miscellanea
It's a saga of a newspaper’s
responsibility to print the news
even if controversy and criti
cism are a reality
This particular news story
concerned the racial disparity in
the national Scholastic Aptitude
Test scores. The story, original
ly in The Chronicle of Higher
Education, indirectly cast
specific racial groups in a bad
light.
Student newspapers across
the country — including the
Emerald — ran the story, caus
ing a smattering of criticism It
was nothing compared to the
furor the University of New
Mexico’s Daily Lobo stirred up
when it ran the news story and
an editorial on the SAT scores
The Daily Lobo was put
practically under siege by
several hundred angry
students In the course of the
controversy the managing edi
tor resigned and the editor was
suspended The editor then
sued and was subsequently
reinstated
The saga begins with an edi
torial on the SAT scores in the
Oct 13 Daily Lobo The editorial
was headlined: "Discrimination
is sometimes desirable " Here s
the first paragraph:
"For 11 years the College
Board that administers the
Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
has refused to release racial
and ethnic scores This month,
however, the board reversed its
policy, opened its books, and
proved what everyone knew all
along — minorities are
academically inferior to
whites."
The editorial was initialed MB
ior Mark Blazek, then managing
editor
Oct. 14.. . Members of UNM
student groups demonstrate
against the Daily Lobo and
demand the resignation of
Blazek and Marcy McKinley, the
paper's editor. An apology edi
torial runs, stating the opinions
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were those only of the author,
Blazek. Blazek hands in his
resignation that morning,
McKinley plans to announce a
decision on whether he will stay
Meanwhile various student
organizations hold a press
conference
Oct. 15... 11 student groups
rally and march on the Daily
Lobo offices They confront
McKinley, demanding her
resignation Blazek's resigna
tion is accepted The paper has
an editorial headlined:
“Discrimination is never
desirable.” A guest editorial
from the “Student Coalition
Against Racism” condemns the
paper's editorial policy Protes
ters stage a sit-in in the
newspaper s offices McKinley
says she will not resign The
Daily Lobo photo editor,
speaking for the staff, says they
did not support the editorial
Later that same day, student
groups announce they will bring
formal charges against
McKinley to the University’s
Publication Board
Oct. 18... Publications
Board suspends McKinley, as
several hundred students in the
largest auditorium on campus
cheer Six pages of charges
were lodged against McKinley
Robert Lawrence, journalism
department chairman, calls the
proceedings a "lynch com
mittee
The editorial for Oct, 18 is
headlined: "Freedom of
expression will prevail.”
Oct. 19... McKinley retains
a lawyer and considers legal
action regarding the suspen
sion by the Publications Board
She demands to be reinstated
The legality of the board's
suspension is questioned
There are no provisions in the
board's bylaws regarding
suspending an editor
Oct. 20. . The Publications
Board holds an emergency
meeting. They meet in execu
tive session “No comment."
says chairman Lawrence after
the meeting
Oct. 21 . . . McKinley is
reinstated as editor. Upon the
advice of legal counsel the
board reverses its suspension
McKinley's reinstatement
sparks a protest march in front
of the Daily Lobo's offices
Protesters carry signs reading
"Dump racist Lobo editorial
staff"
Oct 22... McKinley, back in
the editorship, writes an editor
ial questioning integrity of the
University's student groups
She calls the whole debacle a
gang war" consisting of "petty
bureaucrats" who "bribe offic
ials "
The saga surety doesn't end
there — stay tuned
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