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Spring service doesn’t SECS honor, capping off a just stay in America … remarkabler season … For more, see News, pages 3 and 4 Sunny, 66/48 ForF more, see Sports, page 8 BRETT KAMINSKY / The V BRETT The KAMINSKY / For more, see Quick Shots, page 6 Extended forecast, page 2 THETHE VOICE OF VANDERBILT SINCE 1888 8&%/&4%": ."3$) tTH YEAR, NO. 24 THE WALL NATIONAL NEWS BRIEF compiled by SARA GAST Bush says 2008 race won’t TODAY Trips less traveled by affect his decisions in Iraq World on Wednesday NASHVILLE, Tenn. — President Bush spoke to the National Religious Broadcasters The World on by SARA GAST largest Alternative Spring Break News Editor convention at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel on Wednesday series contingency among the more Tuesday, seeking to firmly plant Iraq back in continues with the than 200 schools nationwide the American consciousness and reassert his Kibbutz Movement aking a break from school which have established chapters role as the one who will shape the war ahead, in Israel. The event, doesn’t also mean taking (the organization was founded The Associated Press reported. sponsored by Vanderbilt a break from service, as here in 1987), several student T It was the start of a communications Hillel, will be held at hundreds of students showed groups organized “alternative” offensive ahead of the war’s five-year 12:10 p.m. in the Student last week through some trips for the campus community, anniversary, the NATO summit in early April, Life Center Lower Level unconventional spring break who participated in projects that and the upcoming congressional testimony Meeting Rooms 1 and trips. varied as much as their locations. of the top U.S. figures in Iraq, Gen. David 2 and will provide free Whether it was on the beach in Some of their stories are shown Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker. Mediterranean food. Florida, in the snow of Quebec or throughout today’s issue, but with the heart of New York City, service- nearly 50 different trips, there was Addressing the broader public and the TODAY based groups organized multiple no way we could fit everyone. people chasing his job, Bush said the 2008 ‘Vows of Silence’ trips for students to give back to Head online to InsiveVandy. presidential campaign will have no bearing screening communities across the nation. com for more tales from, well, on how he prosecutes the war. “I want to assure you, just like I assure The Center for the Study Although Vanderbilt claims the everywhere. ■ military families and the troops: The politics of Religion and Culture is —To view slideshows and read of 2008 is not going to enter into my calcula- sponsoring a screening stories from these and many tion,” Bush said. “It is the peace of the years of the film “Vows of more service trips, to come that will enter into my calculation.” Silence,” which explores go to: the Vatican’s system “Brick House” MIKE DIBENIGNO of justice through the Zellwood, Fla. photo provided saga of Father Marcial Zeppos plans Maciel, at 4:10 p.m. in Buttrick Hall, Room 101. A discussion with the for campus director, Jason Berry, will follow. “A Dios Le Pido” ALYSE ANDALMAN “Hakuna Matata” BEN STRATTON improvements TODAY Monterrey, Mexico photo provided Seguin , Texas photo provided Small Gestures by ELIZABETH MIDDLEBROOKS general body Editor in Chief meeting Students are encouraged As “iChancellor,” Nick Zeppos to come learn about made plans to improve the projects the group has university, and as Vanderbilt’s planned. They will also new chancellor, he will have be screening “Born into the chance to see those plans Brothels,” a film about become a reality. children raised in the red The Board of Trust announced light district of Calcutta, Zeppos’ election to the ZEPPOS and providing free pizza. “Voulez Vous Servir Avec MEDORA BROWN SPOTS — San Francisco KAREN SWETLAND “Wide Open Spaces” MICHAEL PUTMAN Please see ZEPPOS, page 3 photo provided photo provided photo provided The meeting will be Moi” — Quebec, Canada Sonoran Desert held in the Community Partnership House at 5 p.m. Publisher’s note: A statement from the VSC Board TODAY Writers Studio On Feb. 26 the Board of Directors of actual results of the previous voting round, integrity are fundamental to Vanderbilt professional news organizations would treat workshop Vanderbilt Student Communications Inc. fabricate results to yield a different balloting University. Honesty as a value is essential to an infraction like this as a firing offense with Part two of the “Writing voted to remove Jarred Amato from the outcome and present to readers of both The ethical journalism, just as it is central to the little hesitation, but also cognizant that this for Non-Profit Agencies” position of editor in chief of The Vanderbilt Hustler and InsideVandy.com the ballot for ideal of an ethical and honorable university involves a student newspaper in a collegiate series will focus on Hustler. The various communities that staff, the next voting round derived from falsified community. media environment. “distilling your message.” support and consume campus media at results. Second, VSC through its board and After a lengthy and difficult discussion, The workshop will be Vanderbilt are entitled to an explanation of In short, the editor knowingly published professional staff encourages students the board concluded that a willful lie need held in Alumni Hall, what happened and why, and so we attempt false information both in the paper and on involved in campus media to cultivate a not and should not be tolerated within Room 117 at 4:30 p.m. to provide that here. the Web site. Moreover, he did so after being serious sense of professionalism in their the pages of this newspaper, no matter It says “Publisher’s Note” at the top of this explicitly cautioned to reconsider. Before the work, and holds them to high standards of how insubstantial or inconsequential the THURSDAY, MARCH 13 statement, but many readers may not be deception went to press, a VSC staff member practice and ethics. We do this for a couple infraction may seem. In our view, an editor Picnic basket aware of who actually publishes The Hustler. (with a background in both collegiate and of reasons. One is that many students who who is explicitly advised to reconsider the benefit auction Vanderbilt Student Communications is an professional journalism) who was working participate actively in VSC enterprises ethics of deception before publication, Alpha Chi Omega’s independent, nonprofit corporation that with the students on technical aspects of aspire to and ultimately pursue careers in and then prints the lie anyway, lacks the benefit raises money since 1967, by agreement with Vanderbilt the feature became aware of the fabrication. journalism and media. For them, given a judgment owed to the community of a for the Chron’s and University, serves as the publisher and She told the editor that manipulation of the university with no major in journalism, prestigious national university by its student Colitis Foundation of exclusive authority for all officially survey results raised issues of “journalistic the campus press is their classroom and media and student leaders. Accordingly, America, and many sanctioned student media on campus. The integrity” and suggested the feature should their professional training ground. High we decided to remove the editor, and of the proceeds will corporation, governed by a board of directors “honestly reflect the outcome” of prior standards are also crucial because a critical appointed senior Elizabeth Middlebrooks help sponsor children composed of three faculty members and five voting. Nonetheless, the version of the part of VSC’s mission is providing the as editor in chief for the remainder of the to attend Camp Oasis. students, employs a staff of five full-time and feature that appeared in the paper and campus community with forums for the spring semester. Students are invited to two part-time professionals who provide online the next day included the deception. dissemination of news, free exchanges of This outcome is less about inflicting bid on a themed picnic expert technical, journalistic, managerial After the falsified material appeared, VSC ideas and outlets for creative work — all punishment on an individual than it is basket at the Alpha Chi and business advice and assistance to the Director Chris Carroll told the editor that its in the service of a vibrant university in a about safeguarding the integrity and house. The event starts many students who make the various print publication abridged tenets of “journalistic democratic society. reputation of the venerable campus media at 4:30 p.m. and electronic media enterprises work. The integrity, academic integrity and the honor But third, we do not take lightly the “S” in institutions in our care. The most important board selects (hires) students to run each of and conduct that Vanderbilt expects from VSC — the fact that a big part of our mission asset any vehicle for journalism can hold THURSDAY, MARCH 13 VSC’s divisions, including The Hustler and its students.” In the next edition of the paper, is to preserve learning opportunities is a covenant of trust with its readers. This Marrowthon InsideVandy.com, and can remove a VSC on Feb. 11, Amato published an apologetic for students within laboratories of live is as true for a university’s student press as benefit concert division head by a two-thirds vote. This is “Editor’s Note” in which he drew an analogy journalism. When learning is involved, it is for a national newspaper. As the board Vanderbilt Cancer what happened here.