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Fair reporting or biased paper?
To the editor, Convincing you, the students, that ASUA is corrupt is easily done when the only voices heard are those of a biased constituency. The Wildcat has accused ASUA officials of covering up an elaborate scheme to protect illegal actions of which Ryan Rosensteel has been falsely accused. The most ludicrous aspect of the entire situation is that the Wildcat opinions board stated in the editorial that members of ASUA need to "grow up" while it is the Wildcat that is feeding the sensationalistic speculation. Rather than cover the events of the recall attempt as a mature newspaper would, the Wildcat has resorted to using vague language that implies the allegations against Rosensteel have already been proven accurate. It would certainly be refreshing to see the Wildcat investigating the validity of the allegations instead of writing editorials that allude to corruption and scandal in the student government. The Wildcat should verify the accuracy of the statements it makes prior to publication. By calling into question the number of signatures Mr. Klein needs to push a recall through, the Wildcat failed to research the fact that ASUA follows the State's election code which stipulates a recall can only be initialed through a petition signed by 10% of the involved population - which includes undergraduates and graduate students. Furthermore, the editorial stated that ASUA does not represent the needs of graduate students. However, in the agreement reached between ASUA and GPSC on Jan. 16, 1997, it was established that the "...student body president speaks on behalf of all the students at the university." It is clearly stated in the agreement reached by both ASUA and GPSC that the role of ASUA is to represent the all interests, both undergraduates and graduate students. Convincing you, the students, that ASUA is corrupt is easily done when the only voice heard is that of a newspaper whose statements are seldom accurate and often written to incite controversy. Certainly the students of this campus have a right to know about controversy in their student government, but equally so, the student newspaper has a responsibility to provide well-researched and accurate reporting.
Chris LeDantec
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