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BOULDER-The University of Colorado student newspaper's staff will undergo diversity training and meet other measures outlined Thursday by CU officials in response to a column published earlier this week that said Asian people should be rounded up, "hog-tied" and "forced to eat bad sushi."The column, "If it's war the Asians want...It's war they'll get,"by student editor Max Karson, appeared Monday on the Campus Press Web site.It infuriated some students and past members of the Campus Press staff, who said the piece that claimed Asians"hate us all"was a failed attempt at satire.On Thursday, five editors of the Campus Press and faculty advisor Amy Herdy met for 90 minutes with Paul Voakes,dean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication,to talk about how to deal with fallout from Karson's column.In a written statement released Thursday,Voakes said the group agreed to take steps to prevent similar "editing lapses"in the future."Beginning immediately,the Campus Press will provide enhanced coverage on the campus controversy the paper has sparked,which will include an open forum for commentary on the issue,for as many days as are warranted by ongoing reader interest,"Voakes wrote.He said the Campus Press also will work with Dave Martinez, the school's diversity coordinator,to establish a Student Diversity Advisory Board composed of non-journalism majors who "represent a broad swath of interests on the campus," which will provide editors with regular feedback.The Campus Press also agreed in the meeting to:--Invite student organizations to meet face-to-face with the editors.
--Adopt an "opinions policy," with standards and procedures for determining the acceptability of opinion columns or reader-generated content.
--Schedule a series of diversity-awareness workshops for the entire staff with the CU Office of Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement, with participation of professional journalists of color.
--Host a series of workshops for opinion writing and editing, to be presented by experienced professional opinion editors.
"I'm confident that the current crop of editors has begun to develop a new, more nuanced understanding of the delicate balance between absolute free speech and journalistic social responsibility," Voakes wrote. "I also want to apologize on behalf of the school for the upset that our student publication has created."Campus Press editor-in-chief Cassie Hewlings declined Thursday to discuss the column, but she told the Camera the student staff jointly decided on the measures with Voakes.[[[Karson, who did not return a phone call from the Camera on Thursday, told 9News that he didn't intentionally try to insult Asians with his column."I wasn't trying to create a firestorm per se; I was trying to create a dialogue," Karson said.CU spokesman Bronson Hilliard said Karson did not attend the meeting at the request of Asian students who also participated in the discussion.]]](sigh.....)Hilliard said the student editors went into the meeting with the mindset that they had to publish every opinion "like a pipeline," but emerged with a different view."I think they learned words have power to wound and to hurt," Hilliard said.Thursday night, a handful of CU students showed up at the CU Student Union's Legislative Council meeting to support a resolution-drafted by Tri-Executive Hadley Brown and John Ali Sharza, a senior and director of diversity for the council-condemning the Campus Press for running Karson's column and another published earlier this month by staff writer Lauren Geary titled,"No hablo ingles; Try speaking English, this is the United States."The resolution, which the council debated late into the night, states that the student leaders strongly defend the concept of freedom of speech, but they cannot stand for "publications that target, threaten, marginalize or incite violence" against anyone.
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PS:It's clear by Karson's remarks between red brackets,above that he is not the brighest alumni CU has....Somebody has to teach him how to really have a DIALOGUE IF he really wants one...He sounds like just a hateful ignorant,being hateful,just because.....And you would think that with all the money he or his parents is/are investing in his education he would know better.....As in the days of Noah...
