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CSU editor gets reprimanded, keeps job
Associated Press
Issue date: 10/5/07 Section: News
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FORT COLLINS - The student editor of the Colorado State University newspaper was admonished Thursday for the paper's use of an obscenity in an editorial about President Bush but David McSwane will be allowed to keep his job.
The decision came after a closed door meeting by CSU's Board of Student Communications. The board released a statement saying that they found that McSwane violated the code of ethics and the Rocky Mountain Collegian's code, which bars "profane or vulgar words" in opinion writing. The board had the power to fire him or demote him.
McSwane canceled a press conference he had scheduled to respond to the board's decision and declined comment. He has 20 days to appeal the board's decision.
The editorial at issue had only four words: "Taser this: (Expletive) Bush." It was a response to the tasering of a student at the University of Florida.
The decision came after a closed door meeting by CSU's Board of Student Communications. The board released a statement saying that they found that McSwane violated the code of ethics and the Rocky Mountain Collegian's code, which bars "profane or vulgar words" in opinion writing. The board had the power to fire him or demote him.
McSwane canceled a press conference he had scheduled to respond to the board's decision and declined comment. He has 20 days to appeal the board's decision.
The editorial at issue had only four words: "Taser this: (Expletive) Bush." It was a response to the tasering of a student at the University of Florida.
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