UCSD: Racist KOALA gets its funds back

[Nikki Stone1]

Remember KOALA? The "satire paper" whose editor referred to the Black Student Association as "ungrateful n*****s"? Well, that paper got its funds back. The Government-Speech model, that would have prevented KOALA's funding, failed.

Funds Restored to Student Press

http://www.ucsdguardian.org/news/funds-restored-to-student-press/

The three-week media freeze — ordered by A.S. President Utsav Gupta on Feb. 19 — was lifted at Wednesday’s A.S. council meeting, after the council voted 5-13-5 to fail a last-minute amendment that proposed a government speech model. The model would have allowed the council to fund — through advertisements — only the media organizations they deemed to uphold the UCSD Principles of Community.

According to the A.S. Standing Rules, a funding freeze is automatically lifted by Wednesday of Week 10 if the council doesn’t pass legislation that counters that rule. By default, council returned to funding media organizations with the same system as before.

Gupta froze all media funds after a racial slur was aired on an episode of Koala TV, preventing campus media publications from accessing their Winter and Spring Quarter funds. He then chartered a committee to discuss new media guidelines that prevent funding hate speech....

Koala Editor in Chief Kris Gregorian said he opposes the government-speech model because it forces publications to abide by the Principles of Community or lose funding....


BACKGROUND THREAD:

UCSD student who hung noose has been suspended from school (Noose ignites more protests at UCSD)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4286603

[saracat]

1. I guess it really was "No big deal" to some.What an outrage.

[Nikki Stone1]

2. Yes it was.

They are talking about allowing students to withdraw their personal money in fees from KOALA, but the school would have to make up the difference.

[saracat]

3. Kick because this is important.

[Nikki Stone1]

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