The Whitworthian

Issue date: 11/13/07

ASWU passes amendment on Media Board

The voting members of ASWU voted unanimously to pass an amendment to the ASWU Bylaws regarding student media.

Whitworthian Editor-in-Chief Jasmine Linabary made a presentation to ASWU on behalf of the Media Committee to create a Media Board.

According to the 2007-2008 Student Handbook, editors and managers of student media can only be removed from positions when "there is a violation of university policies or procedures relating to media operations or any guidelines established by the individual media at issue."

When such an issue arises, procedures for removal should be prescribed by the ASWU Media Review Board, according to the 2007-08 Student Handbook.

Linabary said such a board did not currently exist in the Bylaws.

Read more about the amendment at whitworthian.com.

Compiled by Morgan Feddes

Students draft letter addressing recent evictions

A letter drafted by local college students addressing the low-income housing situation in Spokane was distributed Oct. 25 to 50 political candidates and government officials in Washington.

A total of 68 students from Whitworth and Gonzaga Universities signed the letter.

Several students including junior Breanne Durham, co-director of Whitworth's Communities in Crisis, helped draft and revise the letter, Durham said in an e-mail.

"I do believe that students can and do have a voice in politics, especially at the city level," Durham said in an e-mail interview.

Read more about the letter at whitworthian.com.

Compiled by Grady Locklear

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