• Colorado student newspaper Under Fire for Anti-Bush editorial

      Posted on September 25th, 2007 by rageditor

      A recent controversial four-word editorial printed in Colorado State University’s newspaper is igniting a free speech debate.

      On September 21, David McSwane, the editor-in-chief of The Rocky Mountain Collegian, the daily student newspaper, printed the four-word column that said:

      “Taser this: F**k Bush”

      McSwane’s column prompted the College Republicans to draw up a petition calling for McSwane’s resignation.

      We’re petitioning that he should resign on his own. The petition also urges students to think twice before going to businesses who continue advertising with The Collegian,” said student Chelsey Penoyer, the chairman of the university’s College Republicans.

      CSU president Larry Penley issued a formal statement:While we understand (the editorial) is upsetting and offensive to many people, CSU is prohibited by law from censoring or regulating the content of its student media publications.”

      Instead, the Board of Student Communications will decide on the fate of McSwane on Wednesday.

      We’ll present our petition to the board at the meeting,” said Penoyer.

      Local newspaper, The Coloradoan, already reported that Fort Collins businesses have already pulled out $30,000 in advertising from The Collegian, which relies entirely on external revenue.

      Still, McSwane has defended his actions, stating that the column was referring to the incident involving a college student who was Tasered at a recent John Kerry speech in Florida. McSwane wrote a letter to readers to explain that the column was not meant to be “malicious.”While the editorial board feels strongly with regard to first amendment issues, we have found the unintended consequences of such a bold statement to be extremely disheartening,” wrote McSwane.

      The editorial board, which consists of seven student editors, voted in a split vote to run the editorial statement.

      Here’s a copy of the column:

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