UNIVERSITY
Across nation, student
papers fight censorship
(Cl’S) Amid threatened
lawsuits, flurries of now rules
and a < .imp.ohm to remove an
administrator from office, three
i aittpus newspapers mounted
efforts in mitl-Seplemlier to
fight what they claim are at
tempts to control what they re
port
At the University of Mu In
gan in Ann Arbor. new rules
imposed In a representative of
the s< hunt's Hoard for Student
Publications have "seriously
threatened the control of the
(Michigan) Daily's 25 student
editors." said Kditor-in-Chief
Noah Finkel.
At California State Polytech
nic University in Pomona, for
mer Poly Post adviser David C
Henley got his joh hai k after
threatening to sue the school
Cal Poly Dean James Wilson
had dismissed Henley three
weeks after Henley wrote and
published an editorial charging
that "we have people here who
think it is heretical for the Post
even to question authority or
university leadership "
In a letter. Wilson wrote,
"your final editorial in the Poly
Post did not convey the kind of
leadership that I expect from a
media faculty member who had
many students under his her
tutelage."
Hut in inid-Septemlmr. Hen
li'V said. thi' m bool offered to
reinstate him soon after he
threatened to mii* Hi* dei ided
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tu thi* (taper In* hum* Cal l‘oly
already had lured another ad
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And at tin* Stylus, the Mu
dent paper at the State l Ini var
sity ol New York at Hrockport,
Kditur |niin Dahlia sent out
press releases last iniinth ask
ing for support to stop student
government officials from al
legedly Irving to control what
he prints
Dahlia wants to remove the
paper from direct student gov
ernment control by forming a
student publications board that
would oversee the Stylus
However, it is just such a
board that is disrupting the op
erations at the Michigan Daily.
I'ink said.
Nancy McHlothliu. appoint
ed by the publications board to
overturn the Daily's operations,
has imposed several new rules
on the newspaper staff Kor ex
ample. McClothlm has limited
the number of late breaking sto
ries editors can insert in each
edition of the |»apor. and has
tried to control the editorial
content of the paper by examin
ing all stories as they come out
of the computer printer. I'inkel
said
Photo b» Mark Yl*n
Finnish language student Wendy Bosworth listens to instructor Tuuli /urvelin s pronunciation
of a word.
University welcomes Finnish language
By Ben Heskett
EmetaKJ Consrtbuioi
The combined efforts of a
University professor, a Finnish
conglomerate and the Universi
ty of Tampere in Finland have
brought Finnish to the Univer
sity language department.
Virpi Xuck. who teaches
Scandinavian languages and
literature, initially contacted
Kauma-Repola. a Finnish com
pany with interests in industri
al machinery and shipbuilding
among other things, in the
summer of 1989 about bringing
the language to the University.
"They thought it was a good
idea," Zuck said, noting
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Rauma-Repola's sponsorship of
many cultural and sporting
events in Finland.
This collaboration led to the
University of Tamperes' in
volvement. The Finnish institu
tion had an exchange program
for University students and
professors, and it jumped at the
chance to expand their interna
tional connections, Zuck said.
After an agreement with the
University to waive tuition fees
for the Graduate Teaching Fel
low who would instruct the
class, first-year Finnish was im
plemented by May 1990.
Rauma-Repola and the Uni
versity of Tampere agreed to
$13,000 worth of financing for
a two-year test run at the Uni
versity.
Zuck has "great hopes" for
the language, but only 14 stu
dents currently are enrolled in
the first-year Finnish course
Zuck. a professor with the
University for 17 years, said the
Scandinavian department has
received requests for the lan
guage every year. "We tried to
pass the word around," said
Zuck, "but 1 have a feeling
more students would Ire taking
the class if they'd heard about
it."
Zuck's goals with the Finn
ish language include offering
both first- and second-year
courses.
"We feel it would be very
important to offer two years as
part of a language require
ment.” Zuck said.
Zuck added that an evalua
tion of F'innish language at the
University will come in the
spring The Scandinavian de
partment at the University al
ready offers classes in Finnish
culture and literature.
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