March 29, 2009
Utah Valley U. Student Newspaper's Issue Is Stolen From Racks
Nearly every copy of the student newspaper at Utah Valley University, the UVU Review, went missing last week, and student staff members can’t figure out why. The newspaper prints about 4,000 copies a week, the Deseret News reported, and staffers estimate that 3,500 of them were taken from racks and removed from the campus.
A search of trash bins turned up none of the missing papers. “Whoever it was had to put in some work to get that many papers off campus,” said Jack Waters, the paper’s editor in chief.
Staff members could identify only two potentially controversial items in the March 23 issue, an editorial calling for changes in student-government elections and a letter to the editor criticizing the state regents’ recent choice of Matthew S. Holland, an assistant professor of political science at Brigham Young University, as Utah Valley’s next president. Both items are available on the newspaper’s Web site, and every article in the stolen issue will be reprinted in the paper’s next one.
Chris Taylor, associate vice president for university marketing and communications, said Utah Valley officials were taking the matter seriously. “This is a possible First Amendment issue,” he said. —Charles HuckabeePosted on Sunday March 29, 2009 Comments
It is certainly interesting to hear of an assistant professor becoming a university president. I would like to hear more about what is behind that – not the PR, what is really behind it.
Jim
— Jim Mar 29, 09:27 PM
Jim, not sure about all of the factors that went into hiring Holland (who’s an associate prof., not assistant prof—click on the link at Holland’s name), but Holland is the son of top Mormon leader (and former BYU president) Jeffrey Holland. Utah Valley U. is just a few miles away from BYU. This isn’t just any associate professor, in other words. UVU has expanded rapidly in recent years and hasn’t been a university for very long.
— John Mar 30, 01:50 AM For more on the culture of Utah Valley U (back in 2004 when it was still Utah Valley State College), see the excellent documentary “This Divided State” about Michael Moore’s visit there (http://thisdividedstate.com).
— John K. Wilson Mar 30, 09:53 AM
Looks like the Momans are moving in to take over again…..
— fred1988 Mar 30, 09:59 AM
Oh good… a Michael Moore movie. I’m sure everything in it is 100% accurate!
— scooter Mar 30, 10:01 AM
For the sake of student freedom of the press those who took the papers, regardless of their motivation, should be found and turned over to the student government disciplinary system. Stealing papers is an incidious kind of suppression of freedom of the press.
— Everett Frost Mar 30, 10:05 AM
Oh good… a knee-jerk reaction to the mention of Michael Moore’s name! In truth, this documentary was directed by Stephen Greenstreet and concerns a visit in 2004 by Moore, who was invited by student representatives to speak. Google the title.
— David Mar 30, 10:39 AM
I actually kind of figured that it wasn’t directed by Moore. Still, I couldn’t resist leveling a shot at him though. I’m sure the documentary is interesting.
— scooter Mar 30, 10:51 AM
Utah Valley U. Student Newspaper's Issue Is Stolen From Racks
Nearly every copy of the student newspaper at Utah Valley University, the UVU Review, went missing last week, and student staff members can’t figure out why. The newspaper prints about 4,000 copies a week, the Deseret News reported, and staffers estimate that 3,500 of them were taken from racks and removed from the campus.
A search of trash bins turned up none of the missing papers. “Whoever it was had to put in some work to get that many papers off campus,” said Jack Waters, the paper’s editor in chief.
Staff members could identify only two potentially controversial items in the March 23 issue, an editorial calling for changes in student-government elections and a letter to the editor criticizing the state regents’ recent choice of Matthew S. Holland, an assistant professor of political science at Brigham Young University, as Utah Valley’s next president. Both items are available on the newspaper’s Web site, and every article in the stolen issue will be reprinted in the paper’s next one.
Chris Taylor, associate vice president for university marketing and communications, said Utah Valley officials were taking the matter seriously. “This is a possible First Amendment issue,” he said. —Charles HuckabeePosted on Sunday March 29, 2009 Comments
It is certainly interesting to hear of an assistant professor becoming a university president. I would like to hear more about what is behind that – not the PR, what is really behind it.
Jim
— Jim Mar 29, 09:27 PM
Jim, not sure about all of the factors that went into hiring Holland (who’s an associate prof., not assistant prof—click on the link at Holland’s name), but Holland is the son of top Mormon leader (and former BYU president) Jeffrey Holland. Utah Valley U. is just a few miles away from BYU. This isn’t just any associate professor, in other words. UVU has expanded rapidly in recent years and hasn’t been a university for very long.
— John Mar 30, 01:50 AM For more on the culture of Utah Valley U (back in 2004 when it was still Utah Valley State College), see the excellent documentary “This Divided State” about Michael Moore’s visit there (http://thisdividedstate.com).
— John K. Wilson Mar 30, 09:53 AM
Looks like the Momans are moving in to take over again…..
— fred1988 Mar 30, 09:59 AM
Oh good… a Michael Moore movie. I’m sure everything in it is 100% accurate!
— scooter Mar 30, 10:01 AM
For the sake of student freedom of the press those who took the papers, regardless of their motivation, should be found and turned over to the student government disciplinary system. Stealing papers is an incidious kind of suppression of freedom of the press.
— Everett Frost Mar 30, 10:05 AM
Oh good… a knee-jerk reaction to the mention of Michael Moore’s name! In truth, this documentary was directed by Stephen Greenstreet and concerns a visit in 2004 by Moore, who was invited by student representatives to speak. Google the title.
— David Mar 30, 10:39 AM
I actually kind of figured that it wasn’t directed by Moore. Still, I couldn’t resist leveling a shot at him though. I’m sure the documentary is interesting.
— scooter Mar 30, 10:51 AM
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