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  • Western Carolinian/March 28, 1985 Features President Attempting to Replace Editor An attempt by the student body president to replace the editor of the student newspaper at Baldwin-Wallace College has divided the campus in a political battle that turned personal, emotional and ugly. The squabble ultimately threatens to shake up the structural relationship between the student government and newspaper. The fireworks began when the Student Senate called David Hager, editor of The Exponent and Michael McColl, the paper's ad designer and former editor, to a forum, ostensibly to answer questions about the paper. McColl says that, at the meeting, Hager responded to two specific complaints and then suffered a lengthy barrage of personal insults. The editors then learned that the newly elected student leadership planned to fire Hager, even though he had only two weeks remaining in his term. The two specific complaints were about a tasteless headline and the discontinuation of a regular column on fraternity and sorority activities. Hager had publicly apologized for the headline, "Death takes a Holiday," which ran over a story about the suicide of a local school official named Holiday. He pulled the column, after seeking independent professional advice, because he felt it was of too little Fight Is Gaining Ground Even with ' little hope of a federal anti-hazing law, the national fight against hazing is gaining momentum, state by state. Seventeen states already have laws that specifically outlaw ha/ing. and set up criminal penalties. By the end of 1985, ha/ing will likely be a criminal act in half the states of the nation. "It is unrealistic to hope for a federal law (against ha/ing)," says Eileen Stevens, founder of the Committee to Halt Useless College Killings (C.H.U.C.K.) "But 1 do hope for at least a federal hearing to cause people to think about it before a tragedy strikes." She hopes a hearing would boost the awareness of federal congressional members who would then return to their home states and ask "What are we doing to prevent these senseless deaths'?" People are often unaware of the dangers of ha/ing until someone is killed, says Stevens. They are then dismayed to find there is no legal sanction in their state to either prevent hazing or hold responsible persons accountable. Stevens' own son, Chuck (after whom the committee is named), was killed in a ha/ing incident at Alfred U. Joan E. Schleef, a graduating U. of Cincinnati law student who researched antt-nazing statutes for Fraternal Law, sees a clear national trend in state laws against ha/ing. but a wide disparity in how the laws define ha/ing. "Some will go to great lengths to describe, even to list, the prohibited acts and others just say 'ha/ing' and leave it up to the courts to define." Schleef adds, however, that states are providing similar penalties: fines and or short imprisonment and a permanent criminal record. Stevens notes a similarity beyond that: "For the most part. the bulk of the law incorporates the concepts of recklessness, intent, and mental as well as physical ha/ing. the mental hazing section is important because most reported incidents involve at least some mental abuse." She also notes that "The laws seem to be getting stronger, with more teeth in them... In most of these laws, the consent of the victim is no longer a defense." The anti-ha/ing statutes typically mandate that school officials take disciplinary action against the offending parties. Even in states that have no statute against hazing, there is ample authority under common law to lustily lawsuits by ha/ing victims, says Schleef. And, since hazing is considered an intentional wrong, standard liability insurance policies do not cover it. interest to the campus community. Wendy Johnston, the student president who opposed Hager, said she was acting under Student Senate rules for all recognized student organizations, including the newspaper. The Exponent receives about half of its operating budget through student activities fees. A Media Advisory Board, composed of campus media editors and directors and their faculty advisers, screens applicants for editor and recommends one for presidential appointment and Senate approval. The student body president can take control of a student organization for one of three reasons: internal strife, financial crisis, or mismanagement. McColl says, however, that none of those conditions currently apply to The Exponent. All but one of the more than 70 Exponent staff members voted to quit if Hager was removed, the newspaper shows an average weekly profit of $520 (19% of its advertisers threatened to boycott the paper if Hager was replaced), and both the paper and its editor have been recognized for journalistic excellence. "The student body president's response was that maybe it wouldn't be necessary to fire the editor, that if the staff wouldn't relinquish editorial control the Senate could just cut our funding," says McColl. "She said that it would be fine with her if there were no Exponent. The Exponent is 72 years old so you can imagine how well that statement went over with the students." Johnston says students weren't happy with the paper because Hager had been permitting "biased reporting" and "articles that hurt people." Students came to her with complaints about the paper, she says, "So they were speaking their voice through me because that's my job. After all, the students own the paper....It was just going by the rules and going by the book. The student government was also trying to build its own image, after a periAd of stagnation, says Johnston. "This was just kind of another little thing we thought would add to the government." After the public forum, the Media Advisory Board met and unanimously recommended that Hager be allowed to finish his term as editor. The Senate voted to follow that recommendation, but the dispute didn't end there. The senators who voted against keeping Hager continued their efforts even as he was editing his final issue. Three student groups began petition drives demanding Johnston's impeachment. A political science professor launched a drive to strengthen the Media Advisory Board, by prohibiting Senate intervention in the campus media unless specifically sought by the board. McColl, Hager and the student body vice president, who supported Hager, are receiving an average of 15 calls a night threatening their lives. Some calls are merely profanities and threats, but others describe in detail the students, their autOS, the routes they take to school and even their class schedules. Police and'the t e I e p h o n e c o m p a n y a r e monitoring the calls. LOW BI-LO PRICi THE SECRET TO SOUTHERN COOKING! nnmo This Ad Good Thru March 30th. TV SPECIAL 19-23 lb. Average Whole Smoked Ham O SAVE ^^^^^^^ 22* Ib, Fresh Pork Picnics it>. 89° Fresh Pork Spare Ribs it>. *1.69 AT BI-LO YOU WILL FIND THE BEST USDA CHOICE And we guarantee it to be tender every time - or your money back! 100% Pure Ground Beef Patties H29 lb ISAVE 60* Ib. ,D- TV SPECIAL _^_^_ TV SPECIAL _ Fresh Ground Chuck id. *1.69 Holly Farms Leg Quarters ib. 69* Holly Farms Breast Quarters ib. 89° AMERICA! SAVE 50* Ib. TV SPECIAL U.S.D.A. 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