THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY} AUGUST 1 7 Year Legacy of Editorial Freedom Contint tes Continued from Page 1) his brought intense criti- The Daily-from Regents, facultyhmembers and trators. The cr it ic is m tintense pressure on the n Control of StudentnPub- s to "do something" about ily. Board oversees all student! tions, including Gargoyle, tion and the Michiganen- well as The paily. An in- ent s t u d e n t association The Daily in 1890 and in od it to the Faculty Senate, had earlier created a Board rol of Student Publications. t evolved over time, the lost its tie to the faculty came an autonomous body ng directly to the Regents, e Board In Control of In- giate Athletics. isting today of five faculty rs, three students, two and two administrators ice-presidents for student and University relations),. ard has increasingly limited to overseeing The Daily's al affairs, avoiding any in- into Daily editorial policy. the Board had voted-on -to ask the faculty for an igation" into the "proper e, function and responsi- of The Daily. Some Board members viewed it as a chance to "do something" about the paper, while others thought it would give The Daily a vote of confidence and take some of the pressure off the Board. The faculty did eventually authorize a study of University communications media but avoid- ed initiating the type of investi- gation requested by the Board, obviously reluctant to step into the controversy. Thus the pressure on the Board to "do something" increased as the day for Daily senior appointments approached. Daily senior appointments are,, in the view of Daily staffers, a question of editorial freedom just as much as news and editorial content. They generally believe that the Board's appointments role should be limited to seeing that the jun- iors recommended for senior ap- pointments by the outgoing senior editors have the requisite 2.0 aver- age and meet the other empirical standards set forth.+ But perhaps because senior ap- pointments have become virtually the only real control it can em- ploy--and even though it usually rubberstamps the seniors' recom- mendations-the Board generally says that its role should be more direct and influential than that. When the Board had finished interviewing the juniors recom- mended for senior positions, Prof. Luke Cooperrider of the law school, Board chairman, called the senior editors into the room and said that the Board had voted 7-4 eral Board members had suggested that adding several new elements to The Daily's Code of Ethics might serve as a "face-saver" for the wavering Board members. Rapoport and Killingsworth talked over seven of these pro- posed "additions"-such as an edi- torial-page spot for faculty and administration opinion, which had already been initiated-and Rapo- port began discussing these with the three Board members. Important Developments There were also three other im- portant developments before Feb. 23: ! 3 stter legislators andi num-. discussing, the Free Press editorial, out of The Daily in exchange for victory over the Board--which in the telegrams and the disclosure Rapoport's appointment. the early 1960's had eventually about Hatcher all apparently had As the New York Times reporter managed to get the senior editors the desired effect. there to cover the story later to revise some of their recom- The Board voted, first 6-5 in a drawled, "There are two schools mendations and in 1943 had straw poll and then 7-4 in an of thought about those proposals" blocked the appointment of o.e official tally, to accept Rapoport - the "face-saving" school and junior recommended by the senior' and the rest of the senior editors' the "concession" school. editors recommendations. But in a series of hectic meet- Rapoport's rejection was the Crisis Not Over ings held during the Board meet- first time in the 77-year history The crisis wasn't entirely over ing, the staff voted to accept of The Daily that the Board had yet, however. Many Daily staffers Rapoport's suggestion that the rejected the senior editors' recom- were concerned that the seven staff could vote to accept or reject mendation for Daily editor-in- proposals submitted to the Board any or all of the proposals at chief. And, Daily staffers contend, by Rapoport, largely as face- a later staff meeting. it was the first clear-cut defeat savers, might be construed as con- In the end, most Daily staffers for the Board over appointments cessions the Board had squeezed considered that they had won a as well. This Staff MeansBusCiness; Sales, Circulationt Moulnt 4 to reject Rapoport as editor-al- erous thoughhe delinedto sa why-Daily alumni sent telegrams and added thatit woul osie to Hatcher and Cooperrider, con- demning Rapoport's rejection and Rapoport for any other position urging that the Board reverse its on the senior editorial staff. dcso~ Authorize Strike *eThe Detroit Free Press print- The Board then adjourned, set- ed a strongly-worded editorial at- ting another meeting two days tacking the Board, praising Rapo- later, Feb. 20. nort and ri ging his nintmant. By ED NEUBAUER cokes you'll find that the people I hn ,flfl11,7p l flfl the nra narp The Daily staff met continu- ously until 4:30 the next morning and several times during the next three days to discuss what it! would do if the Board refused to appoint Rapoport on Feb. 23.I Finally, it decided to authorize the senior editors to call a, strike I It had earlier attacked the pro- posed faculty investigation of The Daily in a laudatory editorial titled, "The Daily Does Its Job." * The Daily learned from a high University official that Pres- ident Hatcher had tried-unsuc- Killingsworth Rapoport and shut down publication if nec- cessfully-to get Board Chairman essary. Cooperrider to block Rapoport. r At the same time, Daily staffers The Daily then printed the$ and several Board members had story-it appeared the morning of been. meeting in an attempt to the Board meeting - which "work something out," as one prompted faculty and studenit Board member put it. comment highly critical of Hatch- Rapoport himself had met with er's attempt to manipulate the three Board members who were supposedly independent board, known to be wavering in their A combination of Rapoport's' opposition to him. Moreover, sev- lobbying, the proposals he was is immaterial ' wn~~~~~~o rau mng a ae r Chances are you've never had the i1or mnages.bheV jnio your hands in the operation of a $250,000 business. If not, The Mi- year on The Daily is probably the chigan Daily business staff is an most busy of the four you'll have opportunity that you cannot pass on the staff. You are now the by. We run our own business from person responsible fbr the quality the smallest classified ad to the and type of ad that will run in distribution of over 10,000 papers tomorrow's paper or the many to students and faculty across the problems that always seem to campus and throughout the na- came up in circulation. tion. Direct Contact It takes a well-organized starf As a junior, your contacts are di- of fifty students to do the work on rectly with the people who patron- the business staff. Publishing The ize The Daily. If you're the kind. Daily six times a week means that of person that finds all types of each of those fifty people shares people interesting, then servicing a large amount of responsibility in the advertising accounts of Ann his department. As a result' Thw Arbor merchants is your type ofj Daily is always ready to welcome work. Management in circulation new faces, and classified brings you and the Easy Task students of the Univexsity toget.)- Eemingaaser. Much time is spent over the Becoming a part of The Daily phone making sure they get their staff is probably the easiest thing Daily or figuring out why In the to do-a talk with our personnelDior yidngotwin h director is all that it takes to be- Senior they didn't get it. come a nember.- Senior staff positions aren't the If you should decide The Daly end of the road, for after three is for you then the ..next few years of listening to seniors make months will be spent working in decisions the tables are finally each of our departments as a turned. Now you, along wish the trainee. Each trainee spends a other five senior managers, can month in each department, mov- decide what is best for The Daily ing from circulation to. classified and then to advertisir~g and serv- icing in ord:r:that, They may ga1i acomplete, knowledge of howthe business staff functions. I ! and then spend a whole year watching your ideas take effect. The senior staff focuses around the business manager: a trainee just a few semesters ago. He is the one responsible for the fifty peo- ple who work on his staff and all of the decisions that they make. The Daily's biggest asset isn't the amount of money that it makes or its net worth, but the fact that it is truly an independent paper--a privilege that not many other college newspapers share. During the past 77 years we have built up assets of $450,000 through our advertising and subscription revenue, thus guaranteeing our financial and editorial indepen- dence of the University. The Daily is neither financially or editorially controlled by the University's administration o r journalism departments. This in- dependence is of prime concern to the business staff for by continu, ing and even increasing the reve- nue of the paper we insure The Daily's -long tradition of editorial freedom. Chances are that a few minutes spent at the Student Publications building may well be worth your while. mumm We have New and Previously Owned, books for all people, D I A M O N D R I N G S who want to save money. t. schialn derer ON s0. UmIYERSITY Y.wf/t Ig !eat"5 *evau~r4if !!'Ettf1Y Am f4 Ait04., r4CHtr&AhI STUDEGNT BOOK SERVIFCG 1215 South University 761-0700 I ~______ ._____________ _____ Your Choice After completingy our tratnoe- ship you can petition for an assis- tant managership in the depart- ment of your choice. With this added responsibility comes one of the many small rewards found on The Daily and in this case it is monetary. An assistant managership is really only the second step in your progress to the top of the busi- ness staff hierarchy. After a few weeks of work and many nickel II Keeping The Advertisers Happy BEATERI GOOD THINGS Come In Small Packages , BOOKS Make yourself at home... i .' ', You'll find everything BOOKS you need in a BOOK S I STORE HOURS-- very friendly atmosphere. 9 A.M. to 7 P.M.. . . Closed Sundays and Holidays BOOKS BOOK S All this ..and more CHARGE IT' * 0Prescriptions the 0 Cosmetics CHMen's Toiletries A~o~oca~ 1~0. 111 2 South University Phone 663-5533 Highest Quality Always . ." 0 S LATER'S BOOKS BOOK S BOOK S r i , -=..._. 336 So. State STUDENT BOOK SGRVICE I' " LARGEST USED BOOK STOCK IN TOWN r'I I 1 .i , _