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Globe Publisher Receives Lovejoy Award —Bob Weinstein The Globe 's purpose , thoug h, was to present Last Thursday night , Colby honored Davis as objectively and as thoroug hly as possible the entire Taylor , publisher of the Boston Globe , at the story. To have ignored the sensational would have 23rd Lovej oy Convocation . The Lovejoy Award been to ignore the reality of the busing situation. was established in 1952 to honor and preserve the During the year , 60 reporters , over one half of the Globe's memory of Elijah Parish Lovejoy, a graduate of metropolitan staff , were 'assigned to the story . The Colb y in 1825. Lovejoy ran an abolitionist paper result was an extensive dail y report which consisted and was killed in Alton , Illinois by an angry mob 1 by the end of the year of over 400 articles , some of while try ing to protect his printing press. He has since them page s in length. The Globe covered every side been known as " the first martyr for freedom of and ang le of the busing crisis , devoting great space the press " in the United States. to back ground , interviews , and anal ysis. The award is given each year to an editor , report er As the year progressed , the Globe was faced or publisher who has demonstrate d integrity, crafts- with threats , denial of access to information , and at manshi p, character , intelli gence , and courage within the one point , rifle shots . Mr. Tay lor did not back down field of journalism. The last two reci pients of the on the Globe 's coverage , ordering instead bullet- Lovejoy award were Kathari ne Graham , chairman proof windows for the Globe 's publishing building. of the Washington Post Board , and James Rcston , Mr. Tay lor 's efforts over the last year , coup led nationally syndicated columnist. with previous efforts (the Globe was the first major _ This year 's reci pient was Davis Taylor , publi sher newspaper to come out against the Vietnam War , and of the Boston Globe. President Stride r , in introdu cing was one of the leaders in publishing the Pentagon. Mr. Tay lor , cited the Globe 's Pulitzer Prize winning Papers), earned him the Lovejoy Award. achievements in covering the Boston school busing . In his acceptance speech , Mr. Tay lor spoke situation of the past year. about busing, the economic problems facing newspapers , The Boston Globe faced the difficult task the role that newspapers should be play ing in covering last year of reporting to the public Boston's court ordered the economy, and the role of a free pr ess. efforts to desegregate the schools via busing. Left With regards to busing, he said , "Our lar ge with the choice of partiall y presenting the news by metropolitan cities are being torn by social and economic leaving out the more controversial events or fully strife. The surface issue, in many cities , is busing on coverihg the integra tion attempt by including those the social end. We have seen it in full bloom in events , Mr. Tay lor chose the latter course. As a result , Boston the past year and a h alf. But busing is not many felt that the Globe"~ was emp hasizin g the " sen- . the real issue. It is whether white and black people at the sational" side of integration ; and sure ly those of bottom ru ng of the economi c ladder are going to ''Ac cdi&tdbuiiy, Credibilityrand Respectibility" — us who followed the Globe over the last year remember be able to live together in peace. Davis Taylor , publisherof 'the Boston Globe and the accounts of guhfights , stabbings , riot s, and picket- ¦¦ '' ' ' ¦ ' ¦ ' :¦ ' ¦ ' /¦ ' ' ' ¦ ¦ " : ' - . continued on page twelve the' Lovejoy Award . recipient: (photo by J ohn Blazejewski) ing. - '.> y J'.^y y ' • • . • ' , . ' SWDEN T ASSOCIA TION CANDIDA TES the Echo Tf^ e-eandidtUesmefe^ive^the 'o^tionwhei iMe^iepe d^by or ioisUbmit a letter Steve Mixter wrote an open letter, while the others were interviewed by the' staff. scammna sner SUE BERKO STEVE MIX TER Scott Krasncr , a candidate for Executive Chairperson , Susan Berk o, a sophmor c candidate for Executive The great weakness of the Executive Committee stru c- cites personal interest and a desire to be active in Colby Chairper son , believes " capabilities are more important ture has been exposed by Bob Anderson. The reduction of Student goyemmeiit as his reasons for becoming a nomi- than popularity " . ' Having worked closely with Stu—A the number of pers ons required to be involved in student nee. He rtiakes no promises nor does he pre tend to pre- on the passage of the proposal for an on-cam pus pub govern ment to the six per son Executive Committee puts sent any concrete proposals because he views remaining and other issues Susan emp hasizes the need fox organ- an immense amount of responsibility upon the elected time in office as an interi m period jn which he wants to ization and _student involvement , rler partici pati on in • officials of the student body. However , the purpose behind keep working with the existing issues before start - Stu-A has led her to believe that ra pport with the ad- reducing the number of officials was clear at the time the ing new ones. ministr ation is vital because Stu—A is not a one-sided Student Association Constitution was drafted two and a His qu alifications center primarily on his involve- relationship. Not only are inputs from th e faculty half years ago : there weren 't enoug h students who were m ent in the community, th ough not directly throug h and administration badly needed , but she feels student willing to be involved. Stu—A , and the various perspectives on Colby h e has involvement in Stu-A is sosely lackin g. That involve- . 1 was on the Committee to Reorganize Student Go- acquired. He has experienced three diferent living situ- ment does not necessarily have to be direct , biit can vernment.which drafte d the Student Association Constitu- ati ons, a dormi tory , fr aternity and off-campus. While also be indirect communication in the form of a gene- tion , and our feelings were that we should create a basic he has not had a formal post in Stu—A he helped with ral awareness and a willingness to confront and talk ' structure that would be elastic enough to serve student needs th e Jesses Colin Youn g Concert , was active in DU and about the issues. and demands when they became visible. In view of the ex- intra mural sports and has had alot of indirect contact Susan feels, however , that her actions speak more plicit nature of the jobs of each person on the Executive with Stu-A. ' - 7 . ' '" • ¦ ' - than her words. For that matter , she has been highly ' Committee , a student "issu e" can only be dealt with ef- Three issues impress him as most worthy of at- involved in Stu—A , working on the issue of the pub , be- fectively by the Executive Committee if there are stude nts tention; they are student participation and input; the ' ing in charge of concert ticket sales , and managing the who are willing to work for chan ge. That is to say , th e Ex- credit hour syste m, and the housing situation. M ore Coffeehouse kitchen. It is clear that she does not feel ecutive Committee cann ot do it alone (nor , 1 dare say , specificall y, students must get involved in the commu- a college experience stops , with classes or books, but would anyone wan t them to). nity and take a part in the decision-making concern- that Stu-A provides an importan t function as grounds The problem with the last two Executive Committees ing their futures . He feels the pr esent .credi t hour sys- for in teraction of students , facul ty, and administration.. is that they have dealt with issues in an " ad hoc" fashion. tem is too much and while the flexible 15 helps , he. That interaction , she feels, does not exist to the That is, they have dealt with issues as they came up, and hopes that outside activities can be co-ordinated with proper exten t; the hardest obstacle is, no dou bt , the they have not effectively organized the students who were scholas tics. fact that people are not aware and involved. She is interested in putting energ y into them . 1 have been work- The housin g problem , as he sees it , is in te rms of striving, for a grea ter sense of candidness and inform- ing with the presen t Executive Committe e extensively , ad- fr ater nities versus equal housing for women. He would ality so that students may get involved in their own fash vising them in my capacity as Parliamentarian. not abolish fra ternities because " they are an impor- ions, and not be res tric ted to simply voting for a candi- They have jus t reached the point where they have col- tant subsys temf ind reference point for certai n students. date . : lected a list of "issues " and are beginning to determine Possible solutions in his mind are either the increa sed The student leader , she commente d , must walk wha t kind of action should be taken to work on them. My allotment of space for women or the inclusion of wo- a tightrope , swaying back and for th to liste n to others. biggest concern is that the next Executive Committee , to men be elected in February, should be able to inherit an orga- as members * The represen tatives should be the focus for student in- • Poin ting to the lack of student partici pation as the put , and she stressed the opennes s of Stu--A to any nized grou p of peop le who ar e pursuing these issues in a m ain obstacle to be overcome , Krasncr said that students discussion of student grievances.