
remain hostile and encorage
all other forces hostile to the

capitalist system to over-
throw and abolish it

"The South End is training
people for life in a way that
a Daily Collegian or Varsity
News will never be able to
approximate. For this paper
is sending people out into
the reality of the everyday
world and demanding that
they ask questions about the
many contradictions which
exist So far reality has
found two of our reporters
ted, peoples homes bro-
ken into by a police force
gone berserk a first hand
view of our government at
work, our university at work
and all the corporations which
make them run.

"We have a number of peo-
ple on the staff who plan to
make journalism their career
and these people havenot
complained that their writing
skills have not improved,
only that they fear their
chances obtaining a position
within the established press
are greatly reduced by their
experience on a Black Left

paper. We come finally to
Gullen's trump card, our al-
leged anti-Semitism. We find

it interesting to note that in
a non-Black university where
it is possible to count the
number of Black professors
on one hand and the number
of instructors by simply using
both hands; that the presi-
dent of this university in par-

ticular who has said, after

this university has forced
countless thousands of Black
residents from their homes
in the path of the great uni-
versity land grab, that he
would like to build upper in-
come housing enticing sub-
urbanites back into the city'
that this man now would
have the nerve to accuse
this paper of being hostile
to any race is fantastic.

"We respond to this false
issue by stating that we at

no time have consciously ad-
vocated any policy or posi-
tion which would undermine
the right to self determina-
tion of the Jewish Peoples
We admit that we made a
grave error in our opposition
to Zionism in all its forms
when we unfortunately equat-
ed the legitimate national
symbol of the Jewish Peoples
of the world with a swastika
It was a grave and tragic
error and we appologized
for that error.
"Our editorial policy as
stated many times, is not in
opposition to Jewish people
it is in opposition to the
tragedy of Zionism as prac-
ticed in the Middle East. Un-
der no circumstances will we
ever attempt to undermine
the integrity of the Jewish
peoples of the world and we
condemn all attempts to con-
fuse our stand against Zion-
ism with ant-Semitism.
"As stated in the beginning
of this article Gullen and his
forces pay lip service to ba-
sic rights and statutes which
they violate anyway by try-
ing to force us become an-
other Wayne Report The
memorandum joke. It says
that the administration will
break the charter in order to
enforce it.
"The underhanded practice
of Gullen's is nothing new.

He slanderously implicated
the South End in the sense-
less assault of an SEC mem-
ber last week. This is a per-
sonal affront as he impli-
cated members of the South
End in a public meeting
knox ing full ■• t. 1 I of he could

not identify the assailants
but content to use the South
End as a convienient scape-
goat. We condemn this type
of practice and we condemn
same type of tactics which
have been employed to under-
mine the policy and exist-
ence of this paper as it pres-
ently stands. We see George
exposed and we feel secure
in the support we have not
only from those who support
our editorial policy and those
who support our right to sim-
ply exist. We will not be
coerced into compromise."

The "Memorandum" by
Dr. Gullen takes into account
the guarantees of freedom
inherent in the First Amend-
ment and the principle of
student self-government. On
the basis of abuses that be-
came apparent Dr. Gullen

states that "the situation has
become intolerable and re-
quires correction," and there-
upon he sets forth his views
as follows:
"The position I must take
is therefore as follows:

a. THE SOUTH END im-
mediately and in responsible
manner amend its editorial
policy and become a respon-
sible and respectable campus
newspaper including direct-
ing itself to report University
affairs in more adequate
fashion restraining itself from
offensively violating the civil
rights and decent sensitivities
of other groups and improv-
ing the tone and quality of
its total publication effort.

b. That the Student News-
paper Publication Board as-
sume at once its function as
publisher of THE SOUTH
END and provide effective
supervising control over its
editorial guidelines, its lack
of University-related respon-
sibility and its insensitivity
to the decent treatment of
groups and persons. The
guidelines established by the
Student Newspaper Publica-
tion Board should be applied
and enforced by the Student
Newspaper Publication Board.
c. The current wave of in-
dignation in the legislature,
in the community and within
the University itself is so
intense that corrective action
must not be delayed.

It would be far better for
THE SOUTH END to correct
itself without being compelled
to do so. Failing this the next
best thing in our judgment
would be for the Student
Newspaper Publication Board
and THE SOUTH END work-
ing together to effect imme-
diate corrections.

"Failing this the adminis-

tration will be compelled to
ask the board of governors
to amend the statutes and
return superintending control
to the Administration of the
University. Under such cir-
cumstances the University
proceed to enforce the Stu-

dent Newspaper Publication
Board guidelines and insist
upon responsible journalism
to replace the South End.

Corrective action is imme-
diately required to prevent
further deterioration of the
Univer sity's relationships
with the legislature and the
community.
"The Student Newspaper
Publication Board and the
Board
of Governors
are

scheduled to meet at tweak-
fast immediately preceding
the public meeting of the
Board of Governors on Feb-
ruary 9.
"The University Adminis-
tration urges the South End
and the Student Newspaper
Publication Board to be pre-
pared to outline to the Board
of Governors at this meet-
ing the corrective steps which
they will take on their own
behalf."
Monday's issue of the South
End also devotes a full page
to a distantly related aspect,
a court ruling by Judge Abe
Fortes on the question involv-
ing the First Amendment.
Tuesday's issue of the
South End reprinted the edi-
tors' statement because of
typographical errors in the
first printing. That issue did
not carry the administra-
tion's charges, but it did con-
tain
"Gullen's Memoran-
dum."

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