Calvin Hall has started to work on this already. The more the merrier. FYI to everyone. Drios -----Original Message----- From: FOR THE MINORITIES AND COMMUNICATION DIV. OF AEJMC on behalf of Meta G. Carstarphen Sent: Mon 9/24/2007 7:44 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Oops!Re: Teaching Panel Possibiltiy-- Campus newspaper--racism, misogy nism Dear all, Oops...Ilia R also is interested....I'm sure there are more. -Meta Meta G. Carstarphen, Ph.D., APR Gaylord Family Endowed Professor & Associate Professor Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication University of Oklahoma 395 W. Lindsey Room 3510C Norman, OK 73019-4201 PHONE: (405) 325-5227 FAX: (405) 325-7565 E-MAIL: [log in to unmask] ************************************ On Sep 24, 2007, at 6:40 PM, Carstarphen, Meta G. wrote: > Dear all, > > I came back from class to read this long and engaging string of > comments. It's clear to me that we have a winner in this idea, and > a number of qualified people who can participate. > > Now, let's be even bolder. Why not suggest this as a mini- > plenary? Such a session would partner with several divisions and > be programmed in such a way that there would not be other competing > sessions, if I remember the rules correctly. > > We could partner easily with other divisions such as News, Ethics, > CSW, VisCom, Scholastic--just to name a few. > > I love being the instigator for this but it is not in my area of > expertise. I think we have heard from Clint W., George D, Calvin > H. and Bradley G, along with EK, Cathy J. and Paola B. I would > also recommend Sandra [SAM] Coombs who has been faculty advisor for > student newspapers in Michigan and has run student journalism > workshops. Perhaps Linda with Dow Jones can lend some national > perspectives. > > Someone has to organize this. I suggest Bradley G., if he is still > willing, since he offered. I think the fact that he is also our > Teaching Standards Chair would be an asset, not a liability. > > OK, I'm passing the baton...who wants to take it to the finish line? > > Chao, > Meta > > > Meta G. Carstarphen, Ph.D., APR > Gaylord Family Endowed Professor & > Associate Professor > Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication > University of Oklahoma > 395 W. Lindsey Room 3510C > Norman, OK 73019-4201 > PHONE: (405) 325-5227 > FAX: (405) 325-7565 > E-MAIL: [log in to unmask] > ************************************ > > > > On Sep 24, 2007, at 5:37 PM, Wilson Ii, Clint C. wrote: > >> George: >> >> I concur with your conclusion that this issue should be approached >> as an >> ethics matter. Since you are a former editor-in-chief of The >> Hilltop and I >> served as the paper's adviser for five years (and I also teach >> ethics at >> Howard) perhaps we could serve together on a panel on this topic. >> >> -- C. Wilson >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: FOR THE MINORITIES AND COMMUNICATION DIV. OF AEJMC >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Sent: 9/24/2007 3:36 PM >> Subject: Re: Teaching Panel Possibiltiy-- Campus newspaper--racism, >> misogynism >> >> MAC members, >> This is an issue that generated a considerable amount of discussion >> among >> the officers of the Society of Professional Journalists. As a >> member of >> the >> SPJ Education Committee, I reviewed the articles at issue and some of >> the >> debate as we are deciding how to respond as an organization. >> >> The sticking point here is how to remain steadfast in defending >> students' >> First Amendment rights while reminding the students of the ETHICAL >> manner in >> which real journalists should operate. The SPJ Convention is next >> week >> and I suspect this matter will come up-- perhaps even in the form >> of a >> resolution. >> >> As is always the challenge with convention planning 9 months in >> advance, >> by >> next August, this particular incident may have resolved itself... >> depending >> on what happens to the editor and/or a new editor takes over next >> year. >> I >> think Diana's question goes more to the role of the status of the >> publication adviser-editor relationship.. How much training/ >> teaching is >> going on in the area of diversity/cultural sensitivity? When I >> was at >> Georgia a few years ago, I used to conduct a diversity session at the >> national workshop for college newspaper editors. I'm not sure if they >> still >> offer that session. >> >> Given the Ethical concerns, this panel would seem like something MAC >> could >> co-sponsor with the Ethics Division. >> >> George Daniels >> U. Alabama >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Stringer, Sharon" <[log in to unmask]> >> To: <[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 12:58 PM >> Subject: Re: Teaching Panel Possibiltiy-- Campus newspaper--racism, >> misogynism >> >> >>> Sounds like a good panel discussion. I just finished speaking with >> Karlo >>> Ruiz, public information officer with the State of Connecticut >>> Latino >> & >>> Puerto Rican Affairs Commission. He's an alum visiting campus >>> today. >> He >>> says that his office is fighting this issue in Connecticut. I might >> can >>> get him to Chicago, if anyone is interested in organizing a panel. >>> >>> Sharon B. Stringer, Ph.D. >>> Associate Professor Journalism and Mass Comm >>> Lock Haven University >>> 603 Robinson Bldg. >>> Lock Haven, PA 17745 >>> 570-484-2092 >>> 570-484-2436 (fax) >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: FOR THE MINORITIES AND COMMUNICATION DIV. OF AEJMC >>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Rios, Diana >>> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 1:18 PM >>> To: [log in to unmask] >>> Subject: Teaching Panel Possibiltiy-- Campus newspaper--racism, >> misogynism >>> >>> Absolutely. This is a great topic for someone to take off with and >> create >>> a panel proposal. This could be a Teaching Panel for some interested >>> people. >>> Here are some possible titles-- >>> "Campus News, Radio, TV: Freedom of Expression or Racism- >>> Misgynism?" >>> "Campus News, Radio, TV: If we hate you, we have the right to >>> say it" >>> "The Future of Student Media: The Dark and Enlightened Sides of >> Freedom of >>> Expression" >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Meta G. Carstarphen [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >>> Sent: Mon 9/24/2007 12:55 PM >>> To: Rios, Diana >>> Cc: [log in to unmask] >>> Subject: Re: Campus newspaper--racism, misogynism >>> >>> Thanks, Diana. >>> >>> Maybe the topic of campus newspapers (and radio & TV) should be a >> topic >>> for a panel proposal. >>> >>> Meta >>> Meta G. Carstarphen, Ph.D., APR >>> Gaylord Family Endowed Professor & >>> Associate Professor >>> Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication University of >>> Oklahoma >>> 395 W. Lindsey Room 3510C >>> Norman, OK 73019-4201 >>> PHONE: (405) 325-5227 >>> FAX: (405) 325-7565 >>> E-MAIL: [log in to unmask] >>> ************************************ >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sep 23, 2007, at 10:29 AM, Rios, Diana wrote: >>> >>>> We should be aware of the lack of ethics, lack of common sense, the >>>> racism and misogynism at this campus newspaper at Central >>>> Connecticut >>>> State University. >>>> This makes us ask the question, How are our campus newspapers >>>> doing? >>>> Sincerely, >>>> Dr. Diana I. Rios >>>> Associate Prof. of Communication Sciences and Institute for PRLS >>>> Dept. Communication Sciences, U-1085 University of Connecticut >> Storrs, >>>> CT 06269 >>>> 860-486-3187 >>>> [log in to unmask] >>>> >>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> PLEASE SEND LETTERS. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT >>>> courant.com/news/opinion/columnists/hc- >>>> reyna0921.artsep21,0,7243759.column >>>> Courant.com >>>> Tolerating A Climate Of Hostility >>>> Bessy Reyna >>>> September 21, 2007 >>>> Publication of a racist and misogynistic cartoon depicting a 14- >>>> year-old Latina, hungry, bound, locked in a closet and apparently >>>> being urinated upon casts a pall across the celebration of Hispanic >>>> History Month in Connecticut. >>>> >>>> Printed by the Central Connecticut State University student paper, >> The >>>> Recorder, the cartoon has caused an understandable uproar on campus >>>> and off. Is CCSU teaching its students to be tolerant of those who >>>> make fun of victims or humiliate and belittle others because of >>>> their >>>> ethnicity or gender? I wonder. This is the same paper - under >>>> Editor >>>> in Chief Mark Rowan - that caused an outrage on campus last winter >>>> with the publication of a piece suggesting that a rape could be a >>>> "magical experience" for an ugly woman. >>>> >>>> At that time, the CCSU administration's response was to create a >>>> Task >>>> Force on Journalistic Integrity and "sensitize" Rowan by having him >>>> join. Obviously, that effort has failed. Rowan and his staff >> published >>>> this cartoon, which is not only intrinsically hateful toward >>>> Latinos >>>> and women, but also features the commission of crimes including >>>> risk >>>> of injury to a minor, assault and unlawful restraint. I'm sure they >>>> thought that their addition of a disclaimer beneath the cartoon - >> "The >>>> Recorder does not support the kidnapping of (and subsequent >>>> urinating >>>> on) children of any age or ethnicity" - was a clever and funny >>>> jab at >>>> the task force. >>>> >>>> One highly disturbing element is how little the students at the >>>> newspaper seem to care about the fact that hate crimes against >>>> women >>>> and minorities are an extremely serious social issue. One that we >> need >>>> to deal with as a society, not make fun of. >>>> >>>> I couldn't help but think about Megan Williams, the 20-year-old >>>> African American woman, who recently was found after being >>>> locked up >>>> and brutally tortured by six people in West Virginia, or the 14- >>>> year-old runaway from Bloomfield who was found a year later >>>> locked in >>>> a small closet in a West Hartford house. >>>> >>>> The publication of this cartoon seems to be a symptom of a much >> bigger >>>> problem at CCSU. The response by university President Jack Miller >>>> leaves much to be desired. He wrote that the cartoon "demonstrates >>>> [the students'] lack of understanding of how words can hurt and of >> how >>>> their editorial decisions to publish deeply offensive materials can >>>> undermine the civility that should bring us together as a campus >>>> community." Miller sounds like a disappointed father, not the >>>> leader >> a >>>> college president should be. He is only now, in the face of more >>>> controversy, recommending implementation of some of the proposals >> that >>>> were presented last May by the task force on journalism. >>>> >>>> In a letter to the CCSU community, Professor Serafín Méndez-Méndez, >>>> chairman of the communication department and a member of the task >>>> force, said that Miller has exhibited poor leadership by failing to >>>> create an inclusive and tolerant environment for women, African >>>> Americans, Latinos, gays and others. >>>> >>>> Psychology Professor Francisco Donis, president of the Latin >>>> American >>>> Association at CCSU, told me the problem is a climate that fosters >>>> such obnoxious behavior. Underrepresented groups on campus feel >>>> threatened and unwelcome. He noted that "CCSU is the only CSU >>>> [Connecticut State University{rcub} campus without Latino >>>> representation in the administration or at the dean level." >>>> >>>> Miller should consider that the lack of Latino administrators and >>>> deans in his administration demonstrates his lack of >>>> understanding of >>>> how invisibility can hurt and of how hiring decisions can undermine >>>> the civility that should bring a campus community together. >>>> >>>> This year, Connecticut citizens observing Hispanic History Month >>>> should celebrate the Latino students at CCSU and their counterparts >>>> throughout the country for having the strength and fortitude to >>>> continue to strive for an education in the face of such >>>> hostility and >>>> harassment. >>>> >>>> Bessy Reyna is a free-lance writer whose column appears the third >>>> Friday of every month. To leave her a comment in English or >>>> Spanish, >>>> please call 860-241-3165. Or e-mail her at [log in to unmask] >>>> Copyright © 2007, The Hartford Courant >>>> >>>> >>>> Bessy Reyna >>>> www.bessyreyna.com >