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KLVGKN HM UfUtfty, iefUttf K-hi*m«3 f», S^fKvn VAtr**n%/Phatm r>* Thomas USSA Continued Irom Page 1 Ni’O is i intently negotiating with tin- at i minting fraternity Meta Alpha I’m to cundut t tin* offii nil ntidil on tjie >e the effort being made in diversifying the newsroom and could "monitor how much progress the Emerald is making to those ends " The appeal to the Board was sparked bv a Nov T l‘)‘H story in the Emerald which featured mugshots of three black l mis er sit\ of Washington athletes charged with sexual abuse of a University student The Black Student Union am used the Emerald of bigotry and insensitiv ity in a press con ferem e and supplied Emerald editor lake Berg with a list of requests to improve the newspa per's coverage Washington said the BSU was dissatisfied with Berg's response and consequent ly took the matter to the news paper’s Board Representatives from MKChA and the Asian/l’ac ifu -Americ an Student Union also supported the Black Student Union’s pro posals, saving they were dissat isfied with the Emerald's coverage of minorities Kevin ('hang of AI’ASU said he fell that the newspaper's reporters either have negatively portrayed Asinn-Amerh ans in their articles or that stories lea hiring members of the minorits group have been placed on the back page Other members of the union complained about the Emerald'* la< k of coverage about a swastika being burned into a bulletin board outside the AI’ASU offii e until three weeks after the incident. l.vdia l.erma. a representative of MEChA, sai(i the Emerald could achieve its goals of diver sity if the news stories become more sensitive to minority issues. "Minorities will be encour aged to work for the Emerald when it writes more sensitive arti< les." l.erma said, adding that she wouldn't work for the Emerald as a result of Its insen sitive reporting Zeenab Johnson, a representa tive of the Black Student Union, asked the Board what sensitis itv training its members have had and what role diversity plays in the hiring process since the Use Englif m member Heard d»‘ idea who to hire' as editor of the newspa (Wl When Board mwnhnr |oe Kidd said that part of the diversity problem in editorial positions is that few apply hast \t'ar, only two students applied for the position as editor in i hief Johnson asked if the Hoard would hire a rat is! individual if there were no other applicants But Tim (ileason. a member of the Board, said that scenario would ne\ er happen II we felt the person was not committed to the goals of the paper, we wouldn't hire them.’ Gleason said Trent Spradlin#, a member of the Hoard, said he thought that sensitivity training was a good idea and one that should be implemented In terms of diver sifying the newsroom, however, lie felt that student unions need to take an ai live role in encour aging minorities to apply for positions if diversity is to fie achieved When we hire stafl members, we have to have a pool of candi dates.” Spradling said, asking members of the student unions to encourage minorities to apply for staff positions Gleason also told the speakers that while the "wheels are in motion" to make the I'litcmUl more diverse, hut that changes cannot happen immediately. "This is not a process where amazing results will he seen in two to three weeks," Gleason said. “The process is in place, there are things lining done, and there are more things we can do.” The Hoard has not made a decision regarding the policy suggestions, as disi ussions are "ongoing." said Richard Rofsky, chairman of the Board. Rofsky said that although he feels that the Hoard has already been making an effort at doing some of the things that Wash ington proposed, he admitted that the Hoard can always do more. 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