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Salary
Dispute
Continues
VOL. LIV
Board
Censors
Paper
BOSTON - -(CPS)--A Massa
chusetts U.S. District Court
judge Monday handed down a
ruling against pre-publication
censorship of student news
papers at state-supported col
leges.
In the case of the Fitchburg
State College CYCLE, Judge Ar
thur Garity Jr. ruled that "prior
submission to an advisory board
of material intended to be pub
lished in the CiCLE, in order
that the board may
whether it complies with respon
sible freedom of the press or is
obscene, may not be constitu
tionally required either by
means of withholding funds de
rived from student activity fees
or otherwise."
Harlold Dulong, the attorney
representing the CYCLE, termed
the case a landmark case and
said the decision, which applies
to student newspapers at public
funded colleges throughout the
country, is significant "in terms
of freedom of the student
press."
Administrators Censor
Editors of the CYCLE took
their case to court last fall after
Fithcurg State College President
James Hammond revoked news
paper funds because they
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Stud. Gov't.
Opposes
Newspaper
Janna Pepper of the Mississ
ippi State University (MSU) RE
FLECTOR is facing censorship
from her student government.
The MSU students responded to
Rep. Mabry's criticism of the
REFLECTOR via a petition of
1,000 names.
It demanded that Miss Pep
per, as editor, "become more
responsive to the general
thoughts of MSU students, more
objective in the choice of news
stories and news columnists," or
they would take steps to see that
she conform to this end.
The petition was presented
by a boy planning to run for
SGA Vice-president in a few
weeks. The specific criticisms of
objectivity and accuracy were
leveled at a 3-inch story on
Charles Evers, who was to speak
on campus. Evers was put on the
front page and the superinten
dent of Mississippi schools on
page three. Evers was banned
from speaking on campus last
year and almost banned this
year.
Also, Miss Pepper put a story
on page one about Mississippi
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The Quilfor6icm
Salary And Censorship Dispute
Leg. Cuts Guilfordian Funds
photo by M'illson
Legislator Dale Mandel
Appenzeller Backs
Grants-In-Aid
Guilford College director of
Athletics, Dr. Herbert Appen
zeller favors grants-in-aid rather
than salaries for the editor and
business manager of THE GUIL
FORDIAN.
Appenseller told THE GUIL
FORDIAN, "I don't think that
salaries are the best idea. If the
students pay the editor out of
their activity fee they will feel
other student officers deserve
similar treatment. For this rea
son, I would like to see the
Financial Aid Committee give
grants-in-aid to the editor and
business manager."
Appenzeller said that he
favored offering grant-in-aids
Guilford Elects
1970-71 Leaders
The single ticket presented
for legislature executive council
for the 1070-71 year: Joel New,
president; Paige Via, vice
president; Ann Haworth, secre
tary; and Palmer Blair, treasurer,
was approved in a campus wide
election last Thursday, April 9.
Of the 468 votes cast on the
yes-no ballot there were 276 yes,
181 no and II abstaining votes.
Hulburt's Statement
Dan Hulburt, outgoing pres
ident commented on the number
Monday, April 13, 1970
over scholarships since the aca
demic requirements would not
be as rigid. He then went on to
say, "These boys can put in as
much time as an athlete. 1 feel
that all departments, such as
Drama, English, etc., should be
able to reward their best stu
dents with financial help."
A spokesman for College
Press Service (CPS), an organ
ization based in Washington
which provides weekly press re
leases and technical assistance
for 150 newspapers including
THE GUILFORDIAN said that
the majority of their members
pay some kind of compensation
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of negative votes, "1 think the
181 no votes mean something,
but it's hard to tell exactly what
they mean. There are so many
different reasons why people
voted no."
Hulburt added, "It would be
a mistake to say that the people
who voted no are the only ones
concerned with change, just as it
would be wrong to say that
those who voted yes are satisfied
with the present form of govern
ment."
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At its April 6 weekly meet
ing, the Student Legislature
passed a motion sponsored by
legislator Dale Mandel to sus
pend all funds allocated last year
for the current GUILFORDIAN
budget until "regular editions
come out."
Prior to the voice vote on the
motion which was seconded by
Legislator Rusty Davenport,
Mandel defined a "regular ed
ition" as one which contains
sports, news, features, cartoons,
letters to the edi-tor, and editor
ials.
College Union president Carl
Southerland abstained from
voting on the Mandel motion.
After the meeting Southerland
released the following statement
to the GUILFORDIAN as ex
planation for his abstention:
"Some legislature members were
using legislature as a weapon to
get at Craig Chapman personally.
On the other hand I do not agree
with the way that the GUIL
FORDIAN staff used the GUIL
FORDIAN as an instrument of
their strike."
Roll Call A sked
After Student Government
Association president Dan Hul
burt ruled that the Mandel mo
tion had passed, legislator Larry
Elworth requested a roll call
vote.
Elworth's motion was de
feated amid laughter after one
unidentified legislature member
remarked, "will th-s be in
print?"
Following the legislature
meeting GUILFORDIAN editor
Craig Chapman secured a pre
liminary legal opinion on the
legislature's action from attor
ney Frederick W. Parkhurst. The
opinion published on page 2
questions the legality of the
action.
Chapman said that he plans
to read a complete legal opinion
prepared by Publications Board
member Parkhurst to the legis-
-photo by Wiltson
The winners in last Thursday's Student Government Election.
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Censorship
Controversy
Begins
lature at their weekly meeting
tonight (April 13).
April 6 Issue
Legislator Mandel's motion
was prompted by the GUIL
FORDIAN'S April 6 issue which
contained almost 7 pages of
blank paper as well as 3 stories;
one which announced the de
cision of the staff to strike in a
dispute with the legislature over
the GUILFORDIAN'S budget al
lotment for the 1970-71 school
year.
Earlier in the legislature meet
ing, GUILFORDIAN editor
Craig Chapman cited "the need
for GUILFORDIAN staff sal
aries and the need for the legis
lature to recognize its ability to
upgrade the quality of campus
life by providing stronger pro
grams through increases in the
student activity fee" as the rea
sons for the GUILFORDIAN
staff strike.
Chapman Will Not Run
In addition Chapman an
nounced that he would not run
for another term as GUIL
FORDIAN editor. He said he
reached the decision several
weeks ago after he realized that
the widespread resentment of
the student body would prohibit
him from functioning any longer
as an effective editor.
Chapman said that he con
sidered it unfortunate that so
many legislators and members of
the student body failed to rec
gonize an editor's responsibility
to raise controversial though
often unpopular issues.
He charged that members of
legislature were overlooking the
real issues of the GUILFORD
IAN strike and instead were
using the strike as an oppor
tunity to attack him personally.
Learning Experience
Chapman called on the legis
lature members to recognize that
it was possible to disagree with
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