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The Daily OrangeExecutive board members make suggestions for next administration
By Erin Fitzgerald
Posted: 12/6/05, 12:26 AM EST Section: News
The final Syracuse University Student Association meeting of the semester, held Monday night, gave the officers of the 49th session their last opportunity to speak their mind.
SA President Travis Mason began by speaking about the state of campus media and publications and then on the state of campus governance.
"It bothers me that we miss a very important concept in a lot of things we do, and that is student responsibility," Mason said.
Mason repeated the statistic, said in a previous meeting, the recent campus climate survey, 75 percent of respondents rated The Daily Orange as a five or less in their adequacy of coverage on racial or ethnic issues. The scale for the question was from one to 10, one meaning that the student was in strong disagreement and 10 meaning that the student was in strong agreement.
Mason's suggestions for The D.O. began with a university-wide assessment of itself to see what the students think, however, Mason said The D.O. should not expect anything.
Next, Mason told the Assembly that at one point, The D.O. employed a multicultural editor.
"The newspaper didn't have as much of a problem back then," Mason said.
Judicial charges do not apply to The D.O., Mason said, and he believes the publication should be held to the same standards as student groups.
"I suggest that the next administration look into The Daily Orange's special privileges clause and redo that," Mason said.
Mason then went on to include other campus media and publications in his suggestions.
"I think that all campus media and publication groups need to get together and discuss inclusion, cultural competency and just general competency," Mason said.
He also said the next comptroller should help these groups look into other avenues of funding, because they are continually funded and, in some cases, little progress is seen, Mason said.
At this point, Mason moved the topic of his speech to campus governance.
SA President Travis Mason began by speaking about the state of campus media and publications and then on the state of campus governance.
"It bothers me that we miss a very important concept in a lot of things we do, and that is student responsibility," Mason said.
Mason repeated the statistic, said in a previous meeting, the recent campus climate survey, 75 percent of respondents rated The Daily Orange as a five or less in their adequacy of coverage on racial or ethnic issues. The scale for the question was from one to 10, one meaning that the student was in strong disagreement and 10 meaning that the student was in strong agreement.
Mason's suggestions for The D.O. began with a university-wide assessment of itself to see what the students think, however, Mason said The D.O. should not expect anything.
Next, Mason told the Assembly that at one point, The D.O. employed a multicultural editor.
"The newspaper didn't have as much of a problem back then," Mason said.
Judicial charges do not apply to The D.O., Mason said, and he believes the publication should be held to the same standards as student groups.
"I suggest that the next administration look into The Daily Orange's special privileges clause and redo that," Mason said.
Mason then went on to include other campus media and publications in his suggestions.
"I think that all campus media and publication groups need to get together and discuss inclusion, cultural competency and just general competency," Mason said.
He also said the next comptroller should help these groups look into other avenues of funding, because they are continually funded and, in some cases, little progress is seen, Mason said.
At this point, Mason moved the topic of his speech to campus governance.
