Students call for Lance Collins to be fired. Ka Leo content called offensive
Political cartoons, Valentine's spread raise concern
Stanley Lee, 14, Mar, 2003
Ka Leo Senior Staff Writer
More than 50 students, faculty and community members attended a meeting last night to discuss whether Ka Leo O Hawai'i crossed the fine line between freedom of speech and discriminatory content when it published a cartoon depicting Hitler that has been called anti-Semitic and a two-page layout for Valentine's Day that was said to promote violence against women.
"How can this type of work be published in this day and age?" asked Debra Jean Zwicker, president of the Student Organization of Theatre and Dance and one of more than 20 attendees to speak. A packed, standing room only crowd convened at a Campus Center conference room to attend the monthly Board of Publications meeting. The BOP publishes Ka Leo O Hawai'i and hires its editor-in-chief.
Many thought the board should instate operating policies on Ka Leo's editorial staff or mandate ethical guidelines for its editors....
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