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University of Iowa anti-war protests, 1970

""Iowa '70: Riot, Rhetoric, Responsibility?"" Page 40

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Leona vs. the Daily Iowan
During the period that the University of Iowa campus was torn by protest, another controversy arose to confront the student population. The problem evolved when the Board of Student Publications, Inc., (SPI) voted May 10 to continue the present editor of The Daily Iowan, thus preventing editor-select, Leona Durham, from taking over the paper.
SPI is a student-faculty board of trustees in charge of the two University publication, The Daily Iowan and the Hawkeye yearbook. It is their responsibility to select the editors of the two publications and to give approval of the staffs. The board must also make all decisions concerning policy for the publications.
The action taken by SPI resulted from the numerous charges and counter-charges made by both the board and Miss Durham and eventually led to the termination of her appontment as editor. As a result, a three member committee was created to examine evidence concerning Miss Durham's dismissal.
According to board member George W. Forell, Director of the School of Religion, the original action of continuing the present editor was taken because, "In view of the events of the last week (the week of May 3) this is a poor time to make an editorial change."
Following this action by the board, Miss Durham issued this statement:
"The 5-1 vote by SPI to suspend my staff and me for an indefinite period is an open act of political censorship. Led by professors George Forell and Lane Davis (professor of Political Science and board chairman) the board declared that possible mismanagement on the part of the new staff Might inflame the campus. Before the board meeting, Davis called Lowell Forte (present editor) and asked him to continue as editor of The Daily Iowan, indicating, according to Forte, that if he did not continue as editor the paper might be shut down. This is an unfair indictment of the new DI staff. We are angry and disappointed."

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36 [photo] Leona vs. the Daily Iowan During the period that the University of Iowa campus was torn by protest, another controversy arose to confront the student population. The problem evolved when the Board of Student Publications, Inc., (SPI) voted May 10 to continue the present editor of The Daily Iowan, thus preventing editor-select, Leona Durham, from taking over the paper. SPI is a student-faculty board of trustees in charge of the two University publication, The Daily Iowan and the Hawkeye yearbook. It is their responsibility to select the editors of the two publications and to give approval of the staffs. The board must also make all decisions concerning policy for the publications. The action taken by SPI resulted from the numerous charges and counter-charges made by both the board and Miss Durham and eventually led to the termination of her appontment as editor. As a result, a three member committee was created to examine evidence concerning Miss Durham's dismissal. According to board member George W. Forell, Director of the School of Religion, the original action of continuing the present editor was taken because, "In view of the events of the last week (the week of May 3) this is a poor time to make an editorial change." Following this action by the board, Miss Durham issued this statement: "The 5-1 vote by SPI to suspend my staff and me for an indefinite period is an open act of political censorship. Led by professors George Forell and Lane Davis (professor of Political Science and board chairman) the board declared that possible mismanagement on the part of the new staff Might inflame the campus. Before the board meeting, Davis called Lowell Forte (present editor) and asked him to continue as editor of The Daily Iowan, indicating, according to Forte, that if he did not continue as editor the paper might be shut down. This is an unfair indictment of the new DI staff. We are angry and disappointed."