10-TheMichan DayStmmer Weekiy-Wednesday, Juy 22,1992
Regents approve publications Board change
by Melissa Peerless Advisory Committee on University vote on this issue." Gayl Ness, a University Sociology alumthatDaily alumsreallyknow what
Daily Staff Reporter Affairs-appointed faculty member po- However, Regent Philip Power (D- professor who chaired the task force, goes on at the Daily, and are much
Despitelast-minuteprotestsbysome sitions were removed from the board. Ann Arbor) said students - including also said students played an instrumen- tougher on the Daily than anyone else,"
members of the Michigan Student As- After reading a letter critical of the MSA representatives - had been very tal part in making the decisions. he said. "The Daily alums will cherish
sembly, the University Board of Re- proposal from MSA President Ede Fox much involved in drafting the proposal. "Over the past several years, there the institution of the Daily and not let it
gents passed proposed changes to the and Vice President Hunter Va n "The decision surrounding this ac- has been ongoing dialogue with stu- be taken over."
Board forStudentPublications7-Owith Valkenburgh, Regent Veronica Smith tion has been in the works for more than dents, faculty and alumni to find s et- 5'eel 'r entsrespondedtoclaims
one abstention. (R-Grosse Ile) made a motion to delay a year andabhalf,"hehsaid."MSAhtdits teewy hdte Board for ident by Fox and Van Vakenbrgh tat th e
Thechangescallforasmallerboard action on the proposal until stud'nts chance to be involved. A memor of Ptubaic-lion: . h' id, 'dmnini:raion i: tryi n to: lubit new
comprised of alumni of the student rturm in the fa1. M Aw wsot the Task Fore (ott Pubr Ne:: tnpieized lb the :trtitr e BoarI .:ruture to Cke (IVC th- Iaily.
publications - the Michigan Daily, "I see no compelling reanon why Governan e of i t nIbli- ollns) of te Boari les to promot the Iwo- Regett Pat Brow (-Petoskey
Michiganensian yearbook, and Garm- tion on this has to moved on to- T tiek for-e heId two lowI tme ina f-oatsofthe tern pubicions said, "tte' admnisraiot has tto tvter-
goylehumormagazine-andjoumnal- day," she said. "The input of students which were very wel tt-tteded. Iebate to prelide studetits with joornatismn est in Cnotnitte the taily or contotling
istsfromthemtmmuuity-at-targe.MSA- on this campus is importt and we ttt thishasmoved fotwardinatt Irdetly expeiente atd to pnoiee a vessel bar the taity. The lyv writes aietes alt
elected student member and Senate should consider their Ilpu 'efore we manner." -<Eevp ssion ot unptt. the fine criticat of the pr riLen lb
Nit ti mi a -t ask doc mber C llrege, the administration.
and formr Laiy Editor in Chief, said Brown added that if the regents had
that under the old system, the Board wanted tooverake the Dailythey would
interfered with the learning process. have done so when the paper had seri-
"The Board was constantly delving ous financial trouble about a decade
into the day-today affairs of the Daily ago.
II. A and finding indirect ways to exertcon- Regent Deane Baker (R-Ann Ar-
trol,"he said. bor) agreed, "Some people are sug-
Finkel attributed the problems to gesting thatthereisaninsidiouspurpose
the Board's structure. behind this action - to control the
"The Board members didn't know Daily - that is not at all what the
what it was like to work at the Daily, regents and the administration have in
what a leaming experience it was," he mind."
said. "A good Board that was willing to Local attomey Jonathan Rose criti-
workwithstudents wasanaccident,not cized the proposal during the regents'
the result of a good process." public comments session. Daily Editor
Power, who worked at the Daily inChiefMattRennieandSummerDaily
while a University student, said the Editorin Chief Andrew Levy defended
alumni members will make the Board the proposal.
THE TARB TACWwork at its most effective level. Levy said he was pleased the re-
r- . -TLi--TA----- - ,,- - m. "It'sbeenmy observation asaDaily gents approved the proposal so easily.
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