Oregon Student Newspaper on Strike
The staff of the Oregon Daily Emerald, the University of Oregon's student newspaper, are on strike to protest decisions from the paper's board of directors. The staff has a list of demands, which includes that the board rescind a job offer to a nonstudent publisher (Steven Smith, a former editor in chief at Spokane's Spokesman-Review) and a promise that editorial control will rest solely with students.
The strike began at 6 a.m. today. By mid-morning, Smith "withdrew from the fray" and ended his involvement with the Daily Emerald, the Chronicle of Higher Education reports.
Meanwhile, the newspaper's board seemed to remain unfazed. In an E-mail to editors last night, the board wrote, "Acceding to these demands would essentially dissolve the structure of the corporation. Furthermore, the board refuses to be bullied and blackmailed."
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US Congressional Action Sought NEW DIvsion One Academic and Divsion One Sports Sought
There is a national crisis in Division One Athletics. My focus is on the Wall “Streetization” of the NCAA, profit over graduating student athletes. I have created a website a launching a national dive to get Congress to enact what is on my website.
It’s well past time for Division One Athletics to be outsourced to the professional ranks, and form a National Student Athlete Union to protect these young Americans from the quest of profits over educating.
Enclosed in the website is a very large excel spreadsheet comparing 2007 and 2008 graduation rates (awful!). In addition, there are communications to the NCAA President.
Feel free to contact me on my private cell listed in this communication.
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Many college newspapers are actually independent from the school and operate as self-supporting businesses. In this case, the Oregon Daily Emerald is funded solely through ad sales and a bulk subscription paid for by the student government. However, the student government has no oversight control over the newspaper. So, the Oregon Daily Emerald is very much a corporation and not an entity of the University. Therefore, the students' concerns over editorial independence and other conflicts of interest raised are entirely valid. If someone has different information, please feel free to correct me.
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